Wendy Mericle Archives

Jonathan Kasdan (Solo) and Wendy Mericle's (Arrow) upcoming Disney+ Willow series is reportedly in negotiations with Tony Revolori ("Spider-Man" film franchise) for a lead role in the upcoming sequel revival While Revolori's casting and details on his character haven't been confirmed, Deadline Hollywood reports that his character could be a character previously referred to as Boorman, "a[...]

Chu (Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights) has been tapped to direct the pilot and also executive produce, with Jonathan Kasdan (Solo) and Wendy Mericle (Arrow) serving as showrunners. A scene from Willow (Image: Disney) "Growing up in the'80s, 'Willow' has had a profound effect on me," said Chu in a released statement "The story of the[...]

The announcement earlier this week that Arrow executive producer and co-showrunner Wendy Mericle was leaving the series left one question: where was she going? Marc Guggenheim, the other showrunner for the series, is staying on as a story consultant for the Arrowverse and has other shows in the works and writes a few comic books[...]

Executive producer Wendy Mericle takes inside the episode where we see that Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) is at a public celebration of the holiday with his family when Agent Samanda Watson (Sydelle Noel) takes him into custody We'll have to see just what evidence she has collected on the Mayor that proves he's the Green[...]

Being the leader of a vigilante group is just a bit much, don't you think? In the video below, executive producer and co-showrunner Wendy Mericle talks about the new episode and the team adjusting as John Diggle (David Ramsey) steps up into the role of the Green Arrow But just prior to Oliver asking him, John[...]

You can go ahead and erase all of those because in an interview executive producer and co-showrunner Wendy Mericle didn't with Rotten Tomatoes a few weeks back, she gave a way a hint that changes everything When asked about the Vigilante: We are super psyched about that character and about the stories that we have planned[...]

Super-producer Greg Berlanti and Arrow co-showrunner Wendy Mericle have gotten a put pilot commitment from Fox for a female-lead reboot of the 1970's series Kung Fu The new series will be a sequel to the one that was created by Ed Spielman and starred David Carradine as Kwai Chang Caine.  It was set in the[...]

The one they did with Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle of Arrow included some interesting information… like the fact that the flashback aren't gone as we were lead to believe. Flashbacks to Oliver's days before becoming a vigilante were a hallmark of the show We'd see parallels between what was going on in modern day and[...]

Emerson has been hinted at being a third member of the group, and the leading thought is that he may end up being the mysterious Cayden James that started Helix and that Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) help escape from ARGUS. TVLine spoke to co-showerunner Wendy Mericle who gave this hint about the character Emerson will[...]

But until then, executive producer Wendy Mericle told TVLine what they are looking for: "As usual, every season we want to try to up the stakes and do something different This will be something we've never seen before The villain will be hopefully as dynamic and as interesting as the ones we've had in the past[...]

Along with yesterday's reveal of the new Black Canary, here are a few other tidbits about Arrow Season 6 that executive producer Wendy Miracle shared.

How quickly will we get back to them in the sixth season? Executive producer Wendy Mericle told TVLine: Helix is a dangling thread, and we don't like to leave those hanging around. It'd be a great, sort of built-in story for Felicity to revisit these people, who are not very happy with her, let's be honest[...]

Executive producer Wendy Mericle talks about Chase's plan and just what's next for Oliver and company. Arrow airs Wednesdays at 8 PM on the CW. https://youtu.be/WV0WqhEQWx4 Prometheus is behind bars so all is good The last two episodes can be focuses on Oliver and Felicity getting back together or Curtis and his T-spheres… maybe an episode of[...]

Executive Producer and showrunner Wendy Mericle talks about the episode and the game that Chase is playing He is once again a few steps ahead of Oliver and is forcing the playboy turned vigilante into looking at his life choices and in this case, making Oliver see that his own father was a killer too. Arrow[...]

Executive producer Wendy Mericle, who also co-wrote the episode, talks about the effects things will have on Oliver and Felicity and how the rest of the team is on the outside trying to get in Oliver believes that Prometheus trapped them in side so he can do something without being interfered with. How does this tie[...]

Executive producer Wendy Mericle told EW.com: We've managed to hopefully stick the landing on it in a cool way that allows us to see both some of the moments right before we first met Oliver in the pilot, where he launched that flaming arrow and it lit up that signal fire, and also maybe a little[...]

Though there wasn't a lot said on the panel at Paley Fest over the weekend, Rotten Tomatoes got executive producer Wendy Mericle to talk about some upcoming Arrow news It starts off with how the season finales of season 1-4 all put Star City in danger of being destroyed You'd like to think they'd come up[...]

Now the team is scrambling to try and weather the storm, but its Thea who wants to take a much more aggressive approach in what executive producer Wendy Mericle calls "finding her inner Moira" In the footage below we see she is going to enlist Felicity Smoak and the Pandora drive to help play politics. Arrow[...]

But Oliver's sister will be getting a lot more to do in the back half of the season, executive producer Wendy Mericle told EW.com: She's headed in a direction that's very similar to where her mother was before she was killed in season 2 I'm actually really excited about her storyline, because we're taking her to[...]

Even though Arrow killed off Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy) last season, she appeared in flashbacks, as an evil doppelganger and in an alien projections so far… and she was the mid-season finale twist. Plus, we know from the trailer for the upcoming return of the show, the Laurel we see is more likely Black Siren from[...]

Turns out, that's what will be happening as executive producer Wendy Mericle told TVLine: Diggle emerges from jail with a much bigger drive, and not the same fatalism that he had earlier in the season He's going to come up against Colonel Walker and grow closer to Adrian Chase. Dig is making a lot of new friends, first[...]

Executive Producer Wendy Mericle talked with TVLine about what they have planed for the Rocky IV star. [Dolph's character] is a government strongman He is scary and formidable — and he had a role in some stuff with Taiana's family last season He's a bit of a badass. She also spoke about how the creative team got[...]

Wendy Mericle, executive producer of Arrow, talks about tonight's season finale How Damien Darhk's plans are in ruins, yet he still wants to rain down nuclear missiles on the planet While Oliver Queen is unsure of how to stop him The whole season has been about Green Arrow stepping into the light to stop Darhk[...]

That's something we have struggled with this year. Moving forward to season five, Wendy Mericle had this to say: We know what we're working up to The season will be easier to break because we have an endpoint, and we work backwards from there. I don't want to tip too much, but it's a very good possibility that[...]

One of the changes to Arrow this season besides the lighter tone… though two grave side scenes in two episodes is not exactly lighter… is having writer Wendy Mericle join Marc Guggenheim as co-showrunners And here Wendy gets to do the "inside" video for the next episode, Restoration This episode starts the build up to[...]

But it sounds like that may be remedied soon as the series' co-showrunners Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle tweeted out yesterday about having seen a rough cut of the trailer for Arrow season 4. @MericlesHappen and I just watched the rough cut of the Arrow Season 4 trailer Oh boy… — Marc Guggenheim (@mguggenheim) August 25, 2015 Pretty sure[...]

IGN spoke with Arrow's Stephen Amell, Emily Bett Rickards and new executive producer Wendy Mericle about the upcoming season And they revealed a few nice tidbits. Felicity Smoak is going to be the one that helps Ray Palmer find his way back to the standard-sized world There is also a good chance we'll meet Felicity's father[...]

There are only so many hours in a day so it was obvious that help needed to come from somewhere. Guggenheim announced yesterday via twitter that Wendy Mericle will be stepping up as co-showrunner for Arrow next season Mericle has written or co-written 13 episodes of Arrow so far including this week's The Fallen Previously she[...]