New details and spoilers for "Arrow" season 5 will feature Wild Dog's debut episode, the future of Black Canary and the main villain is someone Oliver Queen created.
Executive producer March Guggenheim tweeted the script for episode 2 of "Arrow" season 5 titled "The Recruits" as the story will feature the new vigilante in Star City, Jack Wheeler/Wild Dog (Rick Gonzalez). Wild Dog in the show described as cocksure/reckless ex-Marine, who will be in a recurring role throughout season 5, having multiple appearances within the first haft.
Oliver Queen/Green Arrow (Stephen Amell) will be mentoring Wild Dog in protecting Star City. Other vigilantes added to "Arrow" season 5 include Adrian Chase/Vigilante (Josh Segarra) and Evelyn Sharp/ Artemis (Madison McLaughlin).
Aside from the episode 2 script, Guggenheim and co-showrunner Wendy Mericle shared the fate of Black Canary in the "Arrow" TV series. as they told Spoiler TV that they are not yet done with Katie Cassidy's character Laurel Lance. Both showrunners are cryptic of what they said about Laurel Lance's legacy and that viewers will reveal what Oliver said to her before she died during the season 5 opener, giving fans hope that they will see Laurel back on "Arrow".
Cassidy teased that Laurel could return and join the Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) and his team in "Legends of Tomorrow" season 2, but as her earh-2 counterpart Black Siren.
In other news, new details on the new main villain in "Arrow" season 5 will be someone from Oliver's past as Mericle stated that the person that will bring danger to Star City is someone Oliver inadvertantly created during his days as "The Hood" in "Arrow" season , ComicBook reported.
Mericle added that the main villain will be doing alot of collateral damage, as he lost someone he cared about because of Oliver and has spent the last several years training and plotting for revenge. He will be a true dark mirror to Oliver Queen.
Previous reports revealed that Oliver will be travelling to Russia during the flashback scenes in "Arrow" season 5 and he will encounter the Bratva Russian mob and that former WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes will be guest starring in the show as a villain.
"Arrow" will return on Oct. 5 on the CW Network.