Connor Hawke is set to appear in DC's upcoming television series "Legends of Tomorrow."
In his interview with TV Line, "Legends of Tomorrow" Phil Klemmer said that the series' sixth episode would see a "hulking, brawny a character" who was set to take over his father's mantle and turn into a forceful anti-hero. He added that the show would also feature an African-American or biracial male who opted to don the suit of a missing hero who had been known to stand for the virtues of hope and justice.
Sources told Comic Book that the character description went to Hawke, which Warner Bros. had confirmed as true. While the studio had not mentioned additional information about the character's appearance in the series, it had been confirmed as well that the character's version in DC's "Legends of Tomorrow" would not be the son of Oliver Queen and Sandra Hawke.
Hawke is the son of Queen and his college girlfriend Sandra, who was half-Korean and half-Black, in the comics, as per Comic Book. Just like his father, he was also a great archer. The character had took up the Green Arrow suit following the alleged death of his father and had been known as the Red Arrow and member of the World Army in New 52.
"Legends of Tomorrow" stars Ciara Renee as Hawkgirl, Falk Hentschel as Hawkman, Victor Garber and Franz Drameh as Firestorm, Wentwoth Miller as Captain Cold, Dominic Purcell as Heat Wave, ,Caity Lotz as White Canary, Brandon Routh as The Atom, and Arthur Darvill as Rip Hunter, among others.
Set to be a spin-off series from "Arrow" and "The Flash" time-bending mythology, "Legend of Tomorrow" centers on Hunter as he travels back in time to the contemporary era where he brings together a team of heroes and villains to prevent Vandal Savage from destroying the world and the continuity of time.
Klemmer is the showrunner of the upcoming series while Sarah Schechter and Chris Fedak are the executive producers. Meanwhile, Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Marc Guggenheim are set to produce the series.
"Legends of Tomorrow" is slated to premiere in Jan. 2016.