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Stephen Amell is very proud of the work he did in Arrow and has never shied away from sharing his belief that the Arrowverse wasn't given the respect it deserved by Warner Bros. executives.

The actor frequently campaigned for himself and his fellow actors on The CW to be part of the Dceu, something that was never the plan (no great surprise given the very clear line that the studio has always drawn between its big and small screen adaptations).

Catching up with Smallville alum Michael Rosenbaum, Amell reflected on working with prolific producer Greg Berlanti and talk soon turned to a possible Arrow revival.

"I mean I joked about it," he said, "because I think that it would be wonderful one these days to go back and do something that was in a medium where I could break bones and drop an F-bomb and just sort of go the 'hard R' [rating] version of Arrow.

Days of our Lives predictions suggest Sarah Horton has hidden knowledge about her crash while Ej Dimera steps up to play hero. These are based on Dool spoilers, promos, and recent episode action.

Days of our Lives Prediction #1: Sarah Horton Knows What Fiona Did

Days of our Lives spoilers confirm Fiona Cook (Serena Scott Thomas) drove drunk and hit and paralyzed Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey). I’m certain Sarah remembered the driver while under hypnosis.

Doc gave her tools to sharpen her vision, and you could see the shock on Sarah’s face. She recalled Fiona was driving but keeps it quiet for now. Next week, Sarah Horton will probably corner Fiona, let her know she knows the truth, and discuss what happens next.

Monday spoilers have Fiona confessing to Sarah’s husband Xander Kiriakis (Paul Telfer). She tries to stop him from beating Brady Black (Eric Martsolf) with the piñata bat.

Bold and the Beautiful spoilers for September and beyond show Hope Logan with a new man and Taylor Hayes with a secret that rocks everyone.

B&b spoilers reveal that Luna’s behind bars, but she might end up in a psych hospital instead of Super Max. Her mom Poppy is left to pick up the pieces, and Bill Spencer’s got his eye on her. When Poppy comes to see where they stand, Bill’s not sure what to think. I mean, her daughter kissed him twice! Awk-ward!

Poppy Nozawa wants to keep her man, but it won’t be easy. She and her sister Li Finnegan have always had beef. Funny enough, a lot of the things Luna hated about Poppy are the same things Li disliked. The men, the drugs, the lack of ambition… you get the picture.

But Finn thinks Li should support Poppy right now. He...

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It was a dominant week for Asian channels in our Global Top 50. The first four spots of the chart are occupied by hubs that hail from the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.

The first-place finisher will look familiar to longtime readers of this column, as it is the most-watched YouTube channel of all time.

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T-Series reached an unprecedented YouTube milestone during the third full week of March. The Indian record label pulled in 578.7 million weekly views, which brought its lifetime total to 250 billion YouTube views. Right now, T-Series is the first and only member of the quarter-trillion club.

This fall, it seems like The CW really has prison break fever. I mean, not only did Archie Andrews escape from a juvenile detention center during last night’s stellar episode of Riverdale, but it also appears as though Arrow‘s Oliver Queen will say “peace out” and liberate himself from Supermax lockup in less than two weeks from now.

The reason I’m saying this is because the previously teased “The Slabside Redemption” is creeping up on us rather quickly, and you probably don’t need me to tell you how revealing that episode title is. And if that weren’t enough, this freshly released synopsis will do nothing but increase anticipation levels:

James Bamford Directs An Epic Episode — Oliver (Stephen Amell) makes a choice that will affect his entire life, as well as the lives of everyone he cares about. James Bamford directed the episode written by Jill Blankenship...

When Colton Haynes was confirmed to return to Arrow as a series regular this past spring, the fanbase likely thought a reunion involving the Dynamic Duo that is Green Arrow and Arsenal was a certainty, but Oliver Queen spending his days and nights in Supermax lockup sure put a damper on that.

Still, having Roy Harper around in any capacity is a real delight, though I certainly can’t be the only one who assumed he’s the new Emerald Archer prowling Star City. But after tuning in for last night’s premiere, I’m not so sure anymore.

You see, while the producers are yet to reveal who’s under the hood, we do know the new vigilante in town is crossing names off a list eerily similar to the one Oliver swore by back in season 1. Furthermore, the new flash forwards could have some connection to his true identity.

If constant teasers for a nude prison fight and assurances from producer James Bamford saying that The CW’s censorship limits will be put to the the test didn’t get across the message that Arrow‘s seventh season will be hardcore, then I don’t know what’ll convince you.

Fortunately, lead actor Stephen Amell continues doing his job of hyping up the highly anticipated premiere, this time speaking with Variety. In their recent conversation, the Emerald Archer himself spoke of how opening with his character in Supermax lockup yields new storytelling possibilities:

“This season feels very different. It feels very bold. It feels like, in my mind, it’s taking one of the things we did in Season 4, where we introduced [a tease] someone was in the grave. It’s not doing anything like that, but that to me always felt like a bold choice.”

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Second edition of high-end drama showcase featured 12 upcoming shows.

Brazilian prison drama Jailers and Tom Tykwer’s ambitious detective tale Babylon Berlin, capturing the city in the Golden Twenties, clinched the grand jury awards in the full episode and work-in-progress categories at MIPDrama Screenings on Sunday.

Unfolding on the eve of Miptv, the second edition of the showcase put the spotlight on 12 upcoming drama shows, screening either full episodes or extracts as a work-in-progress.

“There is a lot of commercial pressure to do a certain type of drama series but what really struck me was the diversity and originality of all these shows… every one of them was very unique and defied simple expectations,” jury member Frank Spotnitz, creator of hit series such as The Man In The High Castle and Medici: Masters Of Florence, said.

Also on the jury were The Bridge producer Lars Blomgren, writer Virginie Brac (Cannabis, Spiral), director...

Second edition of high-end drama showcase featured 12 upcoming shows.

Brazilian prison drama Jailers and Tom Tykwer’s ambitious detective tale Babylon Berlin, capturing the city in the Golden Twenties, clinched the grand jury awards in the full episode and work-in-progress categories at MIPDrama Screenings on Sunday.

Unfolding on the eve of Miptv, the second edition of the showcase put the spotlight on 12 upcoming drama shows, screening either full episodes or extracts as a work-in-progress.

“There is a lot of commercial pressure to do a certain type of drama series but what really struck me was the diversity and originality of all these shows… every one of them was very unique and defied simple expectations,” jury member Frank Spotnitz, creator of hit series such as The Man In The High Castle and Medici: Masters Of Florence, said.

Also on the jury were The Bridge producer Lars Blomgren, writer Virginie Brac (Cannabis, Spiral), director...

Being the geek that I am I’ve been keeping a close eye on the slowly developing Green Arrow film, Super Max. Written by David Goyer (Blade, The Dark Knight), the film is not your average comic book fair. Instead of following the typical origin tale, Super Max plans to take super hero Green Arrow and drop him in a “super max” prison full of villains (many of which he probably put there). Wrongfully convicted, Green Arrow would be forced to work alongside his enemies to escape while trying not to unleash the rest of the villains in the process. Think Prison Break meets Justice League.

Well, you can imagine my dismay when I read today that Columbia Pictures picked up the rights to spec horror script, Supermax by writers Mitch Rouse and Christopher Nelson. Yes, you read that right, two films with the same name (minus the space of course). Worse yet,...

Columbia has picked up Supermax, a spec script from writers Mitch Rouse and Christopher Nelson about a hero who must band together with some villainous monsters to fight his way out of a maximum-security prison for the supernatural. As THR notes, the script is unrelated to a WB project entitled, uh, Super Max (the space is crucial), which is about a superhero who must band together with some villainous enemies to fight his way out of a maximum-security prison for DC supervillains. Even better: The latter project would star the Green Arrow, because we don't have enough Green heroes to deal with. [THR]...

Here’s the pitch. An elite prison guard gets assigned to the maximum security wing of a prison that incarcerates inmates of a supernatural nature. After a riot, the guard must buddy up with the baddest, most monstrous inmate in the wing. The film is called “SuperMax”, not to be confused with Super Max, where DC Comics Green Arrow must escape from a prison of superdudes. Mitch Rouse and Christopher Nelson wrote the script and I have to admit, it’s a fine idea who’s time has come. Plenty of room for wack tonnes of awesome. Fangoria has an interview with the fellas. Let’s listen in. Influenced by ’70s classics like The French Connection, Marathon Man, Alien and a whole lot of John Carpenter, the two writers are clear that they want Supermax to be, above all, fun. “Dark, rich, cavernous, heartbreaking and relentless,” Nelson elaborates, and Rouse adds,...

By the Hollywood Reporter

Columbia has picked up the spec script "Supermax" from actors-turned-writers Mitch Rouse and Christopher Nelson. Todd Garner will produce via his Broken Road Productions banner.

The spec is an action horror tale set in a maximum-security prison for the supernatural. The story centers on a skilled prison guard who is re-assigned to Supermax. After a riot erupts, he must join forces with one of the prison's monstrous inmates in order to survive and fight his way out.

Sony's Doug Belgrad and Devon Franklin will oversee for the studio. Sean Robbins is executive produci...

Columbia has picked up the action horror spec script "Supermax" from actors-turned-writers Mitch Rouse and Christopher Nelson. Todd Garner will produce through his Broken Road Productions production company. The story is set in a maximum-security prison for the supernatural and centers on a skilled prison guard who is re-assigned to Supermax. After a riot erupts, he must join forces with one of the monstrous inmates in order to survive. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony's Doug Belgrad and Devon Franklin will oversee for the studio. Sean Robbins is executive producing for Broken Road. Rouse has appeared as an actor in "Reno 911!" and "According to Jim." He co-created "Strangers With Candy" and has written on several movies, including "Without a...

Supermax! It's such a catchy word that not one, but two projects have borrowed it for their title. The first is David S. Goyer's Supermax, which puts the Green Arrow behind bars and pits him against the villains of the DC universe. The other is a horror script from actors-turned-writers Mitch Rouse and Christopher Nelson, and that's the one this particular Cinematical story is about.

Supermax does share some similarities with the Green Arrow script in that it's about a maximum security prison that's stocked full with unnatural individuals. Instead of DC villains, this one is full of the supernatural. The story centers around a skilled prison guard who is reassigned to the creepy facility just in time for a prison riot to break out. He's forced to team up with one of the prison's most horrifying inmates to survive, and fight his way out. Who or what that inmate is remains a mystery.

Just to get it out of the way first: the “Supermax” movie that we’ve been hearing about, that has elements of horror in it and is set in a prison for monsters/paranormal cons? It has nothing to do with the “Supermax” movie by David Goyer that will star D.C.’s Green Arrow going to prison for supervillains and forced to fight his way out. The two films have strikingly similar premise, so it’s easy to get confused. Now, as to the horror version of “Supermax”, THR reports that Columbia Pictures has picked up the spec script. “Supermax” was written by Mitch Rouse and Christopher Nelson, and is set in a maximum-security prison for inmates with supernatural abilities. Our hero is described as “a skilled prison guard” at the supermax, who arrives at his new job just as a riot breaks out. The guard must team up...

Columbia Pictures has picked up the spec script Supermax from actors-turned-writers Mitch Rouse and Christopher Nelson. Todd Garner will produce via his Broken Road Productions. The spec is an action horror tale set in a maximum-security prison for the supernatural. The story centers on a skilled prison guard who is re-assigned to Supermax . After a riot erupts, he must join forces with one of the prison's monstrous inmates in order to survive and fight his way out. Nelson has appeared in Kill Bill and was the killer in The Tripper (pictured). The project is unrelated to Warners' Super Max, which is based on DC Comics hero Green Arrow.

"Supermax" is heading over to Columbia Pictures. The spec script from actors-turned-writers Mitch Rouse and Christopher Nelson is an action horror which takes place in a maximum-security prison for the supernatural. The story focuses on a prison guard who is re-assigned to Supermax and, when a riot erupts, must unite with one of the monstrous inmates to fight his way out. Todd Garner will produce via his Broken Road Productions company. Garner has "The Sorceror's Apprentice" which stars Nicolas Cage and is being sent out via Disney next year...

After the unfortunate onslaught of news recently regarding ridiculous remakes and pointless adaptations, it's nice to hear a fantastic original idea get picked up by a major studio. THR says Columbia Pictures has bought Supermax, a spec script from writer Mitch Rouse (co-creator of "Strangers with Candy") and Christopher Nelson. The story follows a hard-working prison guard who is re-assigned to Supermax, a maximum security prison for the supernatural. When a huge riot creates mass chaos in Supermax, the prison guard must team up with one of the monstrous inmates in order to make it out alive in one piece. While the writing talent behind this spec script doesn't exactly get me super excited, more recently some of the best and most original content - like District 9 and 500 Days of Summer from this year - has come from mostly unestablished up-and-coming writers. Sooner or later audiences are going to...

Columbia Pictures has picked up the rights to Mitch Rouse and Christopher Nelson’s spec script, Supermax, and you can see why – for it has one of the coolest premises we’ve heard for a while.Set in a prison for the supernatural, Supermax will be a combination of weird buddy flick and balls-out Carpenter-esque action horror as a gifted prison guard, assigned to the maximum security wing of a prison specifically built to house supernatural beings, is forced to team up with the prison’s most monstrous inmate and fight his way out after a riot breaks out.Coooooooool. In fact, let’s add an extra couple of o’s in there: cooooooooooool.First things first – this is not to be confused with the currently-in-development (hell) over-at-Warners superhero movie, Super Max, in which the Green Arrow is wrongly imprisoned in a maximum security prison for superheroes, and then has to fight his way out.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Columbia has nabbed the spec script Supermax from actors-turned-writers Mitch Rouse and Christopher Nelson.

The script is being described is an action horror tale that is set in a maximum-security prison for the supernatural. The story follows a skilled prison guard who gets re-assigned to Supermax. When a riot erupts, he has to join forces with one of the prison's worst inmates in order to survive.

The deal for the property was in the mid-six-figures.

Columbia has picked up the spec script "Supermax" from actors-turned-writers Mitch Rouse and Christopher Nelson. Todd Garner will produce via his Broken Road Productions banner.

The spec is an action horror tale set in a maximum-security prison for the supernatural. The story centers on a skilled prison guard who is re-assigned to Supermax. After a riot erupts, he must join forces with one of the prison's monstrous inmates in order to survive and fight his way out.

Sony's Doug Belgrad and Devon Franklin will oversee for the studio. Sean Robbins is executive producing for Broken Road.

The deal was in the mid-six-figures.

Garner has the Nicolas Cage starrer "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" coming from Disney next year and is about to begin shooting "Wichita," starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.

Rouse has appeared as an actor in "Reno 911!" and "According to Jim." He co-created "Strangers With Candy" and written on several movies,...

Columbia Pictures has picked up the spec script Supermax from actors-turned-writers Mitch Rouse and Christopher Nelson. Todd Garner will produce via his Broken Road Productions. The spec is an action horror tale set in a maximum-security prison for the supernatural. The story centers on a skilled prison guard who is re-assigned to Supermax. After a riot erupts, he must join forces with one of the prison's monstrous inmates in order to survive and fight his way out. The project is unrelated to Warners' Super Max , which is based on DC Comics hero Green Arrow.