The CW continues to be planning a crossover occasion for the Arrowverse, however will probably be scaled down in gentle of the manufacturing shutdown attributable to the coronavirus epidemic. As The CW pushes the premiere of many of the Arrowverse shows to January 2021, the timing may also be moved to permit reveals to return to regular earlier than filming the occasion.
“It will likely be a smaller occasions than normal. We’re solely planning a two-hour occasion,” CW boss Mark Pedowitz mentioned on a convention name to journalists in regards to the new schedule, which is able to see the community launching new episodes at first of 2021.
Pedowitz assured that characters from most, if not all, of The CW’s DC superhero reveals will make an look within the occasion, however proper now the plan is to have the crossover stretch throughout Batwoman and new sequence Superman & Lois.
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“We’re speaking about doing Superman and Batwoman collectively at this level with a whole lot of characters coming from [other] reveals, however once more, timing is impacted throughout the board,” he mentioned. “However we’re planning for someday middle-to-late first quarter or early second quarter for that to occur.”
In response to Pedowitz, a two-hour crossover was all the time the plan following final yr’s large Disaster on Infinite Earths occasion, and the timing is simply being pushed in gentle of manufacturing challenges. As a substitute of airing within the first week of December per normal, the crossover will now doubtless occur in March or early April of 2021. He additionally confirmed the two-hour block will happen on Sunday.
All the plans for the crossover and premieres are contingent on The CW reveals having the ability to return to manufacturing in September 2020, which continues to be tentative as measures for returning safely are nonetheless being selected.
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