<Tr> <Th> Official website </Th> <Td> www.cwtv.com/shows/arrow </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Production website </Th> <Td> www.warnerbros.com/tv/arrow </Td> </Tr> <P> Arrow is an American superhero television series developed by writer / producers Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg . It is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime - fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp . It premiered in North America on The CW on October 10, 2012, with international broadcasting taking place in late 2012 . Primarily filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the series follows billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), who, five years after being stranded on a hostile island, returns home to fight crime and corruption as a secret vigilante whose weapon of choice is a bow and arrow . </P> <P> The series takes a new look at the Green Arrow character, as well as other characters from the DC Comics universe . Although Oliver Queen / Green Arrow had been featured in the television series Smallville from 2006 to 2011, on the CW, the producers decided to start clean and find a new actor to portray the character . Arrow focuses on the humanity of Oliver Queen, and how he was changed by time spent shipwrecked on an island . Most episodes in the first five seasons have flashback scenes to the five years in which Oliver was missing . </P>

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