Arrow Season 4 News: When Will Arrow Season 4 Premiere?

Arrowseason 3 is finished, but Arrowseason 4 is already confirmed, and there's already news about it creeping out there. We'll collect it all and keep it right here for you.

Arrow Season 4 Premiere Date

Do not take this as official confirmation of anything, but there's a pattern that Arrowhas always stuck to with their premiere dates. Arrowalways premieres right around New York Comic-Con. Whether that's by coincidence or design is another story, but it's happened three times in a row. 

So with that in mind, and assuming the CW doesn't move the show to another night, I predict that Arrowseason 4 will premiere on Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. I will update this if I hear anything different.

I have good reason for predicting this. Check it out:

Arrowseason 1 premiered on Wednesday October 10th, 2012...the night before NYCC.

Arrowseason 2 premiered on Wednesday October 9th, 2013...the night before NYCC.

Arrowseason 3 premiered on Wednesday October 8th, 2014...the night before NYCC.

If anything changes, I'll let you know.

But the big question, of course, is always who the next big baddie is. Well, now we know...

Arrow Season 4 Villains

The name has been kicking around the internet for awhile, but the Arrowepisode "Al Sah-Him" confirmed it. Damian Darhk will be the villain of Arrowseason four. In the comics Damian Darhk is a pretty minor Teen Titans villain, but it sounds like they're putting a new spin on him for Arrow.

Ra's al Ghul told Oliver about Damian, a man who thought he should head the League of Assassins, and then took off with their secrets and some waters from the Lazarus Pit to form his own organization. We know that organization is HIVE, which in the comics is known for having some super awesome technology. So Arrowseason four may have a villain as devious and physically capable as Ra's al Ghul, but with sci-fi technology to back it up.

As for what HIVE might want David Ramsey (John Diggle) told E! Online: 

"From my understanding, H.I.V.E. is going to be a big part of next season's big baddie...We are going to delve right into why H.I.V.E. hired Deadshot to kill Andy and what H.I.V.E. is all about to begin with. There will be a lot of Diggle's connection to H.I.V.E. next season so stay tuned."

The HIVE connection has been teased since season two, and their name has popped up from time to time in season three. 

I originally thought that perhaps this "Damian" was referring to Damian Wayne. Arrowhas an ongoing flirtation with Batman mythology, and it's never been more obvious than during season three, which chose Ra's al Ghul as the baddie of the year. But even before that, the League of Assassins (that's the League of Shadows to you Batman Begins fans) was a major presence in season two, which also showed us a hint of Harley Quinn, introduced minor Bat-villain the Dollmaker, and so on down the line.

I was dead wrong, of course. There's never been so much as a mention of Gotham City, let alone Batman, on this show. But if they had decided to use Damian Wayne, perhaps a teenaged Damian Wayne who has never met his father, it would set up the possibility that perhaps Batman has been operating quietly in the shadows for years. Perhaps he even retired before Oliver put on a hood. 

Anyway, that ain't happening. We'll see what Damian Darhk can do to Starling City in the fall!

Arrow Season 4 Production

Things will look a little different next year, though. Arrow season four is getting a new showrunner. Well, a new co-showrunner, at least. Marc Guggenheim announced that Wendy Mericle will be taking over some more duties for Arrow season four. Ms. Mericle is no newcomer to the Arrow world, having written and produced a stack of episodes, and serving as executive producer.

With the Arrow-verse about to expand by another show (the untitled team-up show) and possibly two (with Supergirl) you can see how they might need some help next year.

See you in the fall!