Elseworlds was the best, and most explicitly comic book-y Arrowverse crossover yet. It was more than just a way to get all the heroes together, it was an exploration of what makes each of them so special. And after all the reality altering, multiverse hopping superhero action, they still managed to end it with one big surprise…Crisis on Infinite Earths.
The Supergirl chapter of Elseworlds ended with a promise that next year will deliver on all of the Crisis-friendly imagery that this crossover presented (you don’t just introduce The Monitor if you aren’t gonna go for it), and they’re going all in on Crisis on Infinite Earths, the event that the Arrowverse has seemingly been building to since the very first episode of The Flash.
Crisis on Infinite Earths Release Date
Here’s the full Crisis on Infinite Earths schedule!
SUPERGIRL – Sunday, December 8, 2019 (8:00-9:00pm ET/PT)
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BATWOMAN – Monday, December 9, 2019 (8:00-9:00pm ET/PT)
THE FLASH – Tuesday, December 10, 2019 (8:00-9:00pm ET/PT)
ARROW – Tuesday, January 14, 2020 (8:00-9:00pm ET/PT)
DC’S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW – Tuesday, January 14, 2020 (9:00-10:00pm ET/PT)
Crisis on Infinite Earths Trailer
Check out this Crisis on Infinite Earths trailer with lots of new footage!
Crisis on Infinite Earths Story
The first official details about the Arrowverse Crisis on Infinite Earths are here, courtesy of the official episode synopses from the CW…
Supergirl: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One
“The Monitor (guest star LaMonica Garrett) sends Harbinger (guest star Audrey Marie Anderson) to gather the worlds’ greatest heroes – Supergirl (Melissa Benoist), The Flash (guest star Grant Gustin), Green Arrow (guest star Stephen Amell), Batwoman (guest star Ruby Rose), White Canary (guest star Caity Lotz), The Atom (guest star Brandon Routh) and Superman (guest star Tyler Hoechlin) – in preparation for the impending Crisis. With their worlds in imminent danger, the superheroes suit up for battle while J’onn (David Harewood) and Alex (Chyler Leigh) recruit Lena (Katie McGrath) to help them find a way to save the people of Earth-38.”
Batwoman: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two
“The group uses Ray’s (guest star Brandon Routh) invention to track new recruits to help save the universe. The Monitor (guest star LaMonica Garrett) sends Iris (guest star Candice Patton), Clark (guest star Tyler Hoechlin) and Lois (guest star Elizabeth Tulloch) in search of a mysterious Kryptonian, while Kate (Ruby Rose) and Kara (guest star Melissa Benoist) head out to find Bruce Wayne (guest star Kevin Conroy). In addition, Mia (guest star Katherine McNamara) challenges Sara (guest star Caity Lotz), Rory (guest star Dominic Purcell) discovers a hidden talent, and Lex Luthor (guest star Jon Cryer) returns.”
The Flash: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three
“Pariah (Tom Cavanagh) enlists Black Lightning (guest star Cress Williams) to help stop the Anti-Monitor (guest star LaMonica Garrett) after Flash-90 (guest star John Wesley Shipp) shares what he learned from his battle in Elseworlds. With the help of Black Lightning, Barry (Grant Gustin), Cisco (Carlos Valdes), and Killer Frost (Danielle Panabaker) come up with a plan that could save them all. Meanwhile, Iris (Candice Patton) has a heart-to-heart with Ryan Choi (guest star Osric Chau), while Oliver (guest star Stephen Amell) and Diggle (guest star David Ramsey) return to an old familiar stomping ground.”
And that’s only for the first three chapters! Two more will air in January, which will likely have even greater repercussions. The possibilities, of course, are infinite, but there are a few things we can glean from this. It’s possible that the Arrowverse Crisis on Infinite Earths story will probably do a little bit of housekeeping and finally tidy up a few things that have been annoying fans, namely that Supergirl takes place on a different Earth from The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow (a necessity since Kara’s show started on another network), and perhaps Black Lightning will probably follow suit (because that show was initially conceived for another network before moving to the CW). It’s possible that all those realities to be merged by the end of this, but at the very least, it will probably apply to Supergirl.
LaMonica Garrett, who plays both the Monitor and the Anti-Monitor on the crossover, says that they’re sticking as close to the classic comic as they can. “It’s hard to bring everything that’s on the page and adapt it to the screen, but they’re doing a really good job of that,” he tells us in an interview. “Without going too far into details, but they’re trying to stick as close to the comic book as possible.”
We also went into considerable detail about what Crisis on Infinite Earths might mean for the future of the Arrowverse here.
Crisis on Infinite Earths Characters and Cast
Here’s a poster that should give you a pretty good idea of the major players, but then we’ll get into more detail down below!
In addition to all the regulars on every CW DC Arrowverse show involved in the crossover, there will be some pretty big guest stars.
As expected, LaMonica Garrett will reprise his role as the Monitor, but he’ll also take on the dual role of the Anti-Monitor! And to add another very Crisis-specific character to the proceedings, Tom Cavanagh will take on the pivotal role of Pariah.
Beloved 1960s TV Robin Burt Ward will appear!
Brandon Routh will once again don the blue tights and red cape as the Superman of Kingdom Come! In other Superman-related news, Elizabeth Tulloch will return as Lois Lane. Check out that suit!
Kevin Conroy of Batman: The Animated Series will appear as a version of Bruce Wayne from the future. We have more details on that right here.
Smallville favorites Tom Welling and Erica Durance will reprise their roles as Clark Kent and Lois Lane! We have more details on their triumphant return to TV right here.
Supernatural‘s Osric Chau will be introduced as a new Atom, Ryan Choi. Ashley Scott will reprise her role of Helena Kyle, the Huntress, from the WB’s 2002 Birds of Prey TV series. We have more details on their arrival here.
Audrey Marie Anderson will reprise her important Arrow role as Lyla Michaels, but as the character’s name has long suggested, she’ll be playing the Arrowverse version of Harbinger. Check out this very cool look at her costume!
Robert Wuhl (Alexander Knox from Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman movie) will reportedly make an appearance in that role, and so will Tom Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar! (via Canadagraphs)
Supernatural‘s Stephen Lobo will play Jim Corrigan, the alter ego of the Spectre. Hopefully he gets to go “full Spectre” at some point, too.
Select characters from Black Lightning will turn up in Crisis on Infinite Earths but it is not known who just yet.
We expect LOTS more announcements like this in the coming weeks, and we’ll update this as updates become available.
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