Stephen Amell Is Green Arrow: Lands Title Role In CW Drama Pilot ‘Arrow’

One of the highest-profile young lead roles this pilot season has gone to Stephen Amell. In a potential star-making turn, Amell has been cast in the title role of the CW drama pilot Arrow. In the Warner Bros TV-produced project, described as a modern retelling of the story of DC Comics character Green Arrow, he will play the vigilante superhero who fights crime using archery, martial arts and technology under his secret identity as Oliver Queen, a wealthy playboy and billionaire industrialist-turned-outspoken politician in Star City.

David Nutter is directing the pilot, written/executive produced by Andrew Kreisberg, Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim. Amell is a familiar face at the CW, where he has done arcs on The Vampire Diaries and 90210. He most recently recurred on HBO’s Hung and ABC’s Private Practice and was one of the finalists to replace Andy Whitfield as the lead on Spartacus. Amell is the second actor to portray the Green Arrow on the CW; Justin Hartley played the character on the Smallville for several seasons. Like Nina Dobrev, the breakout star of the CW’s Vampire Diaries, Amell hails from Canada. He is repped by SMS, Leverage and Canada’s Gary Goddard Agency.

Robert Pattinson thinks boring people should be sent to prison

'Twilight' actor, Robert Pattinson thinks boring people should be put behind the bar to learn how to be creative.

The 'Twilight' actor, who is dating Kristen Stewart, said he hates people with a lack of personality, reported a magazine.

"I'd prohibit boring people. In my opinion there is nothing worse. The people who are boring should be in prison and be forced to learn to be creative with the other prisoners," Pattinson said.

The actor also said he would love to discover a beautiful area that wasn't overpopulated.

"I would find my own city called with a name so daunting that no one would want to live there for anything. But it would be as pretty as the Fiji Islands - a heaven just for me!"

I made darker films after 9/11 terror, reveals director Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg whose latest film War Horse is released in the UK on Friday revealed that he has changed the direction of his moviemaking after the 9/11 terror attacks in America, because the debacle inspired him to create "darker" films.

The 65-year-old who is well-known for family friendly projects such as 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial', 'Indiana Jones' franchise and 'Jurassic Park' - said he felt compelled to create "darker" films after the tragedy, according to report.

"9/11 changed a lot for me. It changed a lot for everybody in the world. And my films did grow darker after 9/11. 'Minority Report' was a very dark look at the future, and certainly 'War of the Worlds', which was a very direct reference to 9/11. It was a real post-9/11 story. Not intended that way, but that's the way it turned out.

"So I think the world has a great impact on how it colours my movies. I think that's a good sign. It just means I'm changing by being aware of what's happening," he said.