With The CW undergoing major changes since being acquired by Nexstar, there's no longer a place for the Arrowverse on the network. Superman & Lois and Gotham Knights are both on the bubble, with only one likely to be saved (and neither is set in that reality).
The Flash was always going to conclude this year, of course, but it was recently revealed that the plug has been pulled on Justice U. The spin-off series was set to star Arrow's David Ramsey as John Diggle, with Spartan embarking on a new mission to recruit five young metahumans to live undercover as freshmen at a prestigious university
It's an intriguing, albeit strange, premise and one that the actor is understandably disappointed not to be able to share with the world.
"[The] CW decided to pass on all their shows in development. Justice U was one of them," Ramsey recently told The Cosmic Circus. "Would it have been great? Of course, I think Diggle has a lot of story left, Lantern ring or not. But again, there is Superman and Lois, which again CW hasn’t made a decision on. A version of John Diggle exists within that mythos. We’ll see what happens there."
Asked if he could divulge which metahumans Diggle was going to take under his wing, the actor added, "There were a few but I’m still not at liberty to talk about that. And the reason why is because it belongs to Warner Bros...I know what CW decided to do, but I don’t know what Warner Brothers is gonna do."
Elsewhere in the conversation, Ramsey reflected on almost becoming the Arrowverse's Green Lantern. Early plans called for him to be revealed as a new version of John Stewart, but with a Green Lantern movie and TV show in the works (which have since combined to become Max's Lanterns), the idea was scrapped.
"I think we successfully teased it for a number of years," Ramsey says. "The fans were expecting something. And I think, you know, there are a lot of reasons why things don’t happen. There are so many things above my pay grade that happened, that you will never know, that happened behind closed doors. And that’s fine."
"It would have been great to put on the ring, and put my feet into the boots of John Stewart."
While it's possible we'll see Diggle again in Superman & Lois, it feels a lot like the character's story has reached its end. That's a shame, but at least he got to go out on a high following a recent cameo in The Flash's final season.