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[[Flash (Barry Allen)|Barry Allen]] and [[Iris West]]'s friends come to [[Central City (DC Comics)|Central City]] for their wedding, only for the event to be disrupted by [[Nazism|Nazi]] invaders from the parallel world Earth-X, including fascist doppelgängers of Barry's allies [[Oliver Queen (Arrow)|Oliver Queen]] and [[Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)|Kara Danvers]], enemy [[Eobard Thawne]], and other familiar heroes and villains, who come to Earth-1 with a deadly agenda.<ref name="PremiseReveal" /> Oliver, Barry, Kara, and [[Sara Lance]] must unite and lead their teams to save the world. In addition, the superheroes from Earth-X, including [[Captain Cold|Citizen Cold]] (a doppelgänger of Leonard Snart) and [[Ray (Ray Terrill)|The Ray]], also appear to help them.<ref name="Synopsis" />
[[Flash (Barry Allen)|Barry Allen]] and [[Iris West]]'s friends come to [[Central City (DC Comics)|Central City]] for their wedding, only for the event to be disrupted by [[Nazism|Nazi]] invaders from the parallel world Earth-X, including fascist doppelgängers of Barry's allies [[Oliver Queen (Arrow)|Oliver Queen]] and [[Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)|Kara Danvers]], enemy [[Eobard Thawne]], and other familiar heroes and villains, who come to Earth-1 with a deadly agenda.<ref name="PremiseReveal" /> Oliver, Barry, Kara, and [[Sara Lance]] must unite and lead their teams to save the world. In addition, the superheroes from Earth-X, including [[Captain Cold|Citizen Cold]] (a doppelgänger of Leonard Snart) and [[Ray (Ray Terrill)|The Ray]], also appear to help them.<ref name="Synopsis" />

===Part 1===
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As Barry Allen and Iris begin their wedding, it is crashed by the Nazi invaders led by Nazi versions of Green Arrow and Supergirl who are allied with [[Eobard Thawne]] who is once again "wearing" Harrison Wells' face.

===Part 2===
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Following the Nazi Prometheus' capture and suicide by cyanide pill, Harrison Wells figures out that the invaders come from Planet-X where [[World War II]] was not won by the Allied Forces and that [[Adolf Hitler]] had passed away in the 1990s. Meanwhile, Planet X's version of Supergirl and Green Arrow plan to further their goals and that Eobard states that they need Supergirl for it.


==Cast and characters==
==Cast and characters==

Revision as of 16:44, 28 November 2017

Template:Infobox Arrowverse crossover episode

"Crisis on Earth-X" is the fourth annual

Central City
for their wedding, only to be interrupted when villains from Earth-X disrupt the proceedings.

Development for a crossover between the four series began in December 2016 after the release of the previous crossover, "Invasion!". The premise and title of the crossover was revealed in September 2017 as production on the episodes began, with it noted that elements from the animated web series Freedom Fighters: The Ray would be part of the crossover, including the live-action appearance of Ray Terrill / The Ray.

Premise

Oliver Queen and Kara Danvers, enemy Eobard Thawne, and other familiar heroes and villains, who come to Earth-1 with a deadly agenda.[1] Oliver, Barry, Kara, and Sara Lance must unite and lead their teams to save the world. In addition, the superheroes from Earth-X, including Citizen Cold (a doppelgänger of Leonard Snart) and The Ray, also appear to help them.[2]

Part 1

As Barry Allen and Iris begin their wedding, it is crashed by the Nazi invaders led by Nazi versions of Green Arrow and Supergirl who are allied with Eobard Thawne who is once again "wearing" Harrison Wells' face.

Part 2

Following the Nazi Prometheus' capture and suicide by cyanide pill, Harrison Wells figures out that the invaders come from Planet-X where World War II was not won by the Allied Forces and that Adolf Hitler had passed away in the 1990s. Meanwhile, Planet X's version of Supergirl and Green Arrow plan to further their goals and that Eobard states that they need Supergirl for it.

Cast and characters

Further information: Supergirl, Arrow, The Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow cast and characters

Main and recurring

Actor Character Episode
Supergirl Arrow The Flash Legends of Tomorrow
Melissa Benoist[2][3] Kara Zor-El / Kara Danvers / Supergirl Main Guest
Kara-X / Overgirl Guest TBA
Mehcad Brooks James Olsen / Guardian Main Does not appear TBA
Chyler Leigh[2] Alex Danvers Main Guest
Jeremy Jordan[3] Winn Schott Main Does not appear Guest TBA
Katie McGrath[4] Lena Luthor Main[a] Does not appear TBA
Odette Annable Samantha Arias / Reign Main[a] Does not appear TBA
Chris Wood Mon-El Main Does not appear TBA
David Harewood[4] J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter Main Does not appear TBA
Stephen Amell[2][3]
Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
 Guest Main Guest
Oliver Queen / Dark Arrow Guest
Victor Garber[3]
Martin Stein / Firestorm
 Guest Guest Main
Jesse L. Martin[3] Joe West Guest Does not appear Main TBA
Emily Bett Rickards[2] Felicity Smoak Guest Main Guest
Caity Lotz[2]
Sara Lance / White Canary
 Guest Main
Tom Cavanagh[3] Harrison "Harry" Wells Guest Main Guest
Eobard Thawne / Reverse Flash Guest TBA
Dominic Purcell[3]
Mick Rory / Heat Wave
 Guest TBA Main
Candice Patton[2] Iris West Guest Main Guest
Franz Drameh[3]
Jefferson Jackson / Firestorm
 Guest Guest Main
Danielle Panabaker[3] Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost Guest Main Guest
Carlos Valdes[3]
Cisco Ramon / Vibe
 Guest Does not appear Main Guest
Keiynan Lonsdale[3] Wally West / Kid Flash Guest Does not appear Main TBA
Grant Gustin[2] Barry Allen / Flash Guest Main Guest
David Ramsey
John Diggle
 Does not appear Main[a] TBA
Willa Holland Thea Queen Does not appear Main[a] TBA
Echo Kellum[3] Curtis Holt / Mister Terrific Does not appear Main TBA Guest
Rick Gonzalez[3]
Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog
 Does not appear Main TBA Guest
Juliana Harkavy[3] Dinah Drake / Black Canary Does not appear Main TBA Guest
Katie Cassidy Laurel Lance Does not appear Main[a] TBA
Paul Blackthorne Quentin Lance Does not appear Main[a] TBA
Russell Tovey[5] Ray Terrill / The Ray Does not appear Guest
Wentworth Miller[2][3] Leo-X / Citizen Cold Does not appear Guest
Brandon Routh[3] Ray Palmer / Atom Does not appear TBA Main
Maisie Richardson-Sellers[3] Amaya Jiwe / Vixen Does not appear TBA Main
Tala Ashe[3] Zari Tomaz Does not appear TBA Main
Nick Zano[3] Nate Heywood / Steel Does not appear TBA Main
  1. ^ a b c d e f Despite being credited, the actor does not appear.

Guest

Red Tornado will appear in the crossover.[6]

Supergirl

Arrow

Production

Development

Yearly crossover events in the

second season ahead of the debut of The Flash. The next year, the eighth episodes of the third season of Arrow and the first season of The Flash formed a two-part event known as "Flash vs. Arrow". In the 2015–16 television season, a two-part event between the eighth episodes of the fourth season of Arrow and the second season of The Flash was used to set up the new team-up series Legends of Tomorrow.[9] For the 2016–17 television season, "Invasion!" saw The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow crossover, with the event beginning at the end of Supergirl.[10][11][12] In January 2015, The CW president Mark Pedowitz stated the intention to have an Arrowverse crossover every season.[13]

Planning for the crossover began in December 2016, with Arrow showrunner Wendy Mericle saying, "We actually sort of do, believe it or not, have a concept for what we want to do for next year's crossover. It's crazy."[14] By February 2017, planning began to create a true four-way crossover between the series. Because each series was renewed for an additional season a month prior, it allowed the producers to start building the production schedules to accomplish this. Executive producer Andrew Kreisberg said, "One of the big things we learned from ["Heroes Join Forces"], which made ["Invasion!"] slightly easier, was building in shut-down days, where shows just went dark. The single hardest factor in doing the crossovers is actors' availability because the shows keep going on. You're basically juggling four shows worth of schedules."[15] That May, Pedowitz confirmed there were no plans to incorporate Black Lightning in the crossover, as it was not part of the Arrowverse at that time and was scheduled to debut in the midseason of the 2017–18 television season.[16]

In September 2017, it was revealed that the title of the crossover would be "Crisis on Earth-X". The premise also revealed that Ray Terrill / The Ray would make his live-action debut in the Arrowverse, ahead of appearing in the animated web series, Freedom Fighters: The Ray, along with other characters and concepts from that series.[1] Russell Tovey also voices the character in Freedom Fighters.[5]

Writing

In June 2017, executive producer

Todd Helbing, and Legends of Tomorrow's by showrunner Phil Klemmer and Keto Shimizu.[2]

Filming

Filming of the four episodes began on September 22, 2017.[1] Supergirl's episode was directed by Larry Teng, Arrow's by James Bamford, The Flash's by Dermott Downs, and Legend of Tomorrow's by Gregory Smith.[2]

Music

Blake Neely, primary composer of all four series, composed the two and a half hour score for the crossover in eight days at The Bridge Recording Studio in Glendale, California.[20]

Broadcast

File:Crisis on Earth-X (teaser poster).jpg
Promotional teaser poster. Art by Phil Jimenez.

The crossover began with Supergirl and Arrow on November 27, 2017, and will conclude on The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow on November 28, all on The CW. Arrow, which normally aired on Thursdays at 9 pm, moved to Monday night at 9 pm for the crossover and would not air an additional episode on November 30. Pedowitz stated it was decided to have the crossover occur over two nights, opposed to four as with "Invasion!" because The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow were already paired together on The CW's schedule and "it would be better and tighter in terms of storytelling to make it like a two-night, two-hour miniseries. We thought this was a tight, concise way of doing it."[21] Guggenheim added, "We're really approaching this big four-part event as two back-to-back two hour movies, and I think when you look at it through that lens, it becomes less important for the Supergirl episode to feel like a Supergirl episode and the Arrow episode to feel like an Arrow episode, which was always our approach in the past."[19]

Marketing

Comic artist Phil Jimenez created a custom cover for the event, which invokes the cover design of Justice League #207, which was the 20th Annual Justice League of America/Justice Society of America crossover.[1] Promotional trailers for the event were released throughout November,[22][23][24] before the full trailer was released on November 20.[25]

References

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  4. ^ a b https://www.cbr.com/supergirl-martian-manhunter-no-arrowverse-crossover-crisis-on-earth-x/
  5. ^ a b Ausiello, Michael (September 22, 2017). "Arrowverse Crossover: Quantico's Russell Tovey Cast as Gay Superhero". TVLine. Archived from the original on September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ a b Joest, Mick (November 21, 2017). "Two Surprise Arrow-verse Characters Who Will Apparently Get Earth-X Versions In The Big Crossover". Cinema Blend. Archived from the original on November 22, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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