The pilot that we wanted to see but just couldn’t fit into the Comic-Con schedule was the pilot for The CW‘s Arrow, based on the DC Green Arrow comics. The series premiere is next week (now being advertised with a 22nd October premiere by Sky1 in the UK), so to help us get prepared and excited (we already were) they’ve now released this terrific featurette with contributions by the cast and production:

Featurette: Arrow – Sneak Peek
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYiu2vSy73U[/youtube]

As we’ve been telling you, Stephen Amell is playing the title character, and as we told you more recently, John Barrowman will be playing a “mysterious man.” Well, look what Mr. Amell posted on his Facebook wall last week:

Sure looks like a fencing jacket to us… Squee!

Arrow, starring Stephen Amell, Colin Donnell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey, Willa Holland, Susanna Thompson, Paul Blackthorne, and John Barrowman, premieres Wednesday, October 10 at 8/7c on The CW.