The Flash Showrunner Believes the Arrowverse Could Still Continue

The Flash might be coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean the Arrowverse is ending too. At least that’s what showrunner Eric Wallace thinks.

After nine years and nine seasons, the show starring Grant Gustin will present its final episode next week, becoming the last series from The CW tv universe built around DC characters, which was born in 2012 with the premiere of Arrow.

Now that the rest of the productions ended in the last couple of years, it seemed pretty obvious to fans that The Flash would be the one giving the Arrowverse a proper conclusion. But it might not be something definitive.

While speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Wallace confirmed that The Flash finale does not wrap up the whole franchise, and he still has hopes it can continue somehow:

“I still am hopeful that the Arrowverse is not over. I’ve approached it as The Flash is over and I want to make the best Flash series finale as possible. On the other side, of course, there’s no Batwoman. There’s no Legends. There’s no Black Lightning. There’s no Arrow or Supergirl. It is very strange. All of the shows that were on Earth-Prime, they’re all going away. So what does that mean? I don’t know.”

“I’ve wrapped up a lot of things in the series finale, and it ends on a very hopeful note that shows you how the future of the Arrowverse could continue in some way, shape, or form. It hopefully gives people closure, but also some hope for the future, because otherwise it’s very sad to think that there’s no more crossovers, that there won’t be an Arrowverse after May 24. That saddens me because I love it so much, and it was such a big part of not just my life, but a whole fan base’s life.”

Related: Grant Gustin Is Positive About Future Appearances as The Flash

The CW’s Next Season Will Be Comic Book Adaptations Free Since Smallville Ended

The CW is going through some very important changes, something that many networks and even big streaming platforms are going through too. In the case of the home of The Flash, there’ve been a large number of cancelations while many shows’ futures still remain uncertain in the middle of the crisis.

After the end of The Flash next week and Riverdale in August, Gotham Knights and Superman & Lois will be the only comic book based series remaining at the network, but the company still hasn’t decided which of the two will continue. Since none of these shows will feature new episodes next fall, it will be the first time since Smallville ended back in 2011 that The CW will have no comic book inspired stories on its schedule. When the Superman series prequel came to an end in 2011, the network had to wait until 2012 to get another DC character to the screen with the first season of Arrow. Since then, superheroes and other comic book stories became a regular bet for the company.