CW Wednesdays Will Become An Amell Night With Arrow & The Tomorrow People

Peanut butter and jelly. Rum and Coke. Batman and Robin. Pork chops and applesauce. Smallville and Supernatural. Full House and Family Matters. Some things just seem to go well together, and The CW’s new plan for Wednesdays illustrates that notion perfectly, because Wednesday nights will soon be a night of Amells.

Stephen Amell’s cousin Robbie Amell, himself an accomplished actor with many projects including Revenge, Alcatraz, and Scooby Doo on his resume, is the lead actor in a new CW series called The Tomorrow People that will be paired with Arrow on Wednesdays starting this Fall. One of the producers also happens to be Arrow’s own Greg Berlanti.

Yes, you read that right: There’s another Amell!

Here’s how The CW describes it:

They are the next evolutionary leap of mankind, a generation of humans born with paranormal abilities – the Tomorrow People. Stephen Jameson stands at the crossroads between the world we know and the shifting world of the future. Up until a year ago, Stephen was a “normal” teenager – until he began hearing voices and teleporting in his sleep, never knowing where he might wake up. Now, Stephen’s issues have gone far beyond the usual teenage angst, and he is beginning to question his sanity. In desperation, Stephen decides to listen to one of the voices in his head, and it leads him to his first encounter with the Tomorrow People – John, Cara and Russell – a genetically advanced race with the abilities of telekinesis, teleportation and telepathic communication. The Tomorrow People are being hunted down by a paramilitary group of scientists known as Ultra. Led by Dr. Jedikiah Price, Ultra sees the Tomorrow People as a very real existential threat from a rival species, and the outcast group has been forced to hide out in an abandoned subway station just beneath the surface of the human world. Trading in secrets, Jedikiah offers Stephen the chance for a normal life with his family and best friend, Astrid, if he will help in the struggle to isolate and eradicate the Tomorrow People. On the other hand, Cara, John and Russell offer Stephen a different type of family and a home where he truly belongs. Unwilling to turn his back on humanity or the world of the Tomorrow People, Stephen sets out on his own path – a journey that could take him into the shadowy past to uncover the truth about his father’s mysterious disappearance, or into an unknown future with THE TOMORROW PEOPLE. The series stars Robbie Amell (“Revenge”) as Stephen, Luke Mitchell (“H20: Just Add Water”) as John, Peyton List (“Mad Men”) as Cara, Aaron Yoo (“Disturbia,” “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist”) as Russell, Mark Pellegrino (“Lost,” “Supernatural”) as Dr. Jedikiah Price, and Madeleine Mantock (upcoming “All You Need is Kill”) as Astrid. THE TOMORROW PEOPLE is from Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios with executive producers Greg Berlanti (“Arrow,” “Green Lantern”), Julie Plec (“The Vampire Diaries,” “Kyle XY”), Phil Klemmer (“Political Animals,” “Chuck”) and Danny Cannon (“Nikita,” “CSI: NY”). The pilot was directed by Danny Cannon.

Here are some preview images the network has released today. If you’d like some Tomorrow People news GreenArrowTV-style follow our Twitter feed, @TomorrowTV, or you will have failed this city. Just kidding, though we do hope there’s some interest. You can follow that here: Follow @TomorrowTV

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The Tomorrow People -- "Pilot" -- Image Number: TP100A_0247.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Robbie Amell as Stephen, Peyton List as Cara and Luke Mitchell as John -- Photo: Barbara Nitke/The CW -- © 2013 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.