CW's Next DC Crossover to Likely Truly Involve All 4 Shows

Giving Kara Zor-El a bit more of the spotlight.

By Alex Osborn

After not truly being involved in The CW's big crossover with Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, it sounds like Supergirl may actually dedicate a full episode to the network's next big show-merging event.

IGN attended a screening of next week's episode of Supergirl, during which executive producer Andrew Kreisberg discussed the possibility of a future crossover during a Q&A. He said that while there aren't plans to do a big crossover this year, "next year, we're hoping to do a true four-way crossover."

While Melissa Beonist's Kara Zor-El appeared in last year's "Invasion" crossover with Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, the Supergirl series itself didn't actually dedicate an entire episode to the big event, instead including only a very brief stinger at the end of an episode to set up the other shows. In addition, none of the show's supporting cast appeared during the crossover.

Kreisberg explained why this was the case, noting "the single hardest factor in doing the crossovers is actors' availability," and since Supergirl didn't have any built-in shut down days like the other three series did, they weren't able to feature the show in a major way during the crossover event.

"We weren't aware that we were going to switch Supergirl from CBS to CW, and it was really going to be part of [the crossover]," he said, going on to note that "because the [crossover] starts on Supergirl, Melissa [Benoist] ended up being heavily in Flash and then in Arrow. Supergirl was the show we needed to shut down the most, and it was the one we didn’t have any opportunity to."

However, things will likely be different next year, as they plan ahead for the next season. "So now that we've gotten the early pick up and we've started designing the seasons, we're building in those dark days – and actually more dark days on Supergirl than the other shows – to make it a little easier," Kreisberg concluded.

For more on the "Invasion!" crossover, read up on how Supergirl will be involved in the Arrowverse following last year's big event, as well as how Flashpoint will have a lasting impact on the Arrowverse. Also be sure to check out this overview of what was left on the cutting room floor.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his YouTube channel.

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