Arrow actor Stephen Amell has signed on to star in a new series, as Arrow is winding down its final season. This new project is called Heels, an hour-long drama about two brothers set in the world of independent professional wrestling. Deadline reports the following synopsis for the series:
Heels is about the men and women who chase their dreams in the world of small town pro wrestling. Set in a close-knit Georgia community, it follows a family-owned wrestling promotion as two brothers and rivals — one of them played by Amell — war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel (Amell). But in the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to — or hard to leave behind.
In the ring, Amell’s Jack Spade is the charismatic villain, or heel, of the Duffy Wrestling Association. In the real world, he’s its hard-working owner, a husband and father trying to make ends meet while fighting to realize his impossible dreams. He has the mind of an artist in the body of a warrior and a Steve Jobs-ian need for perfection — and for control. He says he’ll do whatever it takes to build the DWA into an empire. Will he go so far as to risk his marriage or his relationship with his brother?
The series is being written by Michael Waldron, who is also writing the highly anticipated upcoming Loki series for Disney+, with Mike O’Malley as showrunner. This sounds like a solid series, with great names attached. Plus Amell is passionate about the sport, and knows his way around the ring, as he has forayed into the world of wrestling recently. While we have no other casting news yet, we do know that after news of this series broke, Amell tweeted at his Arrow co-star and wrestling buddy Cody Rhodes and said, “Wanna come and help me make a TV show?”.
Heels will be premiering on Starz. Are you into it?