In a recent interview, Arrow's showrunner, Marc Guggenheim spoke about what fans can expect from season 3 of The CW series.

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Speaking to Comic Book Resources, Guggenheim suggested that the next chapter would bring out Oliver Queen's (Stephen Amell) identity crisis of sorts, as he shuttles between his alter ego as Arrow and his real life persona as Oliver. 

"Who is he? Is he Oliver Queen is he the Arrow? Is he both? Can he be both?" said Guggenheim. "That's the log line. ... It's a different kind of torture. Like David [Ramsey] was saying, everything starts off really great."

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He went on to talk about how Oliver will be happier in the next season but that even though things will look up for him, there will be different complications for him to deal with.

"As I was writing my scenes for the premiere, I was typing 'Oliver smiles' a whole lot more than I ever have in three years! Things are really good, but things get complicated and they get dark, but they're dark in a different way," he said. "I don't know if he's a brooding guy in season three, but he's definitely very, very focused. I think the season premiere is about many things, but one of the things it's about -- Oliver really regains his focus."

A new promo for the show highlighting Ray Palmer aka The Atom, played by Brandon Routh was also recently released.

Palmer will eventually end up owning Queen Consolidated and there will be a whole lot of friction between him and Queen. In the promo, Palmer is introduced as Oliver looks a bit flustered walking into the offices and seeing a confident and domineering Palmer in his conference room. "I parked on your roof, hope that's OK? ... You guys valet, right?" Palmer informs Ray with a smidge of attitude.

The finale of season 2 of Arrow aired on May 14 on the CW. Season 3 premieres on October 8 on The CW. 

Watch the trailer for season 3 here:

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