Smith has made a long career utilizing his love of comics and even has a reality show on AMC called Comic Book Men that follows the happenings at a store Smith owns in his homestate of New Jersey. The news was announced at the network’s TCA panel this week.
At the same panel there was also talk of a new “crossover” as executive producers Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg are bringing the character of Vixen onto The Flash’s sister series, Arrow. Vixen already exists as a cartoon series on the app CW Seed. Characters from the two live-action series. The voice of the animated heroine Vixen, Megalyn Echikunwoke, will reprise the role on the primetime series.
Smith is repped by WME.
Echikunwoke is repped by UTA and A Management Company.
Emily J | Staff Writer