Who is the next DC superhero to get a TV pilot?

A year after the final episode of Smallville, another hero from DC Comics may be getting a series. The powers that be have selected Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow for the pilot treatment. The character played by Justin Hartley was very popular, but Hartley won’t be involved in the show.

Entertainment Weekly reports that the team will include Greg Berlanti (Brothers & Sisters) and Marc Guggenheim (FlashForward) and Andrew Kreisberg. Wait. Not THIS Andrew Kreisberg:

Yes, that Andrew Kreisberg (or as he was known on Scans_Daily “Kreiisssssssberrrrg”) the writer of one of the worst runs on Green Arrow in the history of runs on Green Arrow. The only thing good I can say about his run is that it was so awful it made DC fold tents on the Arrow/Canary marriage and help send her back to Birds of Prey.

This is the second DC related property in development, the other is Booster Gold.

I wonder why there aren’t any female-led properties in development? Did the stink of Wonder Woman make Warner Bros. run? Wasn’t there supposed to be a Raven pilot? Marvel has three projects starring female characters in development with aka Jessica Jones the highest profile, you’d think one piece of female IP could be in development.

As far as Green Arrow, if any other person than Kreisberg were involved I might be excited to see if Black Canary was part of the cast. My only hope is that maybe he’s learned more about the character and to avoid the trainwreck he produced in comics.