From 2004 to 2007, the USA Network aired The 4400, from co-creators Rene Echevarria and Scott Peters, in which thousands of people previously reported missing suddenly appear back on Earth with no sign of aging and no memory of their absence, but with strange new abilities given to some. 

This story of one grand return is making its grand return to television in The CW’s new reimagining of the intriguing sci-fi mystery series, which has since gained a cult following, and is remembered as one of the earliest gigs of Firefly cast member Summer Glau and two-time Academy Award-winner Mahershala Ali, to name a few. We shall see if The CW’s new 4400 cast is destined for such fame, but first we will take a look at where you might have seen them before they reappeared on this new show.

Joseph David-Jones (Jharrel Mateo)

Playing a social worker named Jharrel struggling to help members of the titular 4400 is Joseph David-Jones - previously known on The CW from joining the Arrow cast as Connor Hawke, after debuting as the Knightwatch agent on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. 

The Los Angeles native, whose first acting credit was the 2011 straight-to-video sex comedy, Barely Legal, also has experience with sci-fi from his supporting role in the 2016 Divergent sequel, Allegiant, held his own opposite Denzel Washington in Roman J. Israel, Esq., and also displayed his musical talents on CMT’s Nashville and in Kathryn Bigelow’s historical crime drama, Detroit, in 2017. David-Jones is currently filming a movie called Unc, which is expected to come out February 2022.

Ireon Roach (Keisha)

Landing her first gig as a TV series regular cast member is Ireon Roach (who plays Jharrel’s co-worker, Keisha) following her debut guest spot with the Chicago P.D. cast in 2016. The following year saw the release of her first feature-length film - the teen LGBTQ+ romance Princess Cyd - but she achieved her first starring role in a movie with the coming-of-age thriller, Knives and Skin, in 2019. 

However, her most high-profile role to date (prior to appearing in the 4400 cast, of course) is in 2021’s Candyman for a brief (but easily identifiable) moment from director Nia DaCosta and producer Jordan Peele’s soft reboot, that takes place in a high school restroom.

Brittany Adebumola (Shanice) 

Shanice is one of the many people out of time (specifically originating from 2005) whom Jharrel and Keisha are assigned to investigate, and she's played on 4400 by Brittany Adebumola. The 23-year-old made her screen acting debut just last year with the controversial coming-of-age miniseries, Grand Army, on Netflix in the recurring role of Tamika Jones. 

Later in 2021, audiences will also be able to see her in the seventh episode of the Paramount+ original crime drama, Guilty Party (starring Underworld cast lead Kate Beckinsale), which will be available to stream on Thursday, November 18.

Cory Jeacoma (Logan) 

Playing Shanice’s husband and father to her daughter, Logan (who is shocked to see her return 16 years after her unexplainable disappearance), is Cory Jeacoma. The Broadway actor’s first screen acting credit was the teen comedy, Fan Girl - which originally first aired on Freeform in 2015 (when it was still called ABC Family) and was also one of the earliest acting gigs of Beanie Feldstein of Booksmart and Impeachment: American Crime Story cast fame. 

Prior to being cast on 4400, Jeacoma landed his most high profile part at the time on the Starz original spin-off drama Power Book II: Ghost in the recurring role of Trace Weston.  

T.L. Thompson (Andre)

Andre, a transgender doctor and member of the 4400 who first went missing in the 1920s, is played by real-life transgender actor T.L. Thompson, who is also relatively new to the profession, with only four other acting credits so far. After providing the voice of multiple roles on Adventures in New America (a bizarre, satirical, dramatized podcast series about alien vampire zombies) in 2018, Thompson made a screen acting debut the following year on an episode of These Thems, which is a web show that focuses on the lives of four people from the LGBTQ+ community in New York City. 

In 2020, the actor appeared in one installment of another digital series called While We Breathe, which was created in response to the murder of George Floyd, and then starred on another web show in 2021 called The Hunted: NYCSS, which has much lighter, horror-comedy vibe to it.

Jaye Ladymore (Claudette)

Playing Claudette, a Black woman from the 1950s who seems to take a liking to the 21st Century, is Jaye Ladymore, who has been previously credited as Jennifer Latimore in all of her projects prior to joining the 4400 cast. She debuted on an episode of a more grounded social commentary, Showtime’s The Chi, in 2018 - the same year she made her film debut opposite Jamie Lee Curtis in An Acceptable Loss, and appeared amongst the Empire cast in the recurring role of Janice Jones. 

In 2020, after landing a recurring role as an assistant state attorney on the Fox legal drama Proven Innocent the year before, Ladymore reprised the Chicago P.D. character she originated in 2018 (another ASA named Katherine Boyd), and appeared in the film Killing Eleanor alongside former Malcom in the Middle cast member Jane Kaczmarek.

Derrick A. King (Reverend Johnston)

The 1990s was the last the world saw of Reverend Johnston - a character previously assigned to Joseph David-Jones before later being recast by Derrick A. King, who (like many of his co-stars on the 4400 cast) first got noticed from a digital show called College Boyfriends - The Web-Series. He later made his feature film debut opposite Scream Queen Dee Wallace in the low budget 2018 horror flick, Ouija House. 

However, King’s biggest role prior to the CW series might be as “Main Player” in the 2021 edition of the popular Madden NFL video game series. Speaking of sports, he will next appear on the basketball drama Baselines with Jarrett Ellis, who starred in the Tupac biopic All Eyez on Me as Snoop Dogg.

Khailah Johnson (Ladonna)

One of the few characters in the 4400, other than Brittany Adebumola’s Shanice, who has some familiarity with the 21st Century (having gone missing in 2015) is Ladonna - played by Khailah Johnson, who is making her screen acting debut on The CW series. 

The New Jersey native actually just graduated in 2021 from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama, where she notably played Little Red in the school’s production of Into the Woods, and earned the Helen Wayne Rauh award for excellence in musical theatre. Therefore, it may be safe to say that we can expect great things from the young actress during her tenure in the 4400 cast and beyond.

Autumn Best (Mildred)

Also appearing in her first major role on a television series is the young actress Autumn Best, who plays an intelligent teenager from the 1970s named Mildred. While 4400 will serve as an introduction to the talented newcomer for many audiences, she also has a notable online presence for her YouTube channel, on which the artist (born with a developmental disability called symbrachydactyly, which stunted the growth of most of the fingers on her left hand) has impressed her subscribers with ukulele covers of popular songs.

AMARR (Hayden)

In the role of another 4400 member named Hayden, we have AMARR (née Amarr Merritt Wooten), who has been acting since he was only a 3-year-old child, starting out, mostly, with TV commercials before breaking into film with Step Up 2: The Streets in 2008. The now-20-year-old has the honor of calling himself a Disney Channel star (for his recurring role on Liv and Maddie), a Nickelodeon star (for his regular role on Knight Squad), and an ABC sitcom star (for his recurring role on American Housewife). 

However, appearing opposite Romany Malco in Holiday Rush in 2019 made AMARR a Netflix star, which will continue with his recurring role on Colin in Black and White - a limited series about Colin Kaepernick narrated by the outspoken NFL star himself, who also co-created it with Ava Duvernay.

Wilder Yari (Jessica)

Playing Keisha’s romantic partner (and boss) named Jessica on 4400 is Wilder Yari, who debuted on a TV series called The Big Gulp and appeared mostly in short films like The Dating Ritual or Layover before landing a starring role in the low budget feature-length horror flick The Canyonlands in 2021. Around that same time, the actor was cast in a Season 2 episode of The L Word: Generation Q - a revival of the hit Showtime series.

Judging by shots of police officers wearing masks and conversations between people separated by clear plastic barriers in the promotional material, its seems like the new 4400 takes place not in an alternate 2021, but in our very own reality (if this reality also saw the shocking arrival of reluctant, time-traveling missing persons). I suppose that also means we should also expect some interesting social commentary in each episode when the new series - developed by Riverdale producer Ariana Jackson and Walker executive producer Anna Fricke - premieres on The CW, Monday, October 25, 2021.

Though Oliver Queen might not be around anymore to witness its ongoing legacy, Arrow is easily one of the most important superhero projects to ever hit the small screen. The action-packed drama birthed an entire costumed industry on The CW, where indirect spinoffs like Batwoman are keeping the cycle going into the future. From its pilot through Season 8's conclusion, the show built a fandom that will continue to provide Arrow's cast with an endless supply of adoration and questions about their experiences.

One of those questions the Arrow cast probably gets a lot is "What are you doing next?" That's precisely the inquiry that this story is here to answer, so join us in looking forward and learning what all of the main Arrow cast members through the years will be doing in the foreseeable future.

Stephen Amell (Oliver Queen/Green Arrow)

Having had his share of portraying the playboy-turned-vigilante Oliver Queen, Stephen Amell chose to follow Arrow up with a starring role on the upcoming Starz drama Heels. With a focus on the world of independent pro wrestling, Heels will pair Amell up with Vikings' Alexander Ludwig as two head-butting brothers fighting over their late father's wrestling promotion as it grows in popularity. Amell has years of experience with pro wrestling, going back to his faux rivalry with then-WWE superstar Cody Rhodes. Amell will also be seen opposite Criminal Minds' Aisha Tyler in the short film Speech & Debate, and fans can often find him giving extended Q&A sessions on Instagram and Facebook.

Katie Cassidy (Laurel Lance/Black Canary/Black Siren)

Like only a few other Arrowverse stars, Katie Cassidy got to play two different versions of Laurel Lance, with two different vigilante personas under her belt. Considering both characters were fan-favorites throughout the course of the drama's eight seasons (even when she wasn't even around), it perhaps makes all the sense in the Earth-1 that Cassidy's next big project in the works is the in-development Arrow spinoff that will be devoted to the Canaries. Cassidy made her directorial debut directing the third episode of Arrow's final season, so fans might soon get to see from of her work behind the camera.

Emily Bett Rickards (Felicity Smoak/Overwatch)

Though Emily Bett Rickards exited Arrow before its final season, her years of emotional performances as the nick-of-time tech whiz Felicity made her feel ever-present anyway. (It helped when she came back for the series finale.) Fans would no doubt love to see Felicity appear again in the Arrowverse, but for the near-future, fans will hopefully soon watch her in the indie dramedy We Need to Talk, from writer/director Todd Wolfe, which is about a self-absorbed celebrity gamer struggling to interact with people in the real world as easily as he does online. As of a year ago, in 2019, Rickards was also signed on to produce and star in Miles Forster's horror RAGs, centered on a movie serial killer who defends a group of teenagers from another dangerous killer.

David Ramsey (John Diggle/Spartan)

The kind of sidekick/bodyguard that every good vigilante deserves, David Ramsey's John Diggle was an integral part of what made Arrow's core squad so watchable. The show's fans have been craving for Ramsey to get a shot at playing the Green Lantern on the small screen, but there's nothing concrete in the cards just yet. That said, the actor did appear on The Flash after Arrow's end, so he might just stick around The CW from time to time. While he doesn't have any bigger projects publicly known to be in the works, Ramsey is currently recording Cameo videos for fans where part of the proceeds go to the Red Cross. Maybe we'll see Ramsey returning to CBS' Blue Bloods for another attempt at mayor-dom.

Willa Holland (Thea Queen/Speedy)

For six seasons and then some, Willa Holland served as Oliver's badass younger sister Thea Queen, who eventually became (and then retired and became again) the vigilante Speedy. The actress and character returned for Season 8 in a recurring capacity, but probably won't show up in the Arrowverse again. Which is a shame, since Willa Holland doesn't have anything big on the radar as far as TV or movie roles. She reprised her role as Aqua in Kingdom Hearts III in 2019, so maybe it's time to start any arguments that Kingdom Hearts should get a Disney+ TV show soon.

Paul Blackthorne (Quentin Lance)

A solid part of Arrow through its sixth season, and then again in Season 8, Paul Blackthorne was as dependable a performer as always when portraying the occasional alcoholic Quentin Lance, father to Sara and Laurel. With Quentin in his rear-view, Blackthorne will co-star with Gotham vet Morena Baccarin and Legends of Tomorrow vet John Noble in the extraterrestrial-hinged crime drama TV series Home Invasion. Blackthorne is also part of the star-studded voice cast for the upcoming animated feature Pierre the Pigeon Hawk, which also has Kenan Thompson, Howie Mandel, Nick Cannon, Whoopi Goldberg and more involved. Though it's not an on-screen role, Blackthorne serves as a producer on the upcoming females-in-football documentary Victorious.

Rick Gonzalez (Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog)

Before joining Arrow to play the anger-laden Rene Ramirez, a.k.a. Wild Dog, actor Rick Gonzalez was probably best known for his hilariously subdued reactions in the cancelled-too-soon supernatural comedy Reaper. While it's possible Wild Dog could appear in the Arrow spinoff, considering what we know of the universe's future, Rick Gonzalez is already set to show up on TV rather frequently again in the near future. Gonzalez landed a role in Langdon, which is NBC's upcoming episodic take on Dan Brown's puzzle-cracking historian Robert Langdon, of DaVinci Code fame. (Don't forget about that Calvin Klein ad he was in, either.)

Juliana Harkavy (Dinah Drake/Black Canary)

When she joined Arrow in Season 5, Juliana Harkavy was something of a controversial addition, since she was effectively (at the time) taking the Black Canary helm from Katie Cassidy's Laurel Lance. Thankfully, Cassidy returned as Black Siren and gave Harkavy a chance to develop the classic comic character Dinah Drake. Thankfully, the character survived through the events at the end of Arrow's final season, and Dinah is one of the various characters at the heart of the potential Canaries-based spinoff. There's a decent enough chance we'll see her again in Legends or The Flash, but it can't be known for sure just yet. Elsewhere, Harkavy was set to star in a '70s-set thriller titled The Lighthouse, but it's unclear if that project is still in development.

Colin Donnell (Tommy Merlyn)

Unlike everyone else on this list, Colin Donnell only starred in one season of Arrow, which was its debut year. However, the actor and character struck a major chord with fans (as well as the cast and crew), so Tommy Merlyn got to return to the show on occasion to cause confusion and mourning. (His final episode was the Season 8 premiere.) Donnell's biggest non Arrowverse role came with the NBC drama Chicago Med, though he left the drama in Season 5. He took part in a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie back in January 2020, and has appeared on the recent web talk show Stars in the House, but doesn't have anything upcoming that has been publicly announced. But, in connection with his Med history, Donnell is selling clothing and medical masks to support medical equipment suppliers.

Manu Bennett (Slade Wilson/Deathstroke)

One of the more beloved recurring Arrow characters across its eight-year run, Manu Bennett's deadly assassin Slade Wilson was in beast mode every time he was on the screen, and his take on Deathstroke will likely be the definitive live-action take for a long time. (Sorry, Joe Manganiello and Esai Morales.) Deathstroke returned in Arrow's final season for a last hurrah, but it wasn't Bennett under the mask, and it's unclear where we'll see the actor again in the near future. He showed up in a 2019 episode of The CW's Pandora, which is set to return this year for Season 2. The actor did reunite with his former Shannara Chronicles co-stars for an online reunion in April 2020, and is currently keeping busy sending messages to fans through Cameo.

Katherine McNamara (Mia Smoak/Blackstar/Green Arrow)

One of Arrow's later-stage stars, the former Shadowhunters and Maze Runner franchise star Katherine McNamara joined the CW drama in Season 7 as the future timeline's Mia Smoak, the daughter of Oliver and Felicity whose life was changed by the Crisis on Infinite Earths. She inevitably takes over the Green Arrow mantle, which went into setting up the potential Green Arrow and Canaries spinoff. Beyond that CW project, McNamara will be making waves on another big TV show, CBS All Access' take on Stephen King's The Stand. On the film side, she'll be seen in the romantic drama Finding You, as well as It's Always Sunny vet Charlie Day's comedy feature El Tonto.

Colton Haynes (Roy Harper/Arsenal)

Having gained his brooding drama cred on The Gates and Teen Wolf, Colton Haynes was a big part of Arrow's second and third seasons as the powered-up Roy Harper, who eventually adopted the vigilante persona Arsenal. After faking his death and fleeing Star City, Roy returned to Arrow several times over the remaining seasons, and appeared in three different episodes in Season 8, including the series finale. Haynes' future TV slate appears clear, but as a former star of both American Horror Story: Cult and Scream, he'll hopefully reconnect with Ryan Murphy in the future. Beyond trying to get his YouTube video-creation mojo going, Haynes may soon be seen in Brett Leonard's feature drama Triumph opposite Breaking Bad's R.J. Mitte and Empire's Terrence Howard.

John Barrowman (Malcolm Merlyn/Dark Archer)

John Barrowman has in arguably been one of the most enjoyable elements of the Arrowverse almost since the beginning as Arrow's Malcolm Merlyn, leader of the League of Assassins. Save for Season 6, the charismatic Barrowman appeared in varying capacities across each of Arrow's seasons, and was also a temporary regular on Legends of Tomorrow. The multi-hyphenate entertainer is also beloved for his work in Torchwood and Doctor Who as Captain Jack Harkness. Barrowman's return for Jodie Whittaker's latest season was the only publicly known on-screen role he currently has for 2020. However, the theatre veteran is set to star in the upcoming UK production of Snow White as the Wicked Queen herself. The Hollow Earth YA fantasy novel series that he writes with his sister Carole was optioned several years ago, with X-Men: First Class screenwriter tapped to pen it, but all has been quiet on that front.

Arrow's TV legacy will be felt for many more years to come, especially since nearly the entire cast has wholly embraced the fandom through conventions and social media. (And because the Arrowverse can't stop, won't stop getting new spinoffs.) We'll likely see some of these former stars reprising their heroic and villainous roles in the future in one capacity or another, even though Stephen Amell will likely never play Green Arrow again.

For anyone who wants to relive the plethora of adventures that Oliver & Co. went on – no, not the animated dog movie – you can find all eight seasons streaming right now on Netflix.

The return of Arrow for Season 8 marks the beginning of the end for the show that started the now five-show Arrow-verse on The CW, but Mia and Connor's flash-forward journeys may be only just beginning. Joseph David-Jones, who has played Connor Hawke -- albeit in two very different forms -- since he debuted on Legends of Tomorrow back in 2016, weighed in on their relationship in Season 8, and what he had to say may surprise fans.

Is love in the air for Connor Hawke, adoptive son of John Diggle and Lyla Michaels, and Mia Smoak, daughter of Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak, as seemed hinted by their mysterious history together in Season 7? Or will they have other things on their minds as two members of the new Team Arrow? When I asked Joseph David-Jones about Connor and Mia's dynamic in Season 8, he said this:

Hey, that's some love, right? Star City in 2040 and beyond isn't an easy place to live even despite Team Arrow 2.0's victories at the end of Season 7, which were satisfying enough to Felicity that she felt able to leave her daughter behind to apparently join a very much not-dead Oliver somewhere far away. The kids of the members of Original Team Arrow have more on their minds than romance, even if that is something they'd want to pursue if conditions were purpose. Connor does have an evil brother in the mix thanks to JJ, after all!

Original Team Arrow had a clear leader, as it was Oliver's mission to begin with, and the rest joined his cause. Although Diggle and Felicity never blindly followed him, he was the Green Arrow, and they didn't even get code names for a few years. In the flash-forward Team Arrow, the four members -- Mia, Connor, William, and Zoe -- are more or less on equal ground, which means that somebody stepping up as leader could result in some friction. And then, of course, there's the issue of Connor's seemingly villainous adoptive brother, John Diggle Jr.

JJ was revealed to be part of the Deathstroke Gang, whose choice of name makes it pretty clear that they're not exactly heroes fighting the good fight for Star City. Played by Charlie Barnett of Chicago Fire fame, JJ and Connor have a complicated history of their own, and Joseph David-Jones revealed that he and Barnett put a lot of thought and work into crafting that dynamic.

Considering the Arrow spinoff that's in the works to focus on Mia Smoak and other key female characters from the parent series, the odds are pretty good that the Connor/Mia dynamic itself will continue beyond the end of Arrow. It should be interesting to see what goes down in the backdoor pilot that will air as one of the final ten episodes of Arrow.

Will this spinoff go the way of Supernatural's many spinoff attempts and never get off the ground, or does the Arrow-verse -- which is technically comprised almost entirely of spinoffs -- have what it takes to turn a flash-forward series into a hit? It would be a shame for the Arrow-verse to continue without an archer in the mix, even if it can't be Oliver Queen following Arrow's post-"Crisis on Infinite Earths" series finale.

See what's in store for Connor, Mia, and the rest with new episodes of Arrow airing Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on The CW, following new episodes of The Flash in the fall TV lineup.

The eighth and final season of Arrow is only days away from premiering on The CW. While Oliver and Co. have to deal with the coming Crisis in the present thanks to Oliver's deal with The Monitor, the action continues in the flash-forward timeline introduced in Season 7, with Star City 2040. Only time will tell if more characters from the present turn up in the future, but Season 8 regular Joseph David-Jones (Connor Hawke) explained to CinemaBlend that two present characters will impact the flash-forwards: John Diggle and Bronze Tiger.

Although Joseph David-Jones technically made his Arrow-verse debut on Legends of Tomorrow back in 2016, that timeline was thankfully erased, and he joined Arrow in earnest to play Connor Hawke in the Season 7 flash-forwards. This time, "Connor Hawke" was not an alias used by John Diggle Jr., or JJ, but rather the given name of the son of Bronze Tiger who would later be adopted by John Diggle and Lyla Michaels.

The future timeline in the seventh season revealed that Connor rose above his status as the biological son of an Arrow baddie to become a hero, whereas JJ seemingly became a villain despite his status as the son of two Arrow heroes. Joseph David-Jones spoke with CinemaBlend about Arrow Season 8, and when I asked what it has been like to play with the expectations of the son of a bad guy vs. the son of heroes with Connor and JJ, David-Jones said this:

Even if John Diggle and Bronze Tiger never show up in the flash-forwards -- which hasn't been 100% confirmed one way or the other -- their impacts will be felt in the form of Connor and JJ. Connor in particular comes from two words, as he wasn't exactly an infant who wouldn't remember his biological dad before Diggle and Lyla adopted him. Bronze Tiger also wasn't exactly a supervillain a la Deathstroke or Ra's al Ghul; still, the values Connor was raised with could have taken him in a wildly different direction.

Instead of becoming Bronze Tiger 2.0, even in the awful circumstances of Star City 2040, Connor became a hero fighting the good fight. The same can't be said for his adoptive brother, JJ, who is the biological child of Diggle and Lyla. According to Joseph David-Jones, Arrow Season 8 will share the journeys of both brothers to reveal how they wound up where they were when the flash-forwards left off in Season 7.

Charlie Barnett of Chicago Fire fame was cast in the series regular role of JJ, who was revealed in Season 7 to be the leader of the Deathstroke Gang in the 2040 future. Season 7 didn't drop a whole lot of details about the Deathstroke Gang, but the choice of name certainly suggests that their leader is not somebody to cross lightly.

Joseph David-Jones went on to share how Charlie Barnett has fit into the cast and helped build the key relationship between the adoptive brothers:

While fans still have to wait to see how the sons of John Diggle -- adoptive and biological -- interact as adults, Joseph David-Jones' comments reveal that he and Charlie Barnett put a lot of effort into building a believable and personal bond. The relationship between Connor and JJ is bound to be complicated, to put it lightly.

The future timeline is a bit of a mess, to say the least, and they clearly chose very divergent paths at some point. Can their relationship be repaired? We'll have a better idea once we get a look at them sharing the screen, but it's pretty promising to know that fans will love and hate JJ!

Given that Diggle played a major role in shaping Connor on the show, I asked Joseph David-Jones if he'd met up with David Ramsey, who has played John Diggle ever since Arrow's pilot way back in 2012, about shaping Connor as a character:

Considering John Diggle has been one of the few consistently good characters of Arrow -- even more than the Green Arrow himself, who has fallen off the straight and narrow path more than once over the years -- I'd say that being called "a funnier version" of Diggle is a huge compliment!

Now we'll just have to wait and see if David Ramsey and Joseph David-Jones appear on screen together. Anything seems possible with "Crisis On Infinite Earths" coming up, and the flash-forwards haven't given a solid reason why Diggle can't pop up. And hey, there's always the spinoff, if Arrow runs out of time in Season 8!

Find out when new episodes of Arrow air Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on The CW, following new episodes of The Flash in the fall TV lineup.