Manu Bennett Archives

Arrow
In the case of the Arrowverse shows, I'm skipping the Crisis on Earth-X crossover. Let's move on to Arrow and why 'Deathstroke Returns' was the best episode of the season. Manu Bennett's character of Slade Wilson, aka Deathstroke, was one of the best things about the first two seasons of Arrow The brothers-in-arms relationship Slade built with Oliver Queen (Stephen[...]
Shannara Chronicles
It stared Austin Butler (Wil), Ivana Baquero (Eretria), Manu Bennett (Allanon), Aaron Jakubenko (Ander) and Marcus Vanco (Bandon) and added Vanessa Morgan (Lyria), Malese Jow (Mareth), Gentry White (Garet), Caroline Chikezie (Queen Tamlin), and Desmond Chiam (General Riga) in season 2. The second season ended with a bit of a cliffhanger — Wil's fate up in[...]
Arrow
The main story was him in the city, but his time on the island built who he would become and would often connect to the main story in poignant ways. In those flashback scenes, the relationship between Oliver and Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett) was a major part of the series and some of the most entertaining[...]
Arrow Season 6
When it was teased that Manu Bennett was going to return for the season five finale of Arrow, it opened up a lot of questions The last time the actor had been on the show was in a brief appearance in season three and he didn't seem to have been very fond of the way[...]
Shannara Chronicles
Manu Bennett fans are getting their fill for this month as the actor has been pulling double duty on our TV screens playing both Allanon on The Shannara Chronicles and Slade Wilson on Arrow And last week we learned that because Bandon (Marcus Vank0) used Allanon's blood as part of the resurrection ritual, the Warlock[...]
Arrow Season 6
It gives us a lot of backstory on Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett) that we hadn't seen before, even though the character was a regular for two seasons The main story has Slade and Oliver (Stephen Amell) in Kasnia trying to find Slade's son Joseph (Liam Hall), who is now a gun for hire named Cain[...]
Arrow Season 6
Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett) enlisted the aide of Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) to help get his son Joseph (Liam Hall) out of a Kasnian prison — only to discover that he had been taken by a group called the Jackals But the Jackals didn't kidnap Joselph, who now goes by the name Cain Wolfman —[...]
Arrow
On last week's Arrow, Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett) returned to ask for help from Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) Slade's boy Joseph (Liam Hall) was supposed to be in a Kasnian prison… and Slade needed the face of Oliver not the Green Arrow to try and get him released But when it's discovered that a group[...]
Arrow
Tonight we get what might be the most anticipated episode of Arrow since Season 2: the return of Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett) After the first season where Slade and Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) became like brothers on Lian Yu, the second season showed him being infected by Mirakuru and blaming Oliver for the death of[...]
Shannara Chronicles
This means we'll get episodes 5 and 6 tonight, 7 and 8 on November 15th, and then the final two on November 22nd, right before Thanksgiving. From the previews we've seen so far, we know that tonight's first episode, Paranor, involves Allanon (Manu Bennett), Wil (Austin Butler) and Mareth (Malese Jow) confronting Bandon (Marcus Vanko), trying[...]
Shannara Chronicles
Other than the druid, Allanon (Manu Bennett), the other characters only appear in the one novel When season one wrapped, they couldn't just move on to the Wishsong of Shannara without getting an almost entirely new cast And since the audience was built on seeing characters like Wil (Austin Butler), Eretria (Ivana Baquero) and Amberle[...]
Shannara Chronicles
This article contains spoilers for The Shannara Chronicles season two episode, 'Dweller'. The Shannara Chronicles continues its quick pace as Allanon (Manu Bennett), Wil (Austin Butler), and Mareth (Malese Jow) take a side trip to find the Sword of Shannara — the only thing that can defeat the Warlock Lord Wil is desperate to get to[...]
Shannara Chronicles
The episode features Allanon (Manu Bennett), Wil (Austin Butler), and newcomer Mareth (Malese Jow) searching for the Sword of Shannara, the only weapon that can defeat the Warlock Lord. Last week, Wil busted Allanon out of Graymark — but not to save him Wil is still angry at the Druid for allowing Amberle to be sacrificed[...]
Shannara Chronicles
Each episode has had its own quest that builds towards the big overall story. Last week it was rescue Allanon (Manu Bennett) from Graymark This week, as we see in the clip below, they must find the Sword of Shannara, the only weapon that can defeat the Warlock Lord And, of course, it's located in a[...]
Shannara Chronicles
That's interesting in that it features 3 Arrowverse actors – Manu Bennett who plays Slade Wilson, Malese Jow who played Linda Park / Dr Light on the Flash and Austin Butler who played Chase, Thea's boyfriend on Season 3 of Arrow. The first season of the series introduced us to Wil Ohmsford, Amberle Elessedil, Eretria, Bandon[...]
Shannara Chronicles
Turns out General Riga (Desmond Chiam) and his group, The Crimson, have taken it upon themselves to rid the Four Lands of magic, which makes the guy who uses the Elfstones a high target. Meanwhile, Bandon (Marcus Vanco) has gone to the dark side and is trying to revive the Warlock Lord, and Allanon (Manu Bennett)[...]
Shannara Chronicles
Allanon (Manu Bennett) has been tracking him and confronts him and his followers It is an epic looking battle of swords and magic that doesn't end well for everyone's favorite Druid Bandon seemed so niece last year. The Shannara Chronicles returns on Wednesday, October 11th on Spike TV. https://youtu.be/x5r86TMXNBMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: 'There[...]
Shannara Chronicles
On the panel were Manu Bennett, Austin Butler, Vanessa Morgan, Ivana Baquero, Al Gough, and Miles Millar. Image from https://twitter.com/ShannaraWriters We know that the second season isn't following the books, and that they're telling a new story with author Terry Brooks's blessing Gough explains that the story takes place between Elfstones and Wishsong, the third and final[...]
Arrow season 6
With the sixth season we have a new dynamic as Oliver now has his son William (Jack Moore), has reestablished a connection with Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett) and there's an evil version of Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy)… and no more regular flashbacks Amell talked with TVLine about the upcoming series and these are some of[...]
Arrow
He also gets some parenting advice from his old island best friend Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett), and tries to balance being the man people need him to be and the father his son needs him to be Is so nice having Bennett back, even in small amounts. We also get glimpses of Laurel Lance, AKA Black[...]
Shannara Chronicles
Manu Bennett (Allonon), Autin Butler (Wil), Ivana Baquero (Eretria), Aaron Jakubenko (Ander) and Marcus Vanco (Bandon) have all returned to the show from Miles Millar and Alfred Gough who also brought us Smallville. Joining the cast for season two are Malese Jow (The Flash) as Mareth, Vanessa Morgan (Finding Carter) as Lyria, Gentry White (UnReal) will[...]
Liam Hall
Manu Bennett showed that he was in Vancouver to film the two-part Arrow episode that has him looking for his son Joe Wilson Now we know who will be playing the character Liam Hall who has appeared in the series Camp as well as on Lucifer and Once Upon A Time has been cast to[...]
Manu Bennett
One of the big stories near the end of Arrow season five was the return of Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke Bennett was a regular in the first two seasons of the show, made one appearance in season three and then was gone He had publicly stated that he wasn't happy about his[...]
Shannara Chronicles Season 2
The series ran last year on MTV and features Manu Bennett as Allanon the druid, Austin Butler as Wil Ohmsford, Ivana Baquero as Eretria, and Poppy Drayton as Amberle Elessedil The story was about a quest to save the Ellcrys, the Elvish tree that protected the Four Lands from the Demon World A new seed was[...]
Jericho
Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett) made his return at the end of Arrow season 5 and we know that not only will he survive Lian Yu, but he will be back a few episodes later for a two-part story arc What will the arc be about? Most likely about Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) fulfilling his promise[...]
Stephen Amell in Arrow Recap
Guggenheim insinuated there would be more on the team and some of them will be new characters. Other confirmation is that not only will Slade Wilson/Deathstroke survive the island, but Manu Bennett will return for a two part storyline later in the first half of the season. And finally, they once again affirmed that there will never[...]