Actor Stephen Amell has been cast in The CW's upcoming Green Arrow pilot, simply titled Arrow. We first reported on this project a few weeks ago, when the network ordered the pilot along with The Carrie Diaries and Beauty and the Beast.

The project is said to be a modern-day retelling of the DC Comics superhero, The Green Arrow, aka Oliver McQueen (Stephen Amell), a billionaire playboy who dons a mask and fights crime at night with his bow and arrow, along with an assortment of other high-tech devices.

Andrew Kreisberg, Marc Guggenheim, and Greg Berlanti wrote the pilot script and will executive produce. David Nutter will direct the pilot episode.

CW fans may recognize Stephen Amell from arcs on the network's hit shows The Vampire Diaries and 90210. He was also one of the finalists to replace Andy Whitfield in Spartacus: Vengeance, before Liam McIntyre landed the role.

No production schedule was given for the Arrow pilot. But The TV Addict did have this casting breakdown that describes the characters on the show.

Oliver Queen

"A 27 year old reformed bad boy, who after having spent five years shipwrecked on a tiny, brutally dangerous island in the South China Sea returns to town a different man. Or to be more specific, a tortured, thoughtful master of the bow with a ferocious determination to make a difference."

Dinah "Laurel" Lance

"28 years old, smart sexy, Laurel is a legal aid attorney determined to use her life as a one-woman war against the 1% following the death of her younger sister Sara. A sister, who as luck would have it, just so happened to have died aboard Oliver's yacht."

Tommy Merlyn

"28 years old and devil-smooth, Tommy is a trustafarian like Oliver, a spectacularly rich young man whose life revolves around parties, clubs, liquor and lots of anonymous sex. Unlike Oliver, he can't seem to understand his former best friend's sudden change of lifestyle and direction."

Moira Queen

"48 years old, a beautiful woman, Oliver's mother Moira is a very wealthy woman who is not used to being shaken. Having remarried during the five years that former husband Robert and Oliver were both presumed dead, Moira has had free rein over the Queen billions. Not surprisingly, she's deeply interested in learning whether or not Robert will also return unexpectedly, to ruin her present marriage and go over the books with a fine-tooth comb."

John Diggle

"35 years old, African-American, Diggle is really, really big, a former military man who served with the Army Rangers in Afghanistan, and has been a bodyguard for hire for the last four years. Hired by Moira to be Oliver's chauffeur and protector, Diggle soon finds he is trapped in a battle of wits, as Oliver repeatedly eludes his protection. But in fact, Diggle's primary conflict is one of loyalty - he has to show that he's working for Oliver, not Moira, before Oliver will give him a smidgen of trust."

Thea Queen

"17 years old (suggest 17-22 years), Oliver's Lolita-esque sister, Thea was a 12 year old girl when he went on his infamous yachting voyage - but now she's a celebutante who's testing the boundaries of acceptable behavior. Thea loved her big brother with all her heart, and is delighted to have him back in her life - but she's spreading her wings, and is unprepared for Oliver to become the Bad Cop in the family, restricting her access to boys and drugs."