Vixen Confirmed to Make Her Live-Action Debut in ARROW
Vixen, the heroine who made her debut in CW's DC Universe in the animated series Vixen, will be making her live-action debut in Arrow. If you've never seen the Vixen series, you can watch it on CW Seed. The series crosses over with both Arrow and The Flash, both of whose characters have appeared in the cartoon series.
Vixen will be played by Megalyn Echikunwoke, who is the same actress who voiced Vixen in the animated series. I think that's pretty damn cool to see that she will go from voicing the character to actually playing her in real life.
Executive Producer Marc Guggenheim tells TV Insider:
"We’re not only thrilled to be further expanding our DC television universe by bringing in the live-action incarnation of the CW Seed hit, Vixen, we’re immensely excited that Megalyn will be revisiting her role as Mari McCabe."
Vixen is set to appear in episode 15 of Arrow’s current season. The air date for that is February 24th, 2016. It'll be fun to see how this story arc plays out. I imagine this won't the last time she shows up in the CW DC Universe. She's a great character, and I'm sure this will turn out to be awesome.