I think he's starting a movie career, he's in San andreas with the rock
I won't rule out one last appearance in the finale tho
you are correct
he left the show to pursue a movie career
http://ca.eonline.com/news/648843/why-colton-haynes-left-arrow-plus-find-out-when-he-s-returning
But why did Haynes exit the show in the first place? Turns out the decision was made at the very beginning of his time on
Arrow.
"When Colton came on board the show as recurring in season one, he had just come off of
Teen Wolf, and he wasn't sure he wanted to do another series," Guggenheim said. "It was like, 'Come over to
Arrow and play with us for a little bit and if it's working out for you then we can talk about making you like a regular.' We've taken this approach actually with other actors in the past before if they're not quite sure if they want to commit to a series or not."
He continued, "Colton did come on board and did have a good time and we made a two year deal with him. It wasn't like
Susanna [Thompson, who played Moira] last year or
Colin [Donnell, who played Tommy] the year before. We always knew we would have Colton for years two and three, so we started the year off with this end game in mind. We knew in large portion at the beginning of the year how we were going to pull it off."
All the
Arrow showrunners are excited to see where Haynes' career takes him next...although hopefully, at some point, it takes him right back to
Arrow.
"Certainly, I don't want to say we tried to convince him [to stay] and he turned us down," Guggenheim said. "He's got a big movie coming out, he's got a huge career ahead of him. For us, it was more of a conversation of how do we continue to go forward. There's a reason why we didn't kill off Roy. We want Roy Harper and Arsenal to remain in this universe that we're creating and Colton was completely game for that."
That only means good things for all Arsenal fans.
"I can't make an announcement and promise in episodes 4, 5, and 6 of season four he'll be on
Arrow, but the relationship is still there and his desire to continue to play the character is still there and those are the two things you need [for him to return in the future]," Guggenheim said.
That sounds pretty optimistic to us!
he may still come back