‘Arrow’s Stephen Amell is CinemaCon’s Male Star of Tomorrow

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Stephen Amell as Casey Jones and Megan Fox as April O’Neil in ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows’ (Photo © 2015 Paramount Pictures)

CinemaCon has selected Arrow star Stephen Amell to receive this year’s Male Star of Tomorrow Award during the annual gathering of National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) in Las Vegas. Amell was chosen as this year’s winner in support of his upcoming role in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. Amell will play Casey Jones in the June 3, 2016 theatrical release from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.


The 2016 CinemaCon will take place at Caesars Palace April 11th through 14th. Amell will receive his Male Star of Tomorrow Award during CinemaCon’s Big Screen Achievement Awards on April 14th at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

“Already making his mark on the small screen Stephen Amell is poised to break out this summer on the big screen with his starring role in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows,” said Mitch Neuhauser, Managing Director of CinemaCon. “We are excited to honor this exciting up-and-coming actor with this year’s Male Star of Tomorrow Award.”

In addition to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows and his starring role as Oliver Queen/The Arrow in Arrow, Amell’s credits include New Girl, Private Practice, Hung, Justice for Natalee Holloway, Queer as Folk, The Tracey Fragments, CSI Miami, NCIS: LA, The Vampire Diaries, and 90210.