Stephen Amell is not in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. The Arrow star is probably not in the Justice League movie, either. In all likelihood, the thought of the DC TV Universe also encompassing the newborn DC Cinematic Universe existing in the same multimedia universe is a fun daydream to have, and nothing more. But damn, some folks (and yes, sometimes that includes this writer) really want it to be true.

What sparked this latest round of speculation and denial? Well, to be fair, it was exactly the kind of excitingly cryptic tweet that this business loves to jump all over.

— Stephen Amell (@amellywood) July 2, 2014

There was also a Facebook post that sparked some excitement:

You know I’m going to be at San Diego Comic-Con International this year, but you have no idea what I’m going to be doing. The Arrow panel on Friday evening is the literal tip of the iceberg. Feel free to speculate. There are (at least) 3 more things on my schedule. Big things. Needless to say, I plan on winning Comic-Con this year.

Yeah, so…you can imagine how that went. I mean, he even said “feel free to speculate” and everything! Heck, even I got excited for a minute. But this being the internet and all, things get out of hand, so: