A brand new replace on the Smallville sequel sequence will get shared by one of many authentic solid members, because the DC viewers remains to be hoping for a continuation. Within the period of revivals and sequels, one of many largest superhero TV exhibits of all time that might probably make a comeback is Smallville, the final word Superman prequel that informed Clark Kent’s origin story.
The Smallville solid just lately got here collectively at this yr’s Liverpool Comedian-Con (by way of Purple Nurple Critiques,) the place they had been requested concerning the animated sequel sequence that Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum have been engaged on for a number of years. Rosenbaum shared how “We did some paintings and Al [Gough] and Miles [Miller], who created Smallville, they’re connected. And Tom and I wanna do it, but it surely’s gotta be the suitable time, once you pitch.”
The Lex Luthor star went on to state, “It’s important to make it possible for the studio is desirous to do one thing like that proper now.” Whereas they “wanna get it made,” Rosenbaum careworn that “we plan to make use of all these guys once we get it made. However we do not know when. We do not know when, but it surely’s a piece in progress.”
On the similar occasion, Welling shared how he desires to be solid as Batman within the DC Universe for James Gunn’s superhero franchise, whereas Rosenbaum and Laura Vandervoort, who performed Kara Kent/Supergirl, added their curiosity in taking part in Joker and Harley Quinn, respectively. DC Studios’ present concentrate on Gunn’s DC reboot is without doubt one of the the reason why the animated sequel hasn’t moved ahead but.
When ScreenRant spoke with Welling about Smallville in November 2024, the Superman star revealed that they’d merely not been in a position to get a gathering with Warner Bros. In keeping with the main actor, they’re simply ready to get the greenlight from them:
Tom Welling: We would like it to work. The sincere reply is we have now not been in a position to get Warner Brothers to present us the thumbs up. We’d like their permission.
ScreenRant: Are they only not open to it, or are they only not responding?
Tom Welling: [Laughs] We have not even gotten a response! It is the weirdest factor as a result of it’s extra of a fan-driven thought. It isn’t going to be a blockbuster. It isn’t going to be a monetary windfall for any of us. All of us like one another, all of us like working collectively, and if we might do it, it would be enjoyable. However Warner Bros. – and I am not hating on them – they only have not gotten again to us. It isn’t a precedence for them.
Whereas a number of members of the Smallville solid wish to participate within the animated sequel, authentic creator Al Gough acknowledged on March 19, 2025, that the follow-up sequence could have to attend as a result of Superman film, because it hadn’t come out but from DC Studios. Gough acknowledged this on the time when sharing the Smallvile replace:
Al Gough: That’s the factor, I believe the issue with most tasks in growth in any studio and/or any community is regime change. Warners has clearly gone via quite a bit, and I believe the truth that they’re within the means of rebooting Superman once more, form of sadly, I believe, retains our factor off the desk for a bit. Every thing comes round in a single kind or one other, I simply learn the opposite day that they’re rebooting Buffy [laughs] for Hulu.
Since DC Studios can also be dedicated to specializing in Elseworlds properties, which means TV exhibits and films set outdoors the DCU continuity, Smallville would match underneath that umbrella. With The WB/The CW drama nonetheless remaining widespread to this present day, as extra viewers members are discovering the sequence worldwide, there are quite a lot of promising prospects for a hypothetical sequel.
Doing it in animation would even be a cheaper means than filming the Smallville present in live-action once more. As Gunn’s DCU franchise is getting additional established, there could also be a time down the road when the beloved DC TV drama will get to return in some capability.
Smallville is obtainable via streaming and residential media launch, together with Blu-ray and DVD.
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2001 – 2011
- Administrators
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Mike Rohl, Jeannot Szwarc, Glen Winter, Terrence O’Hara, Whitney Ransick, Mairzee Almas, Paul Shapiro, Rick Rosenthal, David Carson, James L. Conway, Chris Lengthy, Michael Katleman, Morgan Beggs, Allison Mack, David Barrett, Marita Grabiak, Michael W. Watkins, Philip Sgriccia, Rick Wallace, Thomas J. Wright, Todd Slavkin, Brad Turner, Charles Beeson, Craig Zisk
- Writers
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Steven S. DeKnight, Holly Henderson, Don Whitehead, Caroline Dries, Mark Verheiden, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Philip Levens, Jordan Hawley, Kenneth Biller, Michael Inexperienced, Drew Z. Greenberg, Geoff Johns, John Chisholm, Drew Landis, Julia Swift, Doris Egan, Tracy Bellomo, Garrett Lerner, Greg Walker, Russel Pal, Shintaro Shimosawa, Tim Schlattmann, todd helbing