Supergirl

Dean Cain & Helen Slater Supergirl Roles Revealed?

Has IMDb blown the lid off of the secret identities of the characters played by Dean Cain and Helen Slater on Supergirl?

Published

9 years ago

March 13, 2015

Craig Byrne

The Internet Movie Database isn’t always accurate, as some submissions could come from a fan’s overzealous wishful thinking. It’s that kind of wishful thinking that generated an entire listing for a non-existent 2013 Metropolis TV show starring Tom Welling and Erica Durance a few years ago.

However, sometimes managers are the ones making submissions, and they don’t try to hide casting surprises and things like that.

newadditions Why are we talking about this?

Because the IMDb page for Supergirl is listing Dean Cain and Helen Slater as playing Fred and Sylvia Danvers, Kara’s Earth parents.

Now, we didn’t reach out to the studio to confirm this one – because we’re pretty sure they wouldn’t comment, even to say that it’s completely false – but we are sharing that this information is out there. Already, the Danvers seemed to be the most logical characters for the former Superman and Supergirl to be playing, so if they do turn out to be the Danvers after all, it wouldn’t be a shock. And, as a bonus, this kind of casting would mean that we’d [ideally] see them fairly often on the new show.

FLA101a_0103r This wouldn’t be the first time a legacy actor played a hero’s parent: On The Flash, which shares some of the Supergirl executive producers, Henry Allen (Barry’s dad) is played by classic Flash John Wesley Shipp. Smallville’s Martha Kent was played by Superman III’s Lana Lang, Annette O’Toole, and Lois & Clark’s Teri Hatcher made a brief appearance on Smallville as the mother of Lois. The first actress to play Lois Lane’s mother on Lois & Clark was a former Lois Lane herself, Phyllis Coates. Going back to when this kind of casting started, Kirk Alyn and Noel Neill played Lois Lane’s parents in the first Superman movie with Christopher Reeve… and these are just a few examples of when it has happened before.

The Supergirl pilot is currently shooting for a hopeful spot on the CBS Fall schedule.

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W. K. Lis

March 15, 2015 at 6:14 am

Dean Cain starred in Lois & Clark, The New Adventures of Superman between September 12, 1993 and June 14, 1997. Helen Slater starred in Supergirl in 1984. So most kids under age 18, and likely a few adults under 21, would remember them. So they would face an entirely new audience.

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Starrxxfoxx

March 16, 2015 at 9:57 pm

I remember seeing Kirk Alyn and Noel Neill in SUPERMAN THE MOVIE and I knew exactly who they were. For those who don’t know, Kirk and Noel were little Lois’s parents on the train that went thru Smallville when Lois saw Clark racing along the train.

Noel also played Lex Luthor’s dying wife at the beginning of SUPERMAN RETURNS.

Kirk Alyn was the very first on screen live action SUPERMAN in 2 serial movies in the 40’s and Noel Neill played Lois Lane in both of them!

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Smallville

New Supergirl Featurette Includes Laura Vandervoort, Melissa Benoist & More

Supergirl actresses Laura Vandervoort, Melissa Benoist, Sasha Calle, and Helen Slater are included in a retrospective featurette on The Flash Blu-ray.

Published

8 months ago

August 25, 2023

Craig Byrne

One of the rare good elements from the recent Flash movie was the inclusion of Sasha Calle as Supergirl, and now, we can revisit her and a few old Supergirl favorites, as Laura Vandervoort (Smallville), Melissa Benoist (Supergirl TV series from The CW & CBS), and Helen Slater (movies’ original Supergirl) are all included on a featurette on The Flash movie home release. These are all new interviews with the actresses, and in some cases, these are their first interviews about the character in years. The title of the featurette is “Supergirl: The Last Daughter of Krypton.”

Although a Twitter/X report from “Sennaverse” on Twitter notes that the documentary can be found on the MAX streaming service, we have had no luck finding it there so far. The featurette is included, however, with purchase of The Flash movie on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD. The set is due for release on Tuesday, August 29. You can purchase that here and support KryptonSite if you wish!

We’re looking forward to seeing these new interviews and spotlight on the Woman of Tomorrow!

Supergirl

New Superman & Supergirl Movies Announced

James Gunn and Peter Safran have announced new Supergirl and Superman movie projects.

Published

1 year ago

January 31, 2023

Craig Byrne

New DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran have announced two new movies that will make Super-fans take notice. One is a new Superman film titled Superman: Legacy and it will be out in 2025; the other is based on Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow comic book series.

Scheduled for July 11, 2025, Superman: Legacy will be written by James Gunn and the hope is that he will also direct it. “t’s not an origin story. It focuses on Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing. Superman represents truth, justice and the American way. He is kindness in a world that thinks of kindness as old fashioned,” Peter Safran said during the announcement.

“With our stories, we want to take it away from good guy vs. bad guy. There are really good—almost saintly—people and Superman is among them. There are really terrible villains like Gorilla Grodd or the Joker. And then there’s everybody in between them, so there are all these shades of gray which allow us to tell complex stories,” Gunn added.

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is based on the comic book miniseries by Tom King. “In our story, we have Superman who was sent to Earth and raised by incredibly loving parents. Kara was on Krypton. She was on a piece of Krypton that drifted away from the planet and she lived there for the first fourteen years of her life in a horrible situation where she watched everyone around her die. So, she’s a much harsher and more f*cked up Supergirl than you’ve been used to thus far,” Gunn promises.

No word yet on if the movie projects will affect TV, but they have expressed a desire to fully tie in the TV and the movies. See DC Studios’ TV plans here.

Comics

Nicole Maines Is Introducing Dreamer To Superman: Son of Kal-El

Supergirl actress Nicole Maines is introducing Dreamer in a Superman: Son of Kal-El comic book she is writing

Published

2 years ago

April 14, 2022

Craig Byrne

The Supergirl character of Nia Nal a.k.a. “Dreamer” has appeared in a DC Pride comic before, but now she is coming to the DC Universe proper with a special upcoming issue of the acclaimed Superman: Son of Kal-El comic book with a particularly special co-writer: Nicole Maines herself!

Maines will be co-writing Superman: Son of Kal-El #13 with series writer Tom Taylor. The issue hits comic book stores on July 12, 2022.

“I’m so excited to work with Nicole Maines to bring Dreamer from the screen to the pages of Superman: Son of Kal-El and to the DC Comics Universe,” said Tom Taylor. “I want to thank all the people at DC who have championed Dreamer and who recognize the importance of this powerful trans superhero in this time.”

“Jon Kent and Nia Nal are two characters that have a lot in common, both as superheroes with the weight of the world on their shoulders, and as young people with impossibly big shoes to fill,” Nicole Maines added. “Weaving their stories together for Superman: Son of Kal-El with Tom was a complete pleasure, and there is only a little pun intended when I say that Superman and Dreamer make for a brilliant new Dream-Team.”

Here’s a teaser for the issue:

It’s the dramatic DC Universe debut of Dreamer! When every hero on Earth is threatened by Henry Bendix’s machinations, it’s a race against time for Dreamer to warn Superman before it happens! But will this mysterious new ally’s premonition become a nightmare for Jonathan Kent?

Superman: Son of Kal-El #13 will be available at local comic shops on July 12, 2022.