Diana, aka Wonder Woman, will be a part of the next big Smallville Season 11 comic book story arc (read more details about that here), and in promoting it in an interview with CBR, Bryan Q. Miller dropped a behind the scenes tidbit about Smallville that we never knew — that a consideration was made to bring her onto the show — at least according to his recollection.
Here’s the relevant part from Miller’s CBR interview discussing that possibility:
Were there ever any serious discussions about her making an appearance on the TV series, or is this the first chance to bring her to the “Smallville” universe?
If memory serves, we were in preliminary discussions as to how to introduce her as a character for a short arc on the show. Then, right in the middle of that, the [David E.] Kelley pilot popped into existence and access to Diana fell away.
How cool would that have been? Either way, Diana will be in the next Smallville Season 11 story arc “Olympus,” and you can read BQM’s full interview about Diana in Smallville at CBR.
(And by the way, yes, the Wonder Woman TV project for The CW is still in development, with a new writer. You can read more about that here.)
(Our congratulations also go out to Bryan Q. Miller, not just for Smallville Season 11, but for landing a spot on the writing staff for Defiance AND the coming of “Lowercase Q.” Sounds like a good year!)