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Rosenbaum & Welling Would Be Up For More Smallville

Video of the AwesomeCon Smallville panel with Tom Welling & Michael Rosenbaum, where it is discussed what kind of a Smallville reboot project they might be interested in participating in.

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This one is not an April Fool… at this weekend’s AwesomeCon in Washington, D.C., Smallville stars Tom Welling (Clark) and Michael Rosenbaum (Lex) appeared together in a half-hour-long Q&A. It was Welling’s first big non-SDCC appearance, and the two stars took photos with fans (and other celebrities) throughout the weekend.

The panel had some great stories from Smallville production, including some talk about Rosenbaum returning for the series finale and how Tom couldn’t keep a straight face in the Season 6 premiere when Rosenbaum was “Zod.”

Thanks to Fandom Spotlite, the entire panel can be found in its entirety below… a huge highlight, though, was when a fan asked if Smallville could return on the upcoming DC streaming service, either for Season 11 or an animated project.

“I mean, animated could be fun,” Tom Welling said in response.

“I said to Al [Gough, one of Smallville’s creators], we should do an animated Smallville,” Rosenbaum added. “That would be huge! I mean, Smallville: The Animated Series, with all the real voices? And I wouldn’t have to shave my head! We’ve got to do that. Can you imagine us on mics doing the same dialogue?”

So there you have it. Rosenbaum wouldn’t have to shave his head. Welling, who has increasingly been embracing his Smallville roots, would not have to put on a costume. WB, DC, are you listening?

You can watch video of the panel below.

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  1. Jordan Valdés

    April 3, 2018 at 9:10 am

    Such an entertaining panel!!! Great hearing Michael and Tom reminisce about Smallville! I was at Michael’s Smallville panel at DragonCon last year, and it was the best panel I’ve ever been to, so I was not surprised that this panel was so amazing too! Michael is one of the most entertaining human beings on the face of the Earth!

    I’ve been campaigning for a Smallville animated movie for a while, but an animated series would be even better! I’d love to see another adventure in the Smallville universe set after the events of the S11 comics with the cast reprising their roles! It would be incredible!

  2. Ralph

    April 3, 2018 at 11:36 am

    No animated show could ever take the place of Smallville, what would really be awesome is if they both played in a real show and it went right along side by side with the arrow and flash and Supergirl

  3. Mr Lawless

    April 3, 2018 at 1:37 pm

    They would probably have to recast Alison Mack.

  4. Jamie

    April 4, 2018 at 1:22 pm

    I’d totally pay for a DC Streaming service just for a Smallville continuation. An animated series would be good continuing with the template of season 11 or allow it to take it’s on shape from season 10 onward. Original Cast reunion! Obviously Alison Mack may need to be recast but that’s the great thing about voice acting; it can be easy to get people who sound like other actresses/actors.

    • Brodie Marschall

      May 6, 2018 at 1:20 pm

      I’d definitely be up for a animated Smallville series, but i’d prefer a live-action revival because it’d attract new fans to the show and it’d adapt the stories from the S11 comics. The CW should start reviving shows like this one and Beauty and the Beast in order to compete with Fox TV, ABC and NBC.

  5. Jonathan

    June 19, 2018 at 8:33 am

    I’d be all in for an animated Smallville!

  6. CJK

    April 28, 2019 at 9:13 pm

    And since Mack is almost guaranteed to be unavailable, they can finally kill her off, something I’ve been hoping for since the 8th season!

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Smallville’s Rosenbaum & Welling Plan Live TalkVille Event

Smallville actors Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum are planning a live TalkVille event in Los Angeles.

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By now you have surely heard TalkVille, the podcast from Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum where they reminisce about their time on the classic WB/CW series Smallville. Some may have even been to “Smallville Nights,” the events that Tom and Michael host at cons. Well, now fans can prepare for another kind of live experience, as the former Clark and Lex actors have a live event planned for May 22 and 23, 2024 in Los Angeles.

Held at the Bourbon Room in Hollywood, this TalkVille event will also have a bonus kick off with “Smallville Nights” for special ticket holders where Tom and Michael will act out memorable scenes from Smallville with some lucky audience members. If you’ve been to “Smallville Nights” at a convention, you already know it’s a good time.

May 22 appears to be sold out, but you can purchase tickets for the May 21 event here. Tell them KryptonSite sent you!

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Michael Rosenbaum Would Consider A Smallville Movie

Michael Rosenbaum has revealed in a new interview that he would consider reprising the role of Lex Luthor for a Smallville movie.

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Screen Rant today posted an extensive interview with Michael Rosenbaum where he talks about his role as Lex Luthor on Smallville as well as his podcasting empire which includes Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum and TalkVille. There are many fantastic topics covered – you can read the entire interview here – but one thing that might get Smallville fans really pumped is that Michael expressed an interest in reprising the role for a Smallville movie.

“I asked Tom [Welling] the other day, ‘If [Smallville creators] Al [Gough] and Miles [Millar] came to us and said, ‘We got this great idea for a Smallville movie. We want you guys to get in shape for the next two months, and then we’re going to go shoot this movie like a real finale…’ We were both like, ‘Yeah!’ If it was right, I think that would be dope. So many other shows are doing that. I would certainly consider it,” Michael said.

“It would have to something that, again, was grounded, but if Al and Miles did it, and wanted to do a one and half hour movie, I think Tom and I — we’d all consider it,” he continued. “I think we’d have fun going back, but we’d have to really work to get back into those characters in that mindset because we’re a lot older. But if you shaved my head and you put makeup on me, it still works!”

The Screen Rant interview also touched upon the notion of a Smallville animated project — something that Michael and Tom both have been pushing for in recent years. Is there anything new to share?

“All I could share is that it’s a great idea. We have Al and Miles, the creators of Smallville backing us up. When it’s the right time, we’d like to go and do this; pitch to Warner Bros. It has to be the right time, and right now is not the right time. We had the strike, we had a change of executives at DC — one being one of my best friends in the world, James Gunn. When the time’s right, I think it’s something that’s a no brainer, unless they have other ideas. We’d like to do it — the whole cast would like to do it. They would voice their own character from the show, and we have a concept of what the show is,” he confirmed.

You can read the full Screen Rant interview here.

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Marc Guggenheim Answers Two Smallville-Related Crisis Questions

Arrowverse architect Marc Guggenheim has answered questions about Michael Rosenbaum and Erica Durance’s Smallville roles in Crisis on Infinite Earths.

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Arrowverse architect Marc Guggenheim has been releasing a fantastic Substack newsletter called LegalDispatch in recent months, and with this week’s edition, he answered some Smallville-related questions regarding the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover — specifically, what Michael Rosenbaum‘s Lex would have done if he had shown up, and also, if there were more plans for Erica Durance to appear as Lois beyond her brief scene with Tom Welling.

Being transparent, Marc answered some of those questions! First, regarding what role Michael Rosenbaum’s Lex would play:

Well, here’s the thing. By the time we’d engaged with Michael about appearing in Crisis — thanks in huge part to Stephen Amell’s efforts — we’d already shot the Smallville reunion scene in Hour 2. Nevertheless, I was eager to get Michael’s Lex into the story if I could, so my brain started working on options that could be fit into the episodes that we were still shooting.

I forget the story impetus for them, but I noodled with a version where Michael’s Lex would interact with Jon Cryer’s Lex, which I think would’ve been quite entertaining had it come to pass.

Also, was there any temptation to have Erica Durance’s Lois Lane appear in more than one episode?

There was absolutely a temptation for sure. As with most things, however, we were subject to the limit of a combination of screentime, story requirements, money, shooting schedule, and the actors’ personal schedules.

You can read this week’s LegalDispatch here.

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