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APRIL FOOL’S 2022: Smallville Animated Show “Metropolis” Season 1 Details Revealed

Details about the Smallville Animated project “Metropolis” from Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum have been revealed.

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Sorry to burst anyone’s bubble, but now that the April Fool’s part of April 1 is over we can confirm this was an April Fool’s posting. However, we can hope at least some of this becomes true!

KryptonSite has received an exclusive update about the Smallville animated show that Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum are putting together for Warner Bros. Animation. While Warner Bros. has not officially committed to the series at this time, a series bible has been created with the duo’s plans for 8 episodes of a first season. We also now know the title of this project – it’s being referred to as “Metropolis” though it would not be surprising if the show is branded as “Smallville: Metropolis” for marketing purposes.

The show is being pitched to HBO Max who of course have had a lot of success with their Harley Quinn animated show. Episodes will be around 30-35 minutes in length, allowing for a fairly complete experience.

KryptonSite has obtained a copy of the series bible and while Tom and Michael will kill us if we reveal everything, we can share a few highlights:

  • The show will NOT follow the continuity of the Smallville: Season Eleven comic books published by DC Comics and written by Bryan Q. Miller. However, Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum are aware of how popular those comics were, and Miller has been approached about writing one of the first season’s eight episodes.
  • But where does it fit into continuity? The series takes place right where Smallville left off. Superman has arrived! And as such, the story of Smallville is over, in a way… Clark Kent has embraced his destiny to move into the future.
  • YES flights, YES tights – as this is animated, we will finally see Tom Welling in the costume! Well, sort of.
  • Currently signed on and ready to go once there’s a formal order are Tom Welling (Clark/Superman), Michael Rosenbaum (Lex), Erica Durance (Lois), Alessandro Juliani (Dr. Emil Hamilton), and Aaron Ashmore (Jimmy). Michael McKean is being approached to reprise his role as Perry White, and a new female reporter role is being cast to join Clark, Lois, and Jimmy at the Daily Planet. The series will also be looking for an up-and-coming Metropolis politician who will catch Lex Luthor’s romantic attention… and she might be even more dangerous than he is.
  • Remember how Lex lost his memories in the Smallville “Finale?” Don’t worry — Tess Mercer’s sacrificial act was sadly for nothing. The amnesia was temporary, and Lex Luthor now remembers everything. The entire Lex Luthor journey on Smallville, everything that happened, he remembers… and Clark/Superman doesn’t know that he knows, which makes him all the more dangerous.
  • There will be an episode taking place in the past featuring some folks from the early seasons – Kristin Kreuk, Sam Jones III, Eric Johnson, Annette O’Toole, John Glover, and John Schneider. Kristin and Annette are expected to be in a “present-day” story as well as Lana and Martha, respectively. Because of Allison Mack’s current legal situation, the role of Chloe will be voiced by Kristen Bell in the flashback.
  • Some perhaps unexpected guest characters will be appearing throughout the first season. Emmanuelle Vaugier as Dr. Helen Bryce will be making her long-awaited (and alive!) return, causing drama for Lex, and the prodigal son Lucas may also make a return, though it’s currently unknown if actor Paul Wesley will be available to reprise the role. Some consideration has been made to doing an episode with Kyle Gallner as Impulse; this might be the episode that Bryan Q. Miller is being considered for as writer. Also, it sounds like Cassidy Freeman may be playing a role, but not as Tess.
  • Justin Hartley is unavailable to reprise his role as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow in the show, but we do learn where Oliver Queen ended up: In Hollywood, producing a TV series called “Arrow” about his life. One of the episodes is a mystery that takes Lois and Clark to a fan convention in Metropolis when the actor playing Green Arrow goes missing. Considering that Stephen Amell has been on Michael’s “Inside of You” podcast multiple times, don’t be surprised if he’s the Green Arrow in question.
  • Laura Vandervoort will be back for at least one episode, as we see what happens when Kara returns from the future and meets the heroine who has taken her place in present day… Power Girl?!?!
  • While most of the action takes place soon after Smallville Season 10, there will be a story that tells what happened during Crisis on Infinite Earths from Clark’s perspective — and explains what actions Clark took off-camera to help save his part of the multiverse, including the restoration of his powers. We’ll probably get to learn the names of Lois and Clark’s daughters in this one!
  • In success, this series will have multiple seasons, and a future season will cover Lex Luthor’s Presidential campaign.
  • The hope is to use the familiar Remy Zero “Save Me” as the theme music, but it may be coming with a twist, with a cover of the song by Michael Rosenbaum’s band Sun Spin.
  • It may sound like a silly idea but this series may also be the first opportunity to see Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor since 2011. The actor has pledged that he will shave his head again and do live-action introductions to the episodes as “Lex Luthor” if Warner Bros. takes the bait and fully puts this in production. So, Warner Bros…. get on this, because we want to see that bald head once again!

That’s not the biggest part of it all, though. The biggest news is something we couldn’t put on this very long list, and we had to put behind another link. That big news can be found here.

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[April Fool’s 2021] Superman & Lois Plans A Big Luthor Team-Up

Superman & Lois is planning an episode with multiple Lex Luthors, including Jon Cryer, Michael Rosenbaum and more

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EXCLUSIVE: If you thought the entire Crisis on Infinite Earths event was done over a year ago, then… you don’t know what Superman & Lois has cooking.

KryptonSite has learned exclusively about an upcoming episode of Superman & Lois called “The Untold Story” and it tells the story of how “Captain Luthor” as played by Wole Parks made his way to Earth-Prime. Obviously, it will be one of the ten episodes that airs after the show returns in May, and the concept of this one… well… to suggest this one will be a big deal is an understatement.

Our sources — the same ones who first told us that Mr. Myxzptlk would be coming to Smallville and that Michael Rosenbaum was leaving Smallville after Season 7 — tell us that Jon Cryer has already signed on to appear in the episode, already being in Vancouver for Supergirl filming, and that the story concerns the “Coucil of Luthors” story glimpsed in the Crisis on Infinite Earths tie-in comic books… and the episode itself borrows a title from a bonus “Crisis on Infinite Earths” comic book story found in the Legends of the DC Universe series.

So what’s it about?

“The Untold Story” is the, well, untold story of how Lex (Jon Cryer) tried to recruit other Luthors to stop Supermen across the multiverse in the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover… and it explains why we didn’t see more of them in the previous televised event. One of the Luthors he tries to recruit is the man we know only as “Captain Luthor” — and a promise made to him explains how he ended up on Earth-Prime when the multiverse was restored.

This episode will also be notable in that some prominent members of the Superman & Lois cast — particularly, those that didn’t exist before the Crisis — aren’t even in it… but that’s not all!

A few Lexes of TV’s past are being approached to appear and are at least in outlines of the script, and some of the names may excite you. Now, before you get too excited, these appearances may be short as we’re hearing these scenes are shot in Los Angeles so the guest stars don’t have to go through the rigorous testing to be approved in COVID times. Still… are you ready for the list? Here goes:

Michael Rosenbaum: Fans of Smallville were delighted to see Tom Welling reprise his role in “Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 2” and just as many were disappointed things didn’t work out with the very popular Lex Luthor actor. This time things are a little bit different: By bringing the production to Los Angeles and providing Michael with a script in advance, as well as a generous guest star salary and the opportunity to work with Jon Cryer, we are hearing the fan favorite is very close to signing on.

John Shea: While the Lois & Clark Luthor still acts in such series as Gossip Girl he has been off of the Super-grid ever since his last appearance in the Dean Cain & Teri Hatcher-starring series… and even then, his last “appearance” was just providing his voice! Getting him back in the bald cap (assuming he has one again) is something that’s been anticipated for over 25 years… and Superman & Lois is making it happen.

Sherman Howard: This is another one that has been a long time…. Howard played Lex in over a dozen episodes of the syndicated Superboy TV show. His performance as Lex was quite manic, and if this works out, it will be fun to see how he and Jon Cryer bounce off of each other.

And finally…. Negotiations are being made to incorporate old, unused footage of Gene Hackman to make it appear as if he and Jon Cryer are doing a scene together. Hopefully he’ll have his nephew Lenny around and we’ll see double? Additionally, it is expected that Jesse Eisenberg‘s Lex may be involved at some point, and Clancy Brown, who voiced Lex Luthor in Superman: The Animated Series and played a live-action Arrowverse role on The Flash, is expected for a voice cameo.

But most importantly… we will find out who “Captain Luthor” aka “The Stranger” truly is… and we will find out why his Siri/Alexa sounds like Mel Torme’s daughter. As we said, expect this to be one of the later episodes in Superman & Lois Season 1 since it hasn’t been shot yet. And before you share this article, you might want to read this.

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[April Fool’s 2021] Revealed: The Superman & Lois/Batwoman Crossover That Never Was

KryptonSite has exclusive details about what would have gone down in the cancelled Superman & Lois/Batwoman crossover.

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It’s crazy how big stories seem to come to us here at KryptonSite around this time every year. But our sources — the same ones who told you that Ezra Miller would be appearing in Crisis on Infinite Earths and that Smallville creators Alfred Gough & Miles Millar would be developing an Aquaman TV series — have given us the details on the two-series crossover between Superman & Lois and Batwoman that was announced for this TV season but then didn’t happen.

While yes, it is true that COVID made doing a crossover a bit difficult, that wasn’t the main reason the crossover was scuttled: Originally, the crossover was to involve the Kate Kane character, and it was to search for the real Bruce Wayne who was impersonated by “Hush” with the appearance of actor Warren Christie in the Batwoman Season 2 premiere. But, without the emotional hook of Kate being Bruce Wayne’s cousin, it seemed a little bit odd to shoehorn the “Ryan Wilder” character (Javicia Leslie) into it.

It’s a shame, though, because we would have had the next generation of the World’s Finest. While both Superman/Clark Kent and Batwoman/Kate Kane had pasts with Bruce Wayne and he and Superman made the original World’s Finest duo, the crossover had planned to introduce Bruce’s son who conveniently is the same age as Superman & Lois’ Jonathan & Jordan. Yes, we could have seen Damian Wayne in live action, and we missed out. Though with Damian’s mother Talia already having been introduced in Arrow and having been seen post-Crisis, we are curious if they would have gone with actress Lexa Doig for her return, or given her a Morgan Edge-like makeover.

Warren Christie was expected to appear as Bruce Wayne, and the story was said to have featured interactions between Lois Lane and Vicki Vale, who has not seen Bruce in many years. But, alas, the best laid plans…

But, you know us here at KryptonSite. We got this covered, especially on April 1. We’ve got the script for you. Click here if you want to read it, but do know the publication of this script might mean Warner Bros. might never again return our calls.

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