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UPDATE from Al Gough: Was There Almost A Smallville/Supernatural Crossover?

There was once a story pitch for Supernatural and Smallville to cross over.

Published

9 years ago

December 2, 2016

UPDATE: And here’s where it’s a good thing to still be following KryptonSite — Smallville co-creator Alfred Gough, currently working wonders with Into The Badlands and The Shannara Chronicles, commented on our Facebook page about this headline. Here’s what he had to say:

“This is true. Eric Kripke and myself and Miles had these discussions around season 7 of Smallville.”

If anyone would know about this, it would be someone who was in charge at the time. Season 7 of Smallville was, of course, knee-deep in writers’ strike danger, which could explain why it didn’t happen. Still interesting to note that this crossover between two of The CW’s biggest hits at a time when the network didn’t really care about the supernatural or superheroes (even though they were their most successful) almost was a thing.

Even though there was a bit of a crossover already with Jensen Ackles as a series regular for Season 4 of Smallville, there was actually a more direct Supernatural story pitch that involved one of Smallville’s main stars, which could have made for a little crossover.

Writer Jackson Stewart who co-wrote the Supernatural episode “Frontierland” and called in to EW Radio’s Entertainment Weirdly show, and while there, he talked about the Supernatural-Smallville crossover that wasn’t.

“There was a lot of really cool ideas that some of the writers had,” Stewart said. “They had an episode where they really wanted to do a Superman curse that was about every actor who plays Superman ends up getting killed. So they find out that Tom Welling from Smallville is next and have to save him. I thought that was one of the funniest ideas that I’d heard.”

Considering that Welling has avoided most things Superman until the past year, when he’s been doing so for charity, it’s no surprise that such an episode never happened, but it sure would have been fun. You can read the EW piece that talks about the interview here.

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Michelle J Girard

December 8, 2016 at 10:29 am

Tom Welling NEEDS to appear on Supernatural. He needs either to be the Host with the Most for Lucifer, or EVEN BETTER the Host with the Most for the freed Michael–Chuck, before he left, freed Michael, gave Adam his life back and cured his soul (think of the awkward meeting with mom), and took the time to rebuild Gabriel. Raphael, too, but clipped his wings as a lesson in humility, possibly being almost a human and played by J August Richards.

Pllleeeeaaaaassssseeeee!?! And after the murder of Charlie we need a girl–And Allison Mack attack, anyone?

And please, if Rachel Miner is feeling up to it, she and Clarence need to happen.

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- Michelle J Girard
  
  December 8, 2016 at 10:31 am
  
  Cuz, let’s face it, Chuck has some fences to mend for being suck dad of the year. Maybe Allison can hook up with the traveling Mary.
  
  And I will die of joy if they ever decide on and then convince Sarah Michelle Gellar to come on as an off and on Dean love interest. She won’t be Buffy Summers, but she could still be a hunter
  
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Smallville

New Video Spotlights Superman References on Smallville

Warner Bros. celebrates the Superman references of Smallville in a new video.

Published

4 weeks ago

January 1, 2026

Craig Byrne

We’re starting to think someone at the Warner Bros. social media team may be a Smallville fan as they have recently posted a new video spotlighting the references to Superman on Smallville. Of course, it’s not every reference ever, but it’s nice to see the show being spotlighted by WB and DC in this day and age, especially now that we are in the year that will mark 25 years since the premiere of Smallville on October 16, 2001. With ten seasons and 218 episodes, there’s a lot to choose from! (Yes, 218. “Absolute Justice” counts as two!)

What was your favorite Superman reference? Leave some comments below and unless there’s some kind of disaster, we promise the KryptonSite Forums will return sooner rather than later! Happy Anniversary Year, everybody!

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Michael Rosenbaum on Smallville Animated, Favorite Lexes & More

Michael Rosenbaum spoke with Bleeding Cool about his version of Lex Luthor on Smallville and offers a Smallville animated update

Published

2 months ago

November 28, 2025

Craig Byrne

Michael Rosenbaum recently spoke with the Bleeding Cool website about a number of topics, including the much-asked-about Smallville animated project. Unfortunately, the latest seems to be no update on what we’ve heard before.

“I would say the Smallville animated series that I created, and we have Al and Miles, creators of Smallville, who are in, and Tom Welling. We want to do it, and it’s just got to be the right timing. Right now, I’m not sure it is, but we’ll see. I think it will happen at some point, but I don’t know when. I wish I had an oracle, but I hope it comes to fruition,” Michael told them.

Rosenbaum also discussed the things that really made his Lex Luthor work.

“Ultimately, if you don’t know anything about the character’s past or don’t know why he became evil, then to me, you’re missing the special sauce and the ingredients. That’s what is most important to me. I knew I was playing a character, we were going to delve into his past, his childhood, his relationship with his father, and with other people. We saw him evolve, and I thought that’s what was interesting,” he said. “I thought the creators (behind Smallville, Al (Gough) and Miles (Millar) did a terrific job, and that’s why people liked what I did, because I had the opportunity to be likable, lovable, and be understood, and then I turned. You know why I did, and to me, that’s the best villain. When you see different layers, that’s all I’ll say about that. There have been some great actors to play Lex, but I think that’s the most important thing to me, and I had the luxury of having years to develop and become the ultimate villain,” he continued.

As for his favorite Lex Luthor actors?

Michael’s favorite is Gene Hackman “because of the nostalgia,” and he loves Nicholas Hoult’s take on the character from James Gunn’s 2025 Superman film. He also had fond things to say about Michael Cudlitz and Jon Cryer.

You can read the full Bleeding Cool interview here.

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Salute to Smallville 2026 Adds Erica Durance & Laura Vandervoort

Erica Durance and Laura Vandervoort will be attending the 2026 Salute to Smallville convention in Nashville.

Published

2 months ago

November 20, 2025

Craig Byrne

The 2026 Salute to Smallville convention celebrating the 25th anniversary of Smallville is happening in Nashville on November 6 & 7, and while that time is a little less than a year away, Creation Entertainment is already adding more guests!

Previously, the convention announced Tom Welling (Clark Kent), Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor), Eric Johnson (Whitney Fordman), and Adrianne Palicki (Lindsay Harrison/”Kara” from “Covenant”) – today, they are announcing two of Smallville’s most popular actors to the roster. Who, you ask?

The first of the two guests joined Smallville in Season 4. Originally set for only four episodes, she was so well liked and did such a great job in the role that she kept coming back… and coming back… and ultimately, the show was able to give us the actual Lois Lane that we all deserved, finally allowing Clark and Lois to be romantic on the show. We are talking, of course, about Erica Durance!

Next up is our favorite Supergirl, with no offense to others who have played the role. Yes, actor and award-winning director Laura Vandervoort is coming too! Laura was busy getting married at the time of the second Salute, and it’ll be great to see her again.

DISCLAIMER: KryptonSite webmaster and Salute to Smallville co-emcee Craig Byrne who wrote this article also is an employee of Creation Entertainment. But trust that means that I know full well how great we plan on making it!