News Superman & Lois Ordered to Series at The CW

[Noname Given]

Hasn't this character already appeared on Supergirl? I wonder why they're recasting. Maybe it's a post-Crisis version?

With everything I'm reading:

- New (different) Superman suit
- New (different from Supergirl) Lex Luthor
- New Mercy Graves

They seem to want to break this show away from the current 'Arrowverse' CW Superhero shows in style/execution - which to me is sad as I liked (overall with some quibbles) how they portrayed Superman on Supergirl - including the costume.

 

[The Realist]

Hasn't this character already appeared on Supergirl? I wonder why they're recasting. Maybe it's a post-Crisis version?

Not only appeared, but died. So it pretty much has to be a post-Crisis change -- either that, or just your basic comic-book resurrection. (Her brother died, too, but that didn't stop him from coming back -- no Crisis required.)

As for the recasting, Superman & Lois has already recast General Sam Lane, and seems likely to do the same with Morgan Edge. Again, could be Crisis changes, or just your garden-variety TV recasting, a la Alura.

 

[Christopher]

- New (different from Supergirl) Lex Luthor

That's just a speculation, isn't it?

And I'm not convinced by the article's speculation that "Leslie" is Mercy Graves. It says "the right hand man [sic] to the world's arguably most influential figure." Isn't Morgan Edge supposed to be in this series?

They seem to want to break this show away from the current 'Arrowverse' CW Superhero shows in style/execution - which to me is sad as I liked (overall with some quibbles) how they portrayed Superman on Supergirl - including the costume.

Not necessarily. A new costume makes sense; as Todd Helbing explained, the old suit "just wasn't built to sustain a series." Presumably that means that as an occasional guest-star costume, it isn't as durable, as comfortable, as efficient to get on and off, or as carefully thought out aesthetically as a main-cast superhero suit. Besides, how many times have Green Arrow or the Flash changed costumes?

 

[The Realist]

With everything I'm reading:

- New (different) Superman suit
- New (different from Supergirl) Lex Luthor
- New Mercy Graves

They seem to want to break this show away from the current 'Arrowverse' CW Superhero shows in style/execution - which to me is sad as I liked (overall with some quibbles) how they portrayed Superman on Supergirl - including the costume.

I agree it seems they're going for a different tone and approach, but I welcome it; the Arrowverse shows can get kind of same-y. I'd prefer S&L to have its own style and voice, not just be Supergirl redux. (And to me, the costume is just cosmetic, a small issue compared with character and story.)

That's just a speculation, isn't it?

Spoiler

It was spoiled by a widely-leaked pilot script. I haven't read it, but it's apparently proven accurate in every other particular that's been confirmed so far.

If you didn't have me and half the board on "Ignore," maybe you'd know stuff like this.

 

[LaxScrutiny]

If you didn't have me and half the board on "Ignore," maybe you'd know stuff like this.

Yeah I can relate to that.

 

[theenglish]

Hasn't this character already appeared on Supergirl? I wonder why they're recasting. Maybe it's a post-Crisis version?

Spoiler: Where that character appeared

On Titans.

 

[The Realist]

Spoiler: Where that character appeared

On Titans.

True, but the character also appeared on Supergirl. And as I said, she died on there, but that was pre-Crisis Earth-38.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Yeah, I remember being excited about Rhona Mitra joining Supergirl, only to be really disappointed when she was killed off in her fourth episode.

 

[Jayson1]

This show can still have a different tone and style and still be part of the Arrowverse. Plus it's still going to show on CW which means it will still have to feel like a CW show. As good as the show is I don't think people will think they are watching something that could be on HBO of FX even if it's a good show.


Jason

 

[theenglish]

True, but the character also appeared on Supergirl. And as I said, she died on there, but that was pre-Crisis Earth-38.

You're right! My apologies. I completely forgot Mitra was Mercy Graves.

 

[The Realist]

The Kent boys bond in the great outdoors:

The entire cast is now in Vancouver, and shooting is currently expected to begin (finally!) next week.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Don't know what ages Superman more, having teenage kids, or having grey in his beard.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Don't know what ages Superman more, having teenage kids, or having grey in his beard.

Tyler's only 33. Just being around teens is aging him fast.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Wow. He's three years younger than me, but has way more grey in his beard. Dude needs to take it easy.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I wouldn’t mind his Clark/Superman having a small touch of grey in his hair. Even if Tyler does not. It would add to him being an older experienced Superman.

 

[The Realist]

I've had gray in my hair since my thirties. It's gone a lot grayer since, but it's all stayed in, which is what really matters.

 

[JD]

I started getting gray hairs when I was in teens.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I started going grey in my 50's. Still waiting for the complete takeover.

 

[KepperC]

That's just a speculation, isn't it?

Spoiler

Based on the leaked script, the Lex Luthor in Superman and Lois will be played by Wole Parks. He’s Black and from another Earth.

 

[USS Firefly]

Don't know what ages Superman more, having teenage kids, or having grey in his beard.

I always looked 19 even when I was 31. Then I got children, now look 56 when I am really 37