Superman and Lois

Looks like there may be more Super friends coming to the CW soon...

The CW’s DC universe is eying another major expansion with Superman & Lois, a present-day drama based on the DC characters, starring Supergirl‘s Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch as the iconic couple. The hourlong project, now in development, hails from The Flash executive producer Todd Helbing, DC Universe architect Greg Berlanti and Warner Bros. TV, where Helbing and Berlanti are under deals.

Hoechlin has been portraying Clark Kent/Superman on the CW’s Arrowverse series since 2016, primarily on Supergirl. Tulloch was cast as Lois Lane last year when she appeared alongside Hoechlin’s Man of Steel in the 2018 Arrowverse crossover. She has since appeared as Lois Lane on Supergirl, The Flash and Batwoman. Both Hoechlin and Tulloch are set to reprise their roles in the upcoming big Arrowverse crossover event.

I enjoy him when he's on Supergirl, so we'll see if this moves forward after the pilot is complete.

I can't imagine it wouldn't.

Wolfman of Steel

Teen Wolf's Tyler Hoechlin has been cast to play Superman on the next season of Supergirl...

As Supergirl prepares to fly faster than a speeding bullet from CBS to the CW, the network has announced that Everybody Wants Some! star Tyler Hoechlin has been cast as Superman/Clark Kent, the first live-action television incarnation of the Man of Steel since Smallville starring Tom Welling went off the air in 2011. As previously announced, Superman will make his debut on the DC Television universe, which also includes The Flash, Arrow, and Legends Of Tomorrow, at the start of Supergirl‘s second season when he visits Kara in National City.

I haven't seen him act in anything, but his body of work, evidently, speaks for itself.



We'll see how he fares when the second season of Supergirl debut's on the CW in the Fall.

Super Fast

Even though it was stated early on that Supergirl would NOT crossover with The Flash TV show, we all kinda knew it would anyway....

The Fastest Man Alive will meet the Girl of Steel on March 28, when the Flash will make an appearance on CBS’ Supergirl. 

According to the press release, The Flash’s Grant Gustin will only be guest-starring on Supergirl. There are no other details as of yet, including whether Melissa Benoist will return the favor on The CW’s show at a later date. 

This TV team-up has been rumored basically since Supergirl was announced, since it and The Flash share the same executive producers, Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg.

I'm in.

That's Super

CBS will soon be adding Supergirl to their series lineup…

Supergirl, Greg Berlanti and Ali Adler’s drama based on the DC female superhero, has landed at CBS with a series commitment. The size of commitment eclipses the series commitment DC Batman drama "Gotham" got at Fox last fall.

The Supergirl character was created by writer Otto Binder and designed by artist Al Plastino in 1959. Of the several women who have assumed the caped girl persona in the comics, the Berlanti-Adler series will feature the most popular one: Superman’s cousin, Kara Zor-El, who shares his super powers and vulnerability to Kryptonite. Unlike WBTV’s long-running Superman series Smallville, which focused on the superhero’s journey up to acquiring the powers and becoming Superman, Supergirl starts with Kara beginning to use her abilities.

Born on the planet Krypton, Kara Zor-El escaped amid its destruction years ago. Since arriving on Earth, she’s been hiding the powers she shares with her famous cousin. But now at age 24, she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be.

Technically, if she is 24, wouldn't she be considered SuperWoman or Woman of Steel or….Steel Magnolia?

Discuss.

Regardless, I'm excited.

Very.

Superman too

Here is the first picture of Brandon Routh suited up again as one of many Supermen for the upcoming Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover with Supergirl and other other CW super-shows...

We’ve known for a few months the (frankly, still wild to contemplate) news that Brandon Routh would be appearing in the CW’s upcoming Crisis on Infinite Earths mega-crossover of the Arrowverse and beyond, not just as Legends of Tomorrow’s Atom, but also Superman. 

Well, a version of Superman amongst many, apparently—and not even the Superman Routh had previously played on the big screen either. Instead, Routh would be playing the older Superman of the iconic DC Comics Elseworlds miniseries Kingdom Come, by Mark Waid and Alex Ross.

The five-part Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover between The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning, Batwoman, and somehow basically every other old DC TV show you like begins on the CW this December.

These "events" are always fun to watch and there's even a possibility that Lynda Carter will be showing up to play a version of Wonder Woman.

I'm in!

The five-hour crossover’s first three episodes will air in December, with the final two installments arriving after the winter hiatus in Jan. 2020.

Here’s the full schedule below, with some of the shows airing on special nights:

•  Supergirl: Sunday, Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. 
•  Batwoman: Monday, Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. 
•  The Flash: Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. 
•  Arrow: Tuesday, Jan 14 at 8 p.m. 
•  DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Tuesday, Jan 14. at 9 p.m.

Spice of life

Variety has previewed their upcoming cover with Greg Berlanti (producer of The Flash and Supergirl TV shows among many others) and here is what he says about a possible crossover episode...

“The network has said publicly at this point they’re going to keep her to themselves,” says Berlanti. “I always approach the shows as a fan first, so I would love to see (a crossover). I think in success, all things are possible. But there’s a lot that would have to happen before everybody might say yes to that.”

We all know that if Supergirl does well...that crossover will definitely happen.

It's all about da' money.

Madame President

The first picture of Lynda Carter (TV's Wonder Woman) on the set of Supergirl, where she plays the President in Season Two.

Wonder-ful.

The new season of Supergirl begins on October 10th.

Superhero Fight Club 2.0

Here's a cheesy, but fun, new video that the CW put together to help promote the upcoming seasons of their DC-entric shows that now include season 2 of Supergirl...



It is kind of entertaining that Supergirl is SO excited to be a part of something that, obviously, can't actually hurt her.

New episodes of each of the super-shows start next Monday, October 10th.

Relatively speaking

The first image of Ruby Rose as Batwoman was released today.

The CW has released a first look photo of Ruby Rose suited up as Batwoman, who will first appear in the annual DC superhero crossover event, titled Elseworlds, as well as the Batwoman series that is currently in development from producer Greg Berlanti. 

Elseworlds, the annual Arrowverse crossover, will take place in Gotham City. The crossover will start with The Flash on Sunday, December 9. Arrow will continue the story on Monday, December 10, before it all comes to an end in Supergirl on Tuesday, December 11. 

This story will mark Ruby Rose’s debut as Kate Kane, a.k.a. Batwoman. While Kate is Bruce Wayne’s cousin in the DC Universe, the Batman isn’t expected to appear in this story or anywhere else in the Arrowverse any time soon. 

In the CW’s Batwoman, written by Caroline Dries based on the DC characters, armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate Kane (Rose) soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city’s criminal resurgence. But don’t call her hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham’s symbol of hope.

Another character I know nothing about. However, I always enjoy the CW crossover event each year, so am looking forward to seeing how this character blends in with the others.

I'll be especially interested to see how they explain how she's wandering around Gotham City fighting crime and her cousin, Batman/Bruce Wayne, just "happens" to not be around.

Supergirl eventually had to bring in Superman and, I'm guessing, Batman will have to come into the picture at some point, if the Batwoman show goes to series.

Time will tell.

Supergirl: First Look

Warner Bros. just released the first photo of Melissa Benoist in costume for the Supergirl pilot that is currently in production (and also stars Calista Flockhart, Helen Slater, and Dean Cain).

The costume is not too bad and is looking similar in color-tone to the one that Henry Cavill wears in the Superman movies.

I'm just trying to remain hopeful that the meek gal from Glee can pull off being a superhero.

At least she won't be bursting out into song each episode (or at least I hope not).

Embrace who you are

A new Supergirl trailer was released today...



Each trailer is looking a little bit better, which is encouraging.

The series premieres on October 26th at 8:00 on CBS.

Batwoman

The first trailer for the upcoming Batwoman series was released today...



I liked her first appearance during the Elseworlds event last year and am glad that this got picked up to series.

We'll see how it all plays out when it starts airing on Sundays with Supergirl next year.

Fancy Pants

It appears that Supergirl is ditching the skirt for some pants in the upcoming season.

So, there's that.

I'd rather they ditched the Lex Luthor storyline.

Flight Plan

A new poster for the upcoming Supergirl TV series was released today.

Enjoyable.

Family Affair

The first trailer for the second season of Supergirl was released today...



Looks pretty good so far.

We'll see how well the super-siblings work together when the new season starts on October 10th.

Super-ish

The first photo of Tyler Hoechlin as Superman in the second season of Supergirl was just released...



Well...he's not necessarily the imposing Superman we have in the movies with Henry Cavill, but he'll probably be fine for TV.

The screens are smaller...so that'll help.

Not so super

The first Supergirl extended trailer was released yesterday and, as much as I was looking forward to this show in the Fall, I'm a wee bit concerned now.

Here is the trailer...



My first impression was that it felt a little like an episode of Gossip Girl, if one of the girls just happened to be a Superhero. The dialog sounds kind of cheesy, Calista Flockhart (as much as I enjoy her) seems like she's just playing a bitchier version of Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada, and the effects don't appear to be that much better than old The Greatest American Hero TV show from the early 80's.

Sigh.

A second, shorter, trailer was also released earlier today and it was SO much better...it focused more on the action without all the cheesy chatter. Unfortunately, CBS pulled it a few hours ago.

Sigh.



I want to like it. I want it to be good. I want it to be at least a little...super.

However, like The Flash and Arrow...I'll give it a couple of episodes in the fall and decide from there.

Sigh.

UPDATED: This review of the pilot gives me new hope.

Image control

Girl Scouts + Puppy = Perfect Supergirl publicity pic



It looks like her cousin could use a new PR agent.

Or a puppy.