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Smallville's animated sequel series "off the table for a bit" because of DC's Superman reboot, says show co-creator
Smallville's stars wanted to make an animated sequel to the longrunning Superman show, but DC has other priorities (Spoilers: there's a Superman movie this summer)
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Smallville fans who got excited when it was revealed that series stars Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum were working on developing an animated sequel to the series, prepare for a long wait — according to the show’s co-creator, the project is “off the table” because of the upcoming big screen reboot of Superman and the entire DCU.
“I think the problem with most projects in development in any studio and/or any network is regime change,” Alfred Gough said during a recent appearance on the Talk Ville podcast hosted by Rosenbaum and Welling. “Warners has obviously gone through a lot, and I think the fact that they are in the process of rebooting Superman again, kind of unfortunately, keeps our thing off the table for a bit.”
It should be noted that the Smallville sequel was never an official DC Studios or Warner Bros. project; instead, Welling and Rosenbaum were developing the idea privately with the hope of pitching it to DC in the future. It should also be noted that it’s unclear if the project was ever actually pitched, making it somewhat uncertain if DC or Warners has officially said the project is off the table, or if this is all Gough’s assumption based on what he knows about DC Studios’ plans.
Whichever happens to be the case, it shouldn’t be too surprising that DC would be more interested in its new shared universe than expanding a franchise that ended on television 14 years ago. (Yes, we’re all old.) That said, never say never — don’t forget that Warner Bros. Animation released Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, an animated continuation of the 1960s Batman live-action show voiced by Adam West, Burt Ward, and Julie Newmar, 50 years after that show debuted on television.
Keep your dreams alive, Smallville fans. But… maybe don’t hold your breath, just in case it takes awhile.
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