With Warners long-awaited "Superman" project hitting all sorts of speed bumps, it's not surprising that not only has an old rumour surfaced but in a new incarnation as well.
XTV World reports that "Smallville" star Tom Welling, whose played the Clark Kent role on the show for three years now, has "been signed" to don the red cape and blue tights. Now a rumour like this I would dismiss out of hand, the catch is the article also includes some extensive quotes from "Smallville" exec producer Alfred Gough who says:
"In order to get a whole new generation of Superman fans, we need to get someone people recognize. Tom [Welling, star of Smallville on the WB can really bring in a new generation of fans. Once Smallville has finished, which will be at the end of it's fifth season, it's pretty much a big move onto the silver screen".
"Smallville" will enter it's fourth season when it comes back at the end of the year. Thus if true, that means we can look for those tights to fly not til the summer of 2008 or 2009, depending whether the fifth season is indeed the last.
Gough also offered hints about the show's fourth season: "We've got two more years left, so what you'll be seeing is some big advancement within the characters. Lex [Luthor, for example, will be continuing his journey toward the dark side. Clark will be learning more about his heritage from Jor-El, and he'll also be getting a great new power. I won't say it isn't flight, but then again, I won't say it is"
The Superman Homepage can reveal exclusively that the report at XTVworld is false! Don't believe a word of it. They contacted Al Gough about it, and here's what he had to say: "Those quotes are complete and total fabrications. Never said them, never even heard of that site".
Thanks to 'Keith' & 'Steve'.
