Superman & Lois
New series Superman & Lois has cast Wolé Parks (The Vampire Diaries) as The Stranger, a mysterious visitor hellbent on proving to the world that it no longer needs Superman.
Cast: Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Jordan Elsass, Alexander Garfin, Dylan Walsh, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Erik Valdez, Wolé Parks.
Parks joins Tyler Hoechlin as Superman/Clark Kent and Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane, the iconic DC couple who in this series are parents to two teen boys.
High school sweethearts Lana Lang and Clark Kent re-establish their friendship in the new series when Clark and Lois return to Smallville with their own teen boys Jonathan and Jordan Kent.
The CW ordered Superman & Lois to series last October and planned to shoot for 8 weeks this Spring but that changed when film and TV production suspended worldwide because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Director: Lee Toland Krieger.
Superman & Lois revolves around the world’s most famous super hero and comic books’ most famous journalist as they deal with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today’s society.
Synopsis of the pilot from Prime Timer:
A series of flashbacks: from baby Kal-El’s pod crashing on Earth to when Clark Kent leaves Smallville for Metropolis where he becomes Superman and works at the Daily Planet. There he falls in love with Lois Lane, marries her and they become the parents of twin boys Jonathan and Jordan Kent. Something brings Clark back to Smallville when the twins are teens.
Studio: Vancouver Film Studios (former home of Arrow & current home of The Flash).
Showrunner: Todd Helbing.
Producers: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Geoff Johns.
We met Tyler Hoechlin’s version of Clark Kent/Superman in season 2 of Supergirl.
And met Elizabeth Tulloch’s Lois Lane two years later in the Arrowverse crossover Elseworlds.
On Smallville’s Kent Farm in Aldergrove for the Elseworlds crossover.
Superman & Lois returned for the next crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths with their adorable baby son Jonathan.
And visited Earth 167’s Kent Farm where Smallville’s Clark Kent (Tom Welling) was living with Lois and their two daughters.
But after Crisis on Infinite Earths and the changes from Oliver Queen’s reboot of the multiverse, we found out Superman & Lois have teen boys at home — not an adorable baby.
Related: Vancouver May Get a New Super Hero Series. The CW Orders Superman & Lois Pilot.
The CW announced the spinoff pilot at the end of October as filming wrapped on the crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths in Vancouver.
So excited and grateful and happy to announce this 🎉 @tylerhoechlin has rapidly become one of my fave people on the planet and I’m lucky he’s my partner on this journey. I’m full of gratitude and love. 💓#SupermanAndLois https://t.co/yZs9w0Xy8A pic.twitter.com/TdWVajkiuf
— Elizabeth Tulloch (@BitsieTulloch) October 28, 2019
Casting began in November.
Related: The CW Orders Superman & Lois with Tyler Hoechlin & Elizabeth Tulloch to Series.
And The CW ordered Superman & Lois to series in mid-January.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a new series @TheCW! Congrats @tylerhoechlin @BitsieTulloch ! Such super news!! #SupermanAndLois pic.twitter.com/rlwWomkhP0
— Katherine McNamara (@Kat_McNamara) January 15, 2020
Superman & Lois debuts next season on The CW.