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NEW SERIES: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Is One of The Inspirations for SUPERMAN & LOIS

Superman & Lois

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Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose — Friday Night Lights

Friday NightL Lights is one of the inspirations for the new series Superman and Lois.

[Friday Night Lights]  was really grounded and really real. Part of what I am hoping audiences respond to in our show is that this couple — even though she’s this dynamic journalist and even though he is Superman — are incredibly relatable and they are dealing with the same issues that normal people deal with. — Elizabeth Tulloch at the TCA panel.

Superman & Lois is the story of  Clark Kent and Lois Lane’s return to Smallville with their two teen boys.

New trailer:

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After years of facing megalomaniacal supervillains, monsters wreaking havoc on Metropolis, and alien invaders intent on wiping out the human race, the world’s most famous superhero, The Man of Steel aka Clark Kent (Tyler Hoechlin) and comic books’ most famous journalist, Lois Lane (Elizabeth Tulloch), come face to face with one of their greatest challenges ever – dealing with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today’s society.

Complicating the already daunting job of raising two boys, Clark and Lois must also concern themselves with whether or not their sons Jonathan (Jordan Elsass) and Jordan (Alexander Garfin) could inherit their father’s Kryptonian superpowers as they grow older.

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Returning to Smallville to handle some Kent family business, Clark and Lois are reacquainted with Lana Lang (Emmanuelle Chriqui), a local loan officer who also happens to be Clark’s first love, and her Fire Chief husband Kyle Cushing (Erik Valdez). The adults aren’t the only ones rediscovering old friendships in Smallville as the Kent sons are reacquainted with Lana and Kyle’s rebellious daughter, Sarah (Inde Navarrette).

Of course, there’s never a dull moment in the life of a superhero, especially with Lois’ father, General Samuel Lane (Dylan Walsh) looking for Superman to vanquish a villain or save the day at a moment’s notice.

Meanwhile, Superman and Lois’ return to idyllic Smallville is set to be upended when both a mysterious stranger (Wolé Parks) impassioned self-made mogul Morgan Edge (Adam Rayner) enter their lives.

Cast: Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Jordan Elsass, Alexander Garfin, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Erik Valdez, Inde Navarrette, Dylan Walsh, Wolé Parks, Adam Rayner, Stacey Farber and Sofia Hasmik.

Showrunner: Todd Helbing.

Producers: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Geoff Johns.

Filming dates: October 21st to May 1st 2021.

Episodes: 15.

This family needs Smallville as much as the world needs Superman. — Clark Kent.

The boys discover their father has superpowers.

Characters:

Tyler Hoechlin is Superman/Clark Kent.

Elizabeth Tulloch is Lois Lane, the iconic DC couple who in this series are parents to two teen boys.

Jordan Elsass is the popular athlete Jonathan Kent and Alexander Garfin is Jordan Kent who prefers to spend his free time alone playing video games.

Inde Navarrette is their wild child daughter Sarah Cushing who comes in between the two Kent boys.

Adam Rayner as Morgan Edge.

Wolé Parks is The Stranger, a mysterious visitor hellbent on proving to the world that it no longer needs Superman.

Stacey Farber as Lex Luthor’s right-hand woman Leslie Larr.

Jocelyn Picard as Sophie Cushing.

Sofia Hasmik as Chrissy Beppo, a reporter at the Smallville Gazette.

After months of delay, Superman & Lois  started filming in Vancouver last Fall.

Filming dates: October 21st to May 1st 2021.

Superman & Lois must plan to be around for several seasons after constructing two long-term sets: the new Kent family house in Delta and the massive new Smallville set on the Cloverdale Fairgrounds.

Filming locations:

Metropolis:

Vancouver Sun newsroom as The Daily Planet.

New Kent Farm:

The house off River Road in Ladner is a shell for exteriors only.

Related: Superman & Lois Has a New Kent Farm in Vancouver.

Smallville:

The City of Surrey approved an initial three-year lease of portions of the Cloverdale Fairgrounds for the  Smallville set. The lease can be renewed.

Superman & Lois started filming at its new Smallville set on the Cloverdale Fairgrounds late last November with a big fire truck parked on set during a Saturday night shoot.

Superman & Lois premieres February 23rd on The CW.