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That Tom Welling On The Flash Story? Not True.

Tom Welling will NOT be appearing in the Flash season finale.

Published

10 years ago

March 11, 2015

There’s an article circulating from a not very reputable website claiming that Tom Welling is going to be playing Superman in the season finale of The Flash, and that Flash Executive Producer Greg Berlanti (who is also doing Supergirl) told reporters this during a CW event.

Some variations of this “story” claim that Barry Allen will end up in the Smallville universe at the end of Season 1, which sounds like something a fanfiction writer would come up with.

This is not true.

There was no CW event in which Greg Berlanti said this – we would have been there, plus, aside from the TCA press tour and the Arrow/Flash crossover event, Berlanti hasn’t done a lot of press as he’s been so busy producing new TV including Supergirl.

Secondly, Tom didn’t even really put on the costume for the Smallville finale – unless there’s been a change of heart, it’s doubtful that he’d put on the suit for another show.

Concept_widstrt Next, the article in question cites a “Comic Central City” as their source – a website that does not exist.

We aren’t going to link to the original article – that website has gotten enough traffic off of making up fake news anyway – but also keep in mind this source has promised Comic-Con trailers happening that never do, and now they’re saying Tobey Maguire will be Marvel’s Spider-Man in the next Captain America movie. They’ll say stuff that some people want to hear, but it doesn’t make it any more true, and sharing articles like that don’t make them suddenly become reality.

So, don’t always believe everything you read on websites you’ve never heard of! Unless it’s April 1, in which case, everything is true.

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14 Comments

Dan

March 12, 2015 at 6:11 am

that website sounds like it’s run by an idiot 12 year old.

anyone with half a shred of common sense knows Smallville isn’t connected to the current CW comic universe, just like they know a 39 year old actor who played Spider-Man two whole reboots ago isn’t paying a new, high school aged version of him.

side note: think you meant Season 1 finale of Flash ; )

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- Shaun
  
  April 25, 2015 at 8:52 am
  
  …um, duh – that’s the point. One of Flash’s powers that he develops is being able to change his vibration frequency to visit parallel universes. That’s one of the reasons so many people are excited about a Flash series – he can do crossovers with any DC property ever made, Arrow/Flash-verse or not.
  
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Ian

March 25, 2015 at 1:18 pm

The other article said that it might be a possibility depending on certain things. Possibility does not make it false.

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- Craig Byrne
  
  March 25, 2015 at 1:43 pm
  
  It actually does make it false because it is not a “possibility.” As stated in this article sources that do not exist are being cited. There was no press conference, and really, those producers would never reveal a season’s endgame like that anyway.
  
  Anyone thinking there’s any truth to those reports is seriously thinking wishfully and should learn that people do make up BS for web traffic.
  
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  - Andrew Jamison
    
    April 23, 2015 at 4:42 am
    
    Would it be plausible for Tom to maybe have a cameo as Clark (not as superman) just as a nod to the fans or would this still not be possible?
    
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    - Craig Byrne
      
      April 30, 2015 at 4:48 pm
      
      Why? Henry Cavill is Clark Kent now. What would Tom Welling gain by playing Clark again? He’s already done it for 218 episodes, I think he’s over it.
      
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      - Newscaster
        
        May 13, 2015 at 3:01 pm
        
        Oh please. There was a report in APRIL by a major source about this. And apparently you’ve never heard of the flash and this little concept called ‘parallel universes’?!? Dude I know more than you do clearly.
      - Craig Byrne
        
        May 14, 2015 at 6:22 am
        
        The point of this article is that people are stupid enough to believe anything, and you confirmed it. Major outlets can get duped too.
Krazy Joe

March 27, 2015 at 2:18 am

“Secondly, Tom didn’t even really put on the costume for the Smallville finale ”

— One of the MANY reasons the Smallville finale was a piece of stinky garbage.

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Bex

April 19, 2015 at 1:44 pm

Thanks for this. My brother told me today that Tom Welling was going to appear on the Flash and I just laughed because that doesn’t sound like something remotely true so I had to do my own googling.

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smallvillefan

May 20, 2015 at 8:06 am

Despite being a fabricated rumor, i think u guys aren’t seeing the big picture here. How awesome would it be if Tom Welling showd up in The Flash, or in Supergirl for that matter,since she talks so much about her cousin…
Does anyone else get excited about this or is it just me?
They will eventually bring someone to play Clark Kent in super girl. And Greg, I dont think it will be Henry Cavill. Nope. Not a chance. So why not Tom?

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- Craig Byrne
  
  May 22, 2015 at 10:37 am
  
  The big picture is that Tom Welling wouldn’t put on a Superman costume for his own show. Why would he do it now?
  
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  - Stevie Craig
    
    November 2, 2015 at 3:24 am
    
    He didn’t put on the superman costume in Smallville because the show was about Clark Kent not Superman. Plus the creators came out and said at the start of the series it wouldn’t be happening
    
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    - Craig Byrne
      
      November 2, 2015 at 7:18 pm
      
      Also, Tom said he wasn’t going to do it. Anyone who thinks Tom Welling wanted to wear a costume is delusional.
      
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Revealed: Possible Smallville Cameos in James Gunn’s Superman!

A leaked call sheet may have revealed Smallville stars’ presence in James Gunn’s new Superman film

Published

1 week ago

April 1, 2025

Craig Byrne

As we all know, even here at KryptonSite, years ago, we had an April Fool’s gag that Michael Rosenbaum would be playing Lex Luthor in James Gunn’s Superman film, out July 11 of this year. But, of course, that was just an April Fool’s fake story, but if some photos posted on Reddit are to be believed, we may be seeing Gunn’s personal friend Michael as well as his “TalkVille” cohost Tom Welling in the new movie which will star David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan as Clark Kent and Lois Lane.

Frequent scooper “DavidRPM” hinted a few weeks back that he had heard that several Superman-related cameos would factor into the new film — more than just the appearance of Christopher Reeve’s son Will Reeve making an appearance. Nothing else surfaced about this rumor until the last day when the photos surfaced from the filming of the movie last year, though there was the report that every Supergirl actress to date would appear in Supergirl: The Woman of Tomorrow in one way or another.

What’s in those photos?

Pictures of trailers saying “T.W.” and “M.R.” on the doors, which may not be the smoking gun we might need, but they do seem like a code if they don’t really want onlookers to know what’s going on…

But then…. there was a call sheet. Oh, there was a call sheet! And in said call sheet, in addition to several members of the principal cast reporting for duty that day – specifically, the Daily Planet gang – there are the roles of “Funky Flashman” and “Bibbo.”

The actors playing them? “M. Rosenbaum” and “T. Welling.”

Folks, we’re going to get to see our duo on the big screen!!!!

Because we don’t want Warner Bros. Legal breathing down our necks — that is, if they still exist and haven’t been all excised from their jobs by David Zaslav — you’re going to have to go to the original Reddit post which you can find here. Some other reveals might be within, so don’t say we didn’t warn you!!!

See you on July 11!

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Smallville Animated Update: It May Be A While…

On TalkVille, the reality of the current status of the Smallville animated project was discussed.

Published

3 weeks ago

March 19, 2025

Craig Byrne

On a recent episode of Michael Rosenbaum and Tom Welling’s TalkVille podcast, they had the show’s creator Al Gough as a call-in guest, and among the topics discussed was the Smallville animated project that they’ve been trying to get off the ground. Unfortunately, Gough brought up the reality that especially with regime changes at the studio, it may be a while.

“Regime change” refers to changes in leadership at the studio or network. As an example, the regime changed massively when Smallville moved from The WB (who had executives that loved them) to The CW (where Dawn Ostroff was more interested in “pretty rich white girls with problems” shows and kept trying to kill Smallville).

“The problem with most projects in development in any studio and any network is regime change, and Warners has obviously gone through a lot, and I think the fact that they’re in the process of rebooting Superman again, unfortunately, I think, keeps our thing off the table for a bit,” Gough said in discussion with the actors. He pointed out that everything comes around in one form or another, pointing to Hulu’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer revival as such a thing.

So, don’t give up hope… but for now, it seems it’s not happening anytime soon, if at all.

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John Schneider Added To Salute to Smallville 2025 in Chicago!

John Schneider has been added to the 2025 Salute to Smallville convention in Chicago from Creation Entertainment.

Published

2 months ago

February 13, 2025

Craig Byrne

John Schneider is the latest actor to be added to the guest list for Creation Entertainment’s second “Salute To Smallville” convention, happening September 13-14 in Chicago. Schneider portrayed Clark’s human father Jonathan Kent from Seasons 1-5 and returned for several episodes in the show’s final season.

Schneider will be joining Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk, Erica Durance, John Glover, Aaron Ashmore, Adrianne Palicki, and Alaina Huffman at this year’s event! Last year’s convention was a fantastic experience and it’s well worth checking out! You can read more about Salute to Smallville and purchase tickets here.

DISCLAIMER: KryptonSite’s Craig Byrne has created web graphics and websites for Creation Entertainment in addition to hosting their 2024 Salute to Smallville event.