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UPDATE from Al Gough: Was There Almost A Smallville/Supernatural Crossover?

There was once a story pitch for Supernatural and Smallville to cross over.

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8 years ago

December 2, 2016

UPDATE: And here’s where it’s a good thing to still be following KryptonSite — Smallville co-creator Alfred Gough, currently working wonders with Into The Badlands and The Shannara Chronicles, commented on our Facebook page about this headline. Here’s what he had to say:

“This is true. Eric Kripke and myself and Miles had these discussions around season 7 of Smallville.”

If anyone would know about this, it would be someone who was in charge at the time. Season 7 of Smallville was, of course, knee-deep in writers’ strike danger, which could explain why it didn’t happen. Still interesting to note that this crossover between two of The CW’s biggest hits at a time when the network didn’t really care about the supernatural or superheroes (even though they were their most successful) almost was a thing.

Even though there was a bit of a crossover already with Jensen Ackles as a series regular for Season 4 of Smallville, there was actually a more direct Supernatural story pitch that involved one of Smallville’s main stars, which could have made for a little crossover.

Writer Jackson Stewart who co-wrote the Supernatural episode “Frontierland” and called in to EW Radio’s Entertainment Weirdly show, and while there, he talked about the Supernatural-Smallville crossover that wasn’t.

“There was a lot of really cool ideas that some of the writers had,” Stewart said. “They had an episode where they really wanted to do a Superman curse that was about every actor who plays Superman ends up getting killed. So they find out that Tom Welling from Smallville is next and have to save him. I thought that was one of the funniest ideas that I’d heard.”

Considering that Welling has avoided most things Superman until the past year, when he’s been doing so for charity, it’s no surprise that such an episode never happened, but it sure would have been fun. You can read the EW piece that talks about the interview here.

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Michelle J Girard

December 8, 2016 at 10:29 am

Tom Welling NEEDS to appear on Supernatural. He needs either to be the Host with the Most for Lucifer, or EVEN BETTER the Host with the Most for the freed Michael–Chuck, before he left, freed Michael, gave Adam his life back and cured his soul (think of the awkward meeting with mom), and took the time to rebuild Gabriel. Raphael, too, but clipped his wings as a lesson in humility, possibly being almost a human and played by J August Richards.

Pllleeeeaaaaassssseeeee!?! And after the murder of Charlie we need a girl–And Allison Mack attack, anyone?

And please, if Rachel Miner is feeling up to it, she and Clarence need to happen.

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- Michelle J Girard
  
  December 8, 2016 at 10:31 am
  
  Cuz, let’s face it, Chuck has some fences to mend for being suck dad of the year. Maybe Allison can hook up with the traveling Mary.
  
  And I will die of joy if they ever decide on and then convince Sarah Michelle Gellar to come on as an off and on Dean love interest. She won’t be Buffy Summers, but she could still be a hunter
  
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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

2 weeks 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.

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1 month 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.