Superman to Appear on "Supergirl," Casting Underway

[superduperman]

And who's to say that the Arrowverse doesn't have a National City with a complete duplicate set of Kara's friends already going about their lives?

Even if there is, you'd essentially be starting from scratch making the first season pointless. They don't know her and she doesn't know them.

[Don C]

Given the unlikelihood of them making Superman a regular, active presence on Supergirl--and the expectation that his appearance will likely create in the minds of viewer that he will be--and the fact that he'll be appearing on the first two CW episodes, I expect that his appearance will be prelude to (A) Supergirl being "relocated" from her Earth to the Flash/Arrowverse in such a way that she can't get back and Superman can't crossover or (or possibly and) (B) the Death of Superman.

And I don't see any chance whatsoever that Tom Welling dons the cape.

My money's on A. (Actually, my ideal scenario is for Supergirl to just be in the Arrowverse now, no explanation.) Perhaps the first two episodes will involve some kind of plot where National City is shrunk a la Kandor and the only way to save the city is to relocate it to Earth One.

Also, I don't think there's enough money on the planet to get Welling into a Superman costume.

[neonrideraryeh]

Very interesting.

I'm surprised WB signed off on this.

[Beantownbrown]

I agree. This "you can use this character but not that character" rule needs to be done away with. Supposedly they did but apparently not in time to save the Arrow version of the SS.

Where did you read that? Is that confirmed that the same characters are free to be used on both tv and movies now? Or is Superman the exception?

[Hypestyle]

As long as it's someone who is willing to play the character again during Sweeps month. Welling seems too hostile to reprising the role, even though, super-super-technically, he didn't play "Superman" until the final episode. LOL..

[kalorama]

Even if there is, you'd essentially be starting from scratch making the first season pointless. They don't know her and she doesn't know them.

Who's to say there's not also an Earth-1 version of Kara Danvers? Earth-1 Kara, Alex, Jimmy, and Winn all die as a result of whatever events force Supergirl to Earth-1, and the Earth-SG versions take over their lives after getting stranded on Earth-1. That keeps Team Supergirl and their relationships intact, while opening up new character avenues to explore.

[Starsky_Hutch76]

Also, I don't think there's enough money on the planet to get Welling into a Superman costume.

Why? His dance card's not exactly full these days.

[MarvelMaster616]

Love this news. I get the sense that the powers that be wanted to wait and make sure that this show would be a hit before bringing Superman into the mix more overtly. I think it makes sense, not revealing too much in the first season. The show did a great job laying the foundation in the first season. The second season is their chance to build on that foundation and bringing Superman into the picture can certainly help.

[superduperman]

Where did you read that? Is that confirmed that the same characters are free to be used on both tv and movies now? Or is Superman the exception?

Willa Holland confirmed in an interview they were forced to get rid of their version of the SS. In terms of the embargo being lifted, someone on another thread said Johns got rid of it when he went over to the cinematic side but it's just rumor as far as I know.

[superduperman]

Who's to say there's not also an Earth-1 version of Kara Danvers? Earth-1 Kara, Alex, Jimmy, and Winn all die as a result of whatever events force Supergirl to Earth-1, and the Earth-SG versions take over their lives after getting stranded on Earth-1. That keeps Team Supergirl and their relationships intact, while opening up new character avenues to explore.

That seems like a lot of hoops to jump through just to connect the two universes.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

Very interesting.

I'm surprised WB signed off on this.

Probably only be Kent doubt we'll see him in costume and apparently it's only for a couple of episodes.

[kalorama]

That seems like a lot of hoops to jump through just to connect the two universes.

Not really. Connecting universes isn't something that "just" happens. If that's what they're doing, there are going to be a lot of plot machinations, just like there were with the Zoom and Reverse Flash backstories in Flash, to accommodate all the time-travel and alternate universes. The whole thing is basically just one big hoop.

[j9ac9k]

My prediction: Whatever storyline happens with the pod will cause Superman to venture into space to find Krypton or Kandor or something like that, leaving Supergirl the only
"Super" on earth for awhile. There might still be some interstellar communications though...

[Frontier]

I'm delightfully surprised that they're finally going through with showing Superman on Supergirl, since I didn't think they would ever outright show him. I hope Lois isn't far behind .

Looking forward to seeing who they cast, how the show will characterize Clark, his interaction with Kara and her supporting cast (especially Cat and J'onn), if we'll see him in-suit, and what his role in the first two episodes will be.

I really hope we get to see Superman and Supergirl flying together .

I don't think they're going to do anything like de-power or kill him off via Death of Superman, since it's already established that he's given Kara a lot of freedom to be the sole hero National City and he's always busy with other disasters. I imagine this will just likely setup his visiting National City every now and then to check in on his cousin in person or the occasional Superman guest-appearance .

Though I wonder if this might end up tieing into a possible fusion of Supergirl's Earth with Arrowverse Earth-1?

[Midvillian1322]

Why? His dance card's not exactly full these days.

Hes producing and starring in his own show on CBS.