Michael Rosenbaum Offers Update On SMALLVILLE Animated Sequel Series - “The Whole Cast Would Like to Do It”
Smallville stars Michael Rosenbaum and Tom Welling have been talking about developing an animated sequel series for years. This is a project that the fans would love to see get made one day, but it has yet to move forward.
During a recent interview with Screen Rant, Rosenbaum offered an update on the project that would bring back together the original cast and creators of the show that launched in 2001. He said:
“All I could share is that it’s a great idea. We have Al [Gough] and Miles [Millar], the creators of Smallville, backing us up. When it’s the right time, we’d like to go and do this: pitch to Warner Bros. It has to be the right time, and right now is not the right time.”
He went on to explain:
“We had the strike, we had a change of executives at DC — one being one of my best friends in the world, James Gunn. When the time’s right, I think it’s something that’s a no-brainer unless they have other ideas. We’d like to do it — the whole cast would like to do it.”
Rosenbaum also shared that he has “a concept of what the show is” and said the whole cast of Smallville “would voice their own character from the show.”
With one of his best friends running DC Studios, it seems like this Smallville animated project will happen someday. It’s only a matter of time. But, when the opportunity presents itself and the time is right, Rosenbaum and Welling are going to jump at the chance to make it.
The original series starred Rosembaum as Lex Luthor, Welling as Clark Kent, Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang, Eric Johnson, Sam Jones III, Allison Mack, Annette O’Toole, John Schneider, John Glover, Jensen Ackles, Erica Durance, Justin Hartley, and Callum Blue, among many others.
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