Tom Welling as Superman

[The Incredible Hulk]

Did they even consider him for the role?

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Time for another TW Superman Manip! I used this promo
before but I wanted to put a more contemporary
Clark/Kal in this time and thanks to Jana for the
beautiful HUGE photo to make it happen!​

Thanks Jana!​

wow, that looks fantastic. Nice work

 

[triplet]

*snort*

 

[Webhead2006]

nice tom manip

 

[TW1977]

Thanks guys! t:

 

[Gmanofsteel]

Time for another TW Superman Manip! I used this promo
before but I wanted to put a more contemporary
Clark/Kal in this time and thanks to Jana for the
beautiful HUGE photo to make it happen!

Thanks Jana!


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Absolutely stunning TW1977

 

[TW1977]

Thanks Tomwelling4sups! t:

 

[musclesforsupes]

Welcome back to the casting wars hope you enjoy the ride.

Lets hope Welling gets a shot!

Its going to be a long LONG few years.

 

[TheLongestDay]

Time for another TW Superman Manip! I used this promo
before but I wanted to put a more contemporary
Clark/Kal in this time and thanks to Jana for the
beautiful HUGE photo to make it happen!

Thanks Jana!


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[Serene]

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Reposting Deb's artwork (with proper credit) might help that cause.

Just sayin'.

I realize that while I've talked to Deb in PM's about how fantastic that piece is, I haven't actually posted it. So consider this an official KUDOS for an incredible Tom as Supes manip, Deb. Seriously, one of the very best I've seen.

 

[Zing79]

The important thing here is why all the old timers have not returned to push for Welling in the new Superman movie.

Come on...return...you know you want too. Make this place fun to read again

 

[Webhead2006]

Evil you cant post ksite photos unless you put it at a hosting site. Ksite doesnt like when people take their photos. So re post the pic because we see nothing now. As for welling yea i would totally love if he was to be superman in the new reboot. But more likely then not he wont be asked/doesnt want to do it. Plus if you take welling most would want it to be a continuation from where smallville is likely to be ending with this season. So yea i would like it but there is so much "baggage" as people call it with Tom and the smallville universe. Personally it would be better for smallville if they did a tv movie where tom becomes smallville verse superman. Where as the new film should be a complete and total reboot and all fresh and hopefully this time around they decide to go fully modern powers/background u know post crisis/current status of things for supes and lex corp/political and all that. We dont need to see another silver age take. That take doesnt work for today's audience.

 

[Docker2.0]

The important thing here is why all the old timers have not returned to push for Welling in the new Superman movie.

Come on...return...you know you want too. Make this place fun to read again

Exactly! Where's everyone at?! The new season starts soon(anyone know the exact date?)so everyone should start coming back!

 

[Webhead2006]

Its sept 18th if you forgot docker2.0.

 

[Docker2.0]

Forgot?! I never knew.

 

[Webhead2006]

Ah ok i didnt know if u knew or not.

 

[triplet]

The important thing here is why all the old timers have not returned to push for Welling in the new Superman movie.

Come on...return...you know you want too. Make this place fun to read again

I'm here.

But, I haven't been around much because the only action lately has been in spoiler threads...



More Superman movie rumors will be welcome, but I don't know how I feel about it...

Sadly, I get the feeling that Tom is less likely to sign for anything like that than I think he used to be.

 

[Docker2.0]

Yeah I think after Smallville he's going to disappear and 20 years from now play Jor el. If he was smart he'd ask for the part. I think the WB would give it to him in a heartbeat if he wanted it.

 

[mellyM]

The important thing here is why all the old timers have not returned to push for Welling in the new Superman movie.

Come on...return...you know you want too. Make this place fun to read again

There's really nothing to talk about, there's no movie as of yet.

 

[Webhead2006]

Well there is news now they are doing a complete reboot for supes but yes no more news then them saying reboot is happening and singer/routh are pretty much given the boot.

 

[triplet]

Yeah I think after Smallville he's going to disappear and 20 years from now play Jor el. If he was smart he'd ask for the part. I think the WB would give it to him in a heartbeat if he wanted it.

I think far too many people dismiss his talent because all they've seen him in has been Smalville.

If he wants to work in Hollywood, I think he will do well.

I think playing Superman on the big screen would be a good move for him, but would he take it at this point?

Hard to say, but I think he'd learned his lesson with The Fog and he would likely only take it if the script were good and he got along well with the director.

Wainwright, the director of The Fog, turned out to be quite the hack, sadly.

There's really nothing to talk about, there's no movie as of yet.

True.

Sad, but true.

 

[Docker2.0]

I'm not doubting Welling's talent but let's be real: he's kind of limited. If he wanted that big payday and to make his name a household name, a Superman movie is the key and I'm sure WB would give it to him in a heartbeat.

 

[triplet]

I'm not doubting Welling's talent but let's be real: he's kind of limited. If he wanted that big payday and to make his name a household name, a Superman movie is the key and I'm sure WB would give it to him in a heartbeat.

The thing is, I don't think Tom is "kind of limited," so I'm not sure I know what you mean there...

He's good-looking, talented, smart, a hard worker and a very nice guy.

As much as you might not think so, the last two are as equally important as the first three.

Hollywood is full of prima donnas who don't like to work. Think of Lindsay Lohen...

She's hard to work with and doesn't show up to work on time and is hung over or otherwise not ready to work when she finally does get to the set. She's arguably talented and popular, but her career options aren't as good as they once were because she's lost some good will with the people she works with.

Hollywood also has nice people who work hard on their jobs who appreciate working with other nice people who also work hard.

I think he'll get some work almost based on that, but his talent and looks and smarts will help him too...

I think he'll do just fine.

 

[Serene]

I'm not doubting Welling's talent but let's be real: he's kind of limited.

I think he's limited primarily because he's almost too good looking. That's not quite an "everyman" face. Then again, you could say the same of Cary Grant. As far as his acting chops, I think he could be amazing in movies if given more of a chance. After making the CBTD and Fog movies he was quoted as saying something to the effect of how great it was to have so much time to film just a few scenes on a movie set as opposed to something like SV, where they have to churn them out on a rushed schedule. He's been used to a hell of a working schedule for a lot of years now, and he's only improved with each and every years. Given a great director and all that time to really hone a role, I think he'd surprise everyone - even is fans, with how good he'd be.

If he wanted that big payday and to make his name a household name, a Superman movie is the key and I'm sure WB would give it to him in a heartbeat.

Do you really think so? I don't know about that, but I hope you're right.

It just really sucks that so many of the loudmouth fanboys(and girls) who don't like SV will hold that against him as opposed to looking at the actor as an individual possibility for Superman.

Reposting something I posted over on B.T. - a quote from a very smart friend of mine that I thought was dead-on:

I fully believe that if Tom Welling had spent the past seven years on a TV show about, say, a fireman, the entire DC structure — from fan to studio exec — would be united in clamoring for him to play Superman. The Smallville powers-that-be got the casting exactly, entirely right for Clark, and he's "grown up" beautifully. Right now, he's Superman, absolutely perfect for the role. It's the show that complicates the casting decision.​

Let's hope TPTB for this film are take note of Tom without the SV baggage.
(Not that I think it's negative baggage at all, but it's certainly a factor in casting him.)

 

[pyromaniac]

Yeah I think after Smallville he's going to disappear and 20 years from now play Jor el. If he was smart he'd ask for the part. I think the WB would give it to him in a heartbeat if he wanted it.

Well, even if all the planets aligned in favour, there probably is a rather small complication of the 'baggage', ie intertwining the 'new' movie continuity with the existing Smallville continuity.

I get the feeling WB wants to separate the two, and I never got the feeling also that Welling would've been completely keen to play Superman, because if he did, they probably would have to 'change' the end of Smallville to meet the movie.

And the showrunners after all want to leave the fans hanging on how it will all end, not only in execution but as to where all the characters will end up.

To me, it's akin to showing the final episode WHILE the show is still going, if you understand the meaning.

So, well, these are my thoughts, so I never understood why many fans wanted Welling in the role other than the fact he's played Clark Kent for years: it smacks a little of nepotism to me. After all, as with Batman and James Bond, you can bring in someone else, so as to make distinct both of the two continuities while giving the movie a fresh flavour.