Tom Welling as Superman

[Zorex]

It is fun, isn't it?

Even if it all goes poof tomorrow, it's good to know that there really are a lot of people who'd be excited to see Tom as Supes in a JL movie.

It is fun. I don't think this'll go poof for awhile, but I am hoping for some new developments soon. Hell, part of me is hoping this film takes off, as it may provide an employment opportunity for me.

 

[Serene]

It is fun. I don't think this'll go poof for awhile, but I am hoping for some new developments soon. Hell, part of me is hoping this film takes off, as it may provide an employment opportunity for me.

Really? Would you audition? Hell.. if they can't get Tom to do it, you should try for Supes! You certainly have the coloring and the height.

If you get a job on the set, just so you know, I'll have to impersonate your... aunt... and visit you on-set.

 

[Zorex]

Really? Would you audition? Hell.. if they can't get Tom to do it, you should try for Supes! You certainly have the coloring and the height.

If you get a job on the set, just so you know, I'll have to impersonate your... aunt... and visit you on-set.

Haha, I wasn't quite thinking of acting (although, should there be auditions around where I'm at, I may have to just give it a shot...), but more along the lines of a production job, probably art department.

And you can totally be my "aunt," I'll get you in to all the cool sheet

 

[Gmanofsteel]

It is fun, isn't it?

Even if it all goes poof tomorrow, it's good to know that there really are a lot of people who'd be excited to see Tom as Supes in a JL movie.

Amen to that

 

[MJZ]

so you think these casting agencies are all part of some elaborate ruse?

No, but then I don't know what to make of that. This announcement of Miller keeps getting "pushed back" each week, if it's to even happen at all. The fans start creating an image of what they want to happen and then this somehow becomes fact, compounded by them rationalizing why it hasn't come to be yet.

I can tell you that all of the Welling rumors post-Ratner were just a total fabrication, and I'm starting to see the same trend here again.

Sorry I just remain a cynic until proven otherwise.

 

[avidreader]

Haa! I just had to drag this here. CKFanFirst from DTTW's sig:

Within the Superman Universe it actually makes more sense for him to have green eyes, rather than blue.

 

[triplet]

Within the Superman Universe it actually makes more sense for him to have green eyes, rather than blue.

Why?



Not that the color of his eyes is a problem for me, although it seems to be for the art department at Warner's... so many promo materials have Tom's eyes photoshopped blue.

 

[Serene]

Why?



Not that the color of his eyes is a problem for me, although it seems to be for the art department at Warner's... so many promo materials have Tom's eyes photoshopped blue.

I think she may be referring to Namek and Aethyr having vivid green "alien" eyes too? Of course, having Laura on the show will negate that since her eyes are a very clear blue.

 

[triplet]

I think she may be referring to Namek and Aethyr having vivid green "alien" eyes too? Of course, having Laura on the show will negate that since her eyes are a very clear blue.

Ah, Gotcha.

What color were Raya's (Pacale Hutton's) eyes?

I think they were green too, actually...

 

[avidreader]

No, neither of those. t:

I was actually thinking about kryptonite being the colour green.

 

[AgentPat]

I can understand photoshopping marketing and promotional materials. It's done all the time. And I can even see why they'd want to give Alien Ken and Barbie creepy looking contacts. They were antagonists, after all. They're supposed to look evil.

But Welling's eyes are intense enough just the way they are. They're preternaturally beautiful and alien-esque at the same time, which is what you'd want to see in Superman...

Heat vision and RedK poisoning scenes aside, I'd be incensed if they screwed around with his natural color on the show. Don't fix it - it aint broke!

 

[Spidey220987]

Well, there were two that I'm aware of from a while ago. One was a "sort of," and the other was a definitive:

"This is a story that definitely has an end. At a certain point he goes to the Fortress of Solitude, becomes Superman and flies off. That's the story. We don't want to be one of those shows that overstays its welcome."
-Al Gough
LA Times, 11/10/06
http://forums.mediavillage.com/cgi-bin/bbBoard.cgi?a=viewthread;fid=50;gtid=7455


Q: So as Lex continues to get darker as the show progresses, the question must be asked: How many more years will Smallville run?

A: "I say seven seasons," Gough admits. "It seems to be what shows in this genre can do and do well. Certainly in our case suddenly you're bumping up against 'Why the f*** isn't he putting on the suit?' I say that's probably a good number. Will it end with him putting on the suit? And Lex making that last step to evil? Yeah, absolutely."
- nowplayingmag.com, 9/27/05
http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/2279/2/

Thank you very much. Those are the exact ones I was referring to. I knew I read them before. Thanks for finding them

 

[bootspark]

I can tell you that all of the Welling rumors post-Ratner were just a total fabrication

umm...reeeeeaaaallly? I dont think so. I hate to hop in my Delorian and prove otherwise.

 

[Zorex]

Two thoughts jump to mind when I see this picture.
1) Ease up on the youthifying makeup...
2) ...and then put him in the damn suit already.

also...something done with the hair might not be a bad idea. Just an addendum thought.

 

[bootspark]

Tom Welling IS Superman. He has the look. the presence. the build. the age. the voice. He has everything.

 

[MJZ]

umm...reeeeeaaaallly? I dont think so. I hate to hop in my Delorian and prove otherwise.

I'd like to see that considering there's nothing to prove.

I know the guy who sent the scoops into S-V.com and Dark Horizons, the latter being how Reeve was supposedly lobbying for Welling to get the role. None of it was true. He was sadly misinformed.

 

[OobeDoobBenubi]

Thank you very much. Those are the exact ones I was referring to

They already went back on their words in regards to not wanting to overstay their welcome they are continuing the show just because they can. There is still plenty of time to go back on their words & give Smallville an Angel type ending where Angel does not become human, Tom Welling could still end up not in the suit in the final episode of Smallville. I would not put it past them.

 

[AgentPat]

JLA NEWS!!!!! (or more rumors, take your pick LOL)

Even though the Justice League movie is moving ahead at a furious pace, Warner Bros seem adamant to not even acknowledge its existence - this despite the fact that everybody and their dog knows George Miller is prepping the project and casting has commenced in the US and Canada.

From our initial casting scoop I speculated that the movie might lens in Canada due to the presence of more offices up there than in the US, however it looks like that won’t be the case.

Thanks to info sent to us, primarily from an OWF reader in the Australian film community, we’ve now got several more bits of Justice League information to share with you:-

The studio has greenlit the project as their summer 2009 tentpole. Filming for the principals will take place in Sydney from February to June 2008 – George Miller was unsurprisingly listed as director in the info we got.

Auditions are starting up down under with Nikki Barrett (Baz Luhrmann’s Australia, The Proposition) hired to handle the casting in Australia. Ronna Kress (Beowulf, The Mummy 3) will oversee the entire casting process.

Oscar-winner Barrie M. Osborne (The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix) will take on producing duties; he’ll be joined by Miller’s partner Doug Mitchell.​

Things seem to be pulling sharply into focus as the weeks progress, and with Osborne they have a top A-list producer who’s ideal to make a film of this size… but it’d still be nice to hear some official word from the studio.

I find Warners’ secrecy frustrating because, after all, they are just a movie studio making a comic film and not the CIA planning to take down a terrorist cell. However there’s a myriad of DC Comics films that have crumbled in various stages of production so the they have reason to be overly cautious with this one.

http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/exclusive-jla-snags-a-list-producer-shooting-in-aus.php

 

[Zing79]

I'd like to see that considering there's nothing to prove.

I know the guy who sent the scoops into S-V.com and Dark Horizons, the latter being how Reeve was supposedly lobbying for Welling to get the role. None of it was true. He was sadly misinformed.

Please stop. While me and you both agree this isn't happening this time around I just want to be crystal clear: he was up for that role post Ratner, and was very much in the mix.

And I can 100% guarantee this. The person I spoke to wasn't a friend of a friend of a friend. HE was so far up the food chain at WB he'd trump whoever the hell is telling you he was nowhere near Singer's film.

Once again -- I agree this isn't happening this time, (BECAUSE of what happened last time). And that's to say nothing of the fact he might not even have been offered this part at all -- but whoever told you nothing was going on before is the one who is beyond mis-informed.

 

[bootspark]

Pat, if this is true, what does filming in February in Australia do to Welling and Smallville?

 

[KalKai]

I don't know what's up with MJZ lately, he's being so gullible lol.. or maybe just cautious.

 

[bootspark]

Once again -- I agree this isn't happening this time, (BECAUSE of what happened last time).

Things change. WB wants him. He wants the role. Im sure WB will offer him ANYTHING he wants.

 

[AgentPat]

Pat, if this is true, what does filming in February in Australia do to Welling and Smallville?

Boots, I'm clueless. I'd like to keep my hopes up, but to make this work with Welling, they'd have to do one SERIOUSLY crazy hack job to SV, IMHO.

I'm still excited about JLA - provided it's still live action, and still sans any connection in story or casting to that other Superman project. 'Nuf said there.

Some things are interesting here though. Ronna Kress is supposedly on casting. Her last gig was on Mummy 3. Hmm. LOL But then there's that Beowulf credit? Is it possible JLA really IS going to be all mocap? I'm not so sure anymore. If it is, bah. My interest just dissolved to zero - unless Welling would be doing one of the voices.

So many questions, so little time LOL. I hope Robert can get some more info on this tomorrow.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

JLA NEWS!!!!! (or more rumors, take your pick LOL)

wow, if true, that's some really groundbreaking news. They also would've landed themselves one HELL of a producer. This also syncs up with what Zorex told us the other night.

The one curious bit is that this is just an email they got from somone in the Oz film community. It's not like the last one where we could go out and see the actual casting sides on another website.

How this would impact any potential involvement by Welling I'm not sure. Obviously Oz complicates things much more than it would if they shot in Vancouver. If they start filming in say later February in Oz, they could the peripheral stuff and some of the work with other stars for a few weeks and then have Tom come down some time in late March which would obviously mean they'd have to have his stuff done ahead of schedule on SV. That person with the "sources" over on Countingdown did say the show was really ahead of schedule so who knows? Maybe we only get 20 eps this season?? Too much speculation on a Sunday Night.

 

[Zorex]

Weird news. I like the bit about the producer attachment, though I'm not entirely thrilled that, for this one as well, a good chunk or most of the film will be filmed in Australia.