Breaking news to kickstart your week as multiple sources are reporting that The CW, in collaboration with Warner Bros. TV, are developing a new
Supergirl spinoff series, titled
Superman & Lois, which will star Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch in the title roles as DC Comics' most iconic couple.
According to the synopsis, the series will tell an all-new story about "
the world’s most famous Super Hero and comic books’ most famous journalist as they deal with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today’s society.”
Former
The Flash showrunner Todd Helbing, who stepped down from his role on the Grant Gustin-led series to focus on
Superman & Lois in March, will pen the pilot and will serve as an executive producer for the potential series with Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Geoff Johns also attached.
Both Hoechlin and Tulloch are Arrowverse vets, with the former having appeared in multiple episodes of
Supergirl and the latter joining him in last year's "Elseworlds" crossover. Both are also slated to reprise their roles in the upcoming "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover this December.
Superman & Lois is now the second DC Comics series in development for the 2020/2021 television season, joining the
Arrow spinoff
Green Arrow and the Canaries, which will star Katie Cassidy, Juliana Harkavy and Katherine McNamara.
@tylerhoechlin and I are so happy that we can finally talk about this project!!! I am so excited (thank you @warnerbrostv, @dccomics, @thecw, @gberlanti et al). Our incredible showrunner Todd Helbing is writing SUCH a riveting, unique, and poignant story for us. And I couldn’t ask for a better or more fun partner than Tyler 🎉 Also, in the interest of reiterating how much I LOVE playing #LoisLane, I’m reposting part of the blurb I wrote when I was first cast a year ago: Excuse me while I fangirl for a moment: When I started acting, one of my teachers asked me to watch the screen tests for the role of Lois Lane for 1978’s Superman. All of the actresses were terrific, but it was always clear to me why Margot Kidder won the role: she seemed lit from within, full of joie de vivre. Now, at a time when the noble profession of journalism feels under siege, it’s a privilege to join the club of actresses who have played the dogged reporter. As far back as 1938 when she first appeared in Action Comics #1, Lois Lane has defied and subverted society’s expectations of how women should behave. She was portrayed as opinionated, inquisitive, and an unapologetically badass career woman at a time when many representations of women leaned more towards meek and demure. One of the reasons the character has remained so compelling for the last 80 years is that she has all these formidable, strong-willed qualities, but she’s also vulnerable, romantic, and feminine. A truly modern woman. ❤️
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