Production has begun on Naomi, The CW show based on the DC Comics series by Brian Michael Bendis, David F. Walker, and Jamal Campbell. With Ava DuVernay (who recently exited The New Gods movie after Warner Bros. pulled the plug) working on the adaptation, there are a lot of reasons to look forward to what promises to be an exciting, diverse new addition to The CWVerse.
We'd been led to believe that Naomi won't take place in the Arrowverse, but a new report from Film Stories claims we will see a major DC Comics superhero in the premiere episode.
As the site explains, the first issue of the comic book picked up with Naomi McDuffie witnessing a fight between Superman and Mongul in the small town she lives in. However, in this series, "Naomi, as played by Kaci Walfall, is going to be even more surprised to see Superman fighting in the sky over her town because, as far as she’s concerned, Superman is a fictional character."
We don't know if Superman & Lois star Tyler Hoechlin will play that Superman or why Naomi wouldn't think he was real. If it's near the start of the Man of Steel's career and he's rarely been captured on camera, it would make sense if some people thought his existence was just an online hoax.
We'll have to wait and see, but adding Superman to the mix is a big deal, even if it is just a cameo.
Stay tuned for updates on Naomi!
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