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Smallville is officially joining the Arrowverse?

All right people this is not a drill,

we repeat, this is not a drill.

Last month we put our wishes out into the universe

and the universe has answered.

Tom Welling, who played Clark Kent in Smallville

will be reprising his iconic take on Kal-El in the CW's

upcoming Crisis on Infinite Earths mega crossover.

For those of you who don't know,

Crisis on Infinite Earths is an upcoming event for shows

in and related to the CW's DC character

television shows, known as, the Arrowverse.

Based on the iconic 1985 comic book event

by Marv Wolfman and George Perez, the story focuses

on heroes from across the DC multiverse

teaming up to save the entirety of existence.

And for those of you who also don't know,

Welling played Clark Kent for 10 years on Smallville

and, arguably, Smallville's success can probably be credited

as the basis for the modern superhero television landscape.

As we said earlier, last month we speculated on the

possibility of Tom Welling joining the crossover event

but those hopes were seemingly dashed

when Welling himself said, at this year's Fan Expo,

that nobody had talked to him about appearing in crisis

which was a huge bummer to fans

of early 2000s sweater and flannel fashions.

But, in a turn of events that seem reminiscent

of the Smallville theme song, somebody saved us

and now, EW has confirmed that Tom Welling will,

in fact, appear as Clark Kent in the crossover.

Phew, that was a lot of work to get

a Smallville theme song joke in there but it was worth it

if you got it stuck in your head right now.

As for the casting news, executive producer

Marc Guggenheim had this to say,

"For eight years, Arrow has stood

"on the shoulders of Smallville.

"Simply put, there would be no Arrow,

"and no Arrowverse, without it.

"So, when we first started talking about

"Crisis on Infinite Earths, our first, second

"and third priorities were getting Tom

"to reprise his iconic role as Clark Kent.

"To say that we're thrilled would

"be a Superman-sized understatement."

Welling is just the latest actor joining

other luminaries known for their past DC roles.

Like famed Robin actor Burt Ward and, of course,

one of the biggest gets being iconic Batman

voice actor Kevin Conroy who will make his

live action DC debut playing an older Bruce Wayne.

- I am vengeance, I am the night, I am Batman!

- And Tom is not the first Superman

set to appear in Crisis, or the second but the third.

Tyler Hoechlin will appear as the Superman

he plays in Supergirl and Brandon Routh who,

already is in DC's Legends of Tomorrow,

will reprise the version of the Man of Steel

he portrayed in 2006's Superman Returns.

Now, with the huge scope that this event

seems to be taking, it certainly seems to be shaping up

as one of the most ambitious crossovers of all time.

Sorry Infinity War and it has us wondering if there might

be more casting news that is being kept under wraps.

Like, could we get Teri Hatcher and Dean Cain

to reprise their versions of Lois and Clark?

Or could Linda Carter also slap on

the Wonder Woman tights again?

While some of them already have roles in the DC TV shows,

Brandon Routh is double dipping so it is possible.

However, our absolute biggest wish

is that Mark Hamill will return.

Not as The Trickster, who he played in the Flash

but as an older Joker to pair up

against Kevin Conroy's Bruce Wayne.

We can dream.

Honestly, we still have one major

question about Tom Welling's appearance.

Will he finally wear the tights for real?

Because the costume he wore in

the Smallville finale was CGI.

We guess we will have to wait until

Crisis on Infinite Earths debuts on the CW in December.

But what do you folks think?

Are you excited for Tom Welling

to appear in Crisis on Infinite Earths?

What other actors would you like

to see reprise roles in the crossover?

And name a TV show opening song more catchy

than Smallville's Somebody Save Me.

Let's discuss.

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