Ok, this is getting out of hand. The whole rumor mill surrounding the upcoming Justice League movie is spinning right out of control with new rumors, then getting debunked only to be replaced by new rumors continues the dance. The last word on the matter was that Justice League could end up being a full CGI motion captured project (an idea that I thought was terrific). Well, now those rumors have been shot down… Justice League will be live action.
But more than that… now our friends over at IESB are claiming that Smallville’s Tom Welling has been chosen to play Superman. This is what they have to say:
We’ve gotten a few emails about the Supermanhomepage debunking. As we updated in the Tom Welling article, Supermanhomepage.com is saying Al Gough says no, Welling is not involved in the JLA movie. But, I am telling you, we have triple checked this out and all indications are that Tom Welling in fact is a go on the WB side. I rechecked with my sources and they are all still saying yes, yes Tom Welling, yes Justice League, yes production starts early next year and yes Smallville will have to work around it.
Ug… if this is true… and I do emphasize the word “IF”, i don’t like it at all. Smallville is actually one of my favorite shows on TV right now, so please don’t confuse me with a Smallville hater… but are they making JUSTICE LEAGUE… or are they making “Smallville: The Movie”?
You can’t possibly have Welling in Justice League as Superman and pretend like it has nothing to do with Smallville. So if they get Welling as the Man of Steel, do they bring in all the Smallville actors who play the various heroes as the rest of the cast too? This would be a monumentally bad idea, and I hope this one turns out to indeed be just rumor.
