Name: Smallville is Officially Joining the Arrowverse!?! (Nerdist News w/ Markeia McCarty)
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- This episode of Nerdist News is sponsored

by Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening game.

Smallville is officially joining the Arrowverse?

Last month we put our wishes out into the universe

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.

Crisis on Infinite Earths is an upcoming event for shows

television shows, known as, the Arrowverse.

Based on the iconic 1985 comic book event

by Marv Wolfman and George Perez, the story focuses

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

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

that nobody had talked to him about appearing in crisis

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.

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

"Crisis on Infinite Earths, our first, second

"to reprise his iconic role as Clark Kent.

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!

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,

will reprise the version of the Man of Steel

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?

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

Brandon Routh is double dipping so it is possible.

Not as The Trickster, who he played in the Flash

Will he finally wear the tights for real?

Crisis on Infinite Earths debuts on the CW in December.

And name a TV show opening song more catchy

Thanks again to Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda:

Link's Awakening game for sponsoring today's episode.

Prepare to embark on an exciting adventure after Link

has been washed ashore on the reimagined Koholint Island.

To find his way home, Link must use all of his skills