The Talent Show: Tom Welling

Tom Welling has recently cropped up again in the acting world after take a long break when Smallville ended in 2011. He's been seen in last year's indie drama Parkland, and has a small role in Draft Day alongside Kevin Costner. So he's slowly making his way back, but he'll probably always be best known for playing Clark Kent/Superman for ten years on the CW. And when he played the evil side to Clark, you knew it was going to be an entertaining hour of TV. 

Back then, Tom Welling might have been what people consider cute. He had a really young face, a guy in his 20s playing a teenager, with a crazy mop of hair. But over the years, that youthful, boyish face has transformed into a more handsome, hard-edged sexy one. And may I just say that the short hair and beard look fantastic on him! Behold, Tom Welling's transformation. Obviously the pictures with longer hair are older, but you can see the difference. And whether he continues to act or model, the man's got a face that's extremely easy on the eyes. 

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DVD Deal of the Day: 66% Off Smallville: The Complete Series

How's this for synergy? As reviews are rolling out for Man of Steel and a theatrical release right around the corner, the Amazon Gold Box Deal is the complete run of Smallville, and it comes at a mighty heroic discount. You can get Smallville: The Complete Series right now for only $114.99, 66% off the retail price of  $340. There are plenty of thematic and visual ties between the Tom Welling-led drama series and Zack Snyder's film, and those who are so inclined could probably look at them as close cousins.

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Zack Snyder's Superman and the Justice League Superman? Totally Different.

It's been a huge couple of days for Warner Brothers and fans of DC Comics superheroes. Jeff Robinov, the new head guy in charge, revealed that plans were underway for a Justice League film to be completed by 2013. That's huge, given how slow WB has been to get their superhero films in any kind of order. But along with that news came supposition of their plan of attack. I, like many other folks, figured that with Green Lantern and Superman basically starting fresh, and Batman soon to be needing the same treatment, we'd likely be seeing Ryan Reynolds, Henry Cavill, and whoever the new Dark Knight is to lead the super-team.  Turns out we were wrong, at least according to Zack Snyder.

While on the red carpet for the UK premier of Sucker Punch, HeyUGuys asked Zack Snyder how his Superman relates to the new Justice League film,  and he said this...

Snyder: It doesn’t. Like what Chris Nolan is doing and what I’m  doing with Superman, what they’ll do with Justice League will be it’s own thing with it’s own Batman and own Superman. We’ll be over here with our movie and they’ll kinda get to do it twice which is kinda cool’


So Warner Brothers won't be following the Marvel mold at all. Robinov tried to say as much by comparing the situation to when Brandon Routh was in Superman Returns while Tom Welling was on Smallville, but that's a terrible comparison really. Smallville was a long established TV show with a focus on a teenage Clark Kent, while Superman Returns was about an adult, established hero. Nobody was going to get confused by that. I think people will hate seeing two versions of the same hero in two different movies set in essentially the same universe.

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Kevin Costner confirmed as Jonathan "Pa" Kent

Briefly...

He's been in talks for the role for weeks, and now THR and Warner Brothers have confirmed that Kevin Costner will be joining Zack Snyder's new Superman pic as his adoptive father, Jonathan "Pa" Kent.  Warner Brothers issued a statement with these words from Snyder...

"Jonathan Kent is the only father figure Clark has ever had, the man who was there to help Clark understand what he was meant to do in the world as Superman. Kevin will be able to communicate the quiet strength of this rural American man who raised the greatest superhero of all time."

He'll be joining a cast that right now includes Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman, and Diane Lane as Martha Kent. The major roles of Lois Lane, Ursa, and presumably General Zod have yet to be fulfilled. Same with Krypto the Superdog.


Jonathan and Martha Kent are the two strongest influences in Clark Kent's life. After finding him when his escape pod crash lands in a nearby field, the two parents instill in him the values that forged him into the world's greatest protector. 


THR speculates that Pa Kent might meet an untimely demise in the film, but it's pure speculation based on the fact that he's been killed off in the comics and in the Smallville TV show.

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