Work continues to develop the Superman & Lois series now that it has secured a place in the Arrowverse for the 2020/21 TV series.
Overnight Deadline has confirmed that the series has cast both of Lois and Clark’s twin sons Jon and Jordan. Jon will be much as fans of DC Comics know him although he will be aged 13, a little older than we’ve seen him in the comics (until recently), whilst Jordan is a new invention for the TV series.
There series has cast newcomers Jordan Elsass (Little Fires Everywhere) and Alexander Garfin (The Peanuts Movie) as Jonathan and Jordan Kent, respectively.
Jonathan Kent is described as “clean-cut, modest and kind-hearted, with an aw-shucks attitude that somehow doesn’t seem dated” while Jordan Kent is described as “wildly intelligent, but his mercurial temperament and social anxiety limits his interactions with people, and consequently, Jordan prefers to spend most of his free time alone, playing video games.”
Earlier this week a number of character descriptions were released for the series.
When the series begins, Lois will still be the Daily Planet’s star reporter, but Clark has been fired as part of a massive wave of layoffs– something quite true to real life in this day and age, as print journalism is rapidly dying out. Clark’s father, Jonathan is deceased, but his mother, Martha lives alone on the Kent farm in Smallville.
Lois’ father, General Samuel Lane is a major character, and he knows the truth about Clark.
13-year-old twins, Jonathan and Jordan couldn’t be more different. Jonathan is a popular star athlete (like Clark on ‘Smallville’), while Jordan is an introvert, prone to anxiety, who prefers his computer games. The boys have not yet exhibited superpowers, so they may or may not have inherited Clark’s gifts. They also don’t know that their father is really Superman. (Something tells me that Jordan will develop powers, but not Jonathan, but that’s just a guess.)
Lana Lang has a large role on the series and is now a banker, still living in Smallville. She is married to Kyle Cushing, a firefighter. Unfortunately, things aren’t great for them. Kyle is an alcoholic, and at the start of the series, Lana attempted to take her own life the year before! They have two daughters, 14-year-old Sarah, and 8-year-old Sophie.
In the pilot episode, the first season’s major villain is depicted only as the mysterious “Stranger,” however, his true identity will be revealed at the end of the episode.
Superman & Lois is expected to debut later in 2020.
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