The CW has released a new trailer for Superman and Lois, the upcoming TV series starring Tyler Hoechlin and Bitsie Tulloch as DC’s most famous super couple. After months of teasing fans with behind-the-scenes look and promo images like Superman’s new costume, we now get a look at the finished product. Superman and Lois sees Lois and Clark move back to Smallville, where they will raise two teenage sons who may or may not receive the powers of their father. Meanwhile, they need to balance family life with the responsibility of being a public figure in and of themselves.
The series has already put together quite an impressive cast; next to Hoechlin and Tulloch, Superman and Lois will play Dylan Walsh as General Sam Lane; Emmanuelle Chriqui as Lana Lang and Erik Valdez as her husband Adam Rayner as Morgan Edge and Wole Parks and Stacey Faber in some nasty roles.
Here’s the official recap of the series, via The CW’s original announcement for the first season:
In Superman and Loisafter years of confrontation with megalomaniac supervillains, monsters destroying Metropolis and alien invaders seeking to destroy the human race, the world’s most famous superhero, The Man of Steel aka Clark Kent (Tyler Hoechlin, ‘Teen Wolf’) and comic books’ most famous journalist , Lois Lane (Elizabeth Tulloch, “Grimm”), faces one of their greatest challenges ever: coping with all the stress, pressure and complexities that being a working parent in today’s society.
Clark and Lois complicate the already daunting task of raising two boys and must also consider whether their sons Jonathan (Jordan Elsass, “Little Fires Everywhere”) and Jordan (Alexander Garfin, “The Peanuts Movie”) that could inherit from their father. Cryptonic superpowers as they age. Clark and Lois return to Smallville to run a family business in Kent, and are re-acquainted with Lana Lang (Emmanuelle Chriqui, ‘Entourage’), a local loan officer who also happens to be Clark’s first love, and her husband, a fire chief. Kyle Cushing (Erik Valdez, “Graceland”). The grownups aren’t the only ones rediscovering old friendships in Smallville, as Kent’s sons are re-introduced to Lana and Kyle’s rebellious daughter, Sarah (Inde Navarrette, “Wander Darkly”). Of course, there is never a dull moment in a superhero’s life, especially when Lois’ dad, General Samuel Lane (Dylan Walsh, “Nip / Tuck”) is looking for Superman to defeat a villain or into the day. save an instant.
Meanwhile, Superman and Lois’s return to idyllic Smallville will be turned upside down when a mysterious stranger (Wolé Parks, “All American”) enters their lives. Based on the DC characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Superman and Lois is written and executive produced by Todd Helbing (“The Flash”) and executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Geoff Johns. The series is from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.
Superman and Lois will premiere in the spring of 2021.