Why is James Gunn’s Superman Being Blamed for Smallville Sequel Delay? Co-creator Dishes on ‘Unfortunate’ State of Animated Outing
Alfred Gough is a big name, who is also associated with Smallville as its co-creator. Recently, opening up about a highly anticipated animated follow-up outing of Smallville, he shed light on why the series has been put on hold for now. “Warners has obviously gone through a lot, and I think the fact that they are in the process of rebooting Superman again, kind of unfortunately, I think, keeps our thing off the table for a bit,” Alfred Gough stated during the Talk Ville podcast. Further talking to the hosts of the podcast, Michael Rosenbaum and Tom Welling, who were also seen in the widely loved series Smallville, the co-creator stated that he recently came across news about how the Warner Bros. studio is also planning to reboot Buffy the Vampire slayer for Hulu. Talking about another reason why Smallville is facing delays, Gough spoke of the “regime change” that happened at Warner Bros. Back in 2022, it was James Gunn and Peter Safran who were named to be co-CEOs of DC Studios. For those …
