Superman & Lois will be a more grounded take on the Man of Steel and his wife, at least according to showrunner Todd Helbing. During a TCA panel for the show, Helbing revealed he turned to family dramas like Friday Night Lights and Everwood for inspiration.
Asked how the series arrived at its tone, Helbing explained, "Well, tonally, from the first conversations Greg Berlanti and I had, it was really, you know, how do we make this Superman, in general, different? We talked a lot about shows like Everwood and Friday Night Lights and really a family show, a family drama that had Superman in it."
"So tonally, whenever you do any of these shows, you want to make them slightly different," he continued. "So we just approached this as much as we could like a feature, from the aspect ratio, to the cinematography, to the look, everything, the design of the house, the farm. We just wanted to give the audience -- you know, we're competing with these shows on cable streamers and cable networks. We want to do that and to be able to offer the audience something on an equal quality."
Lois Lane actor Elizabeth Tulloch agreed, saying, "I would say that, when Todd and Tyler [Hoechlin] and I went out to dinner to really discuss the show, Tyler and I were really sold when Todd was talking about Friday Night Lights. That was a really important show; the way it was shot at the time was really novel. The actors had a lot more freedom. It wasn't like they always had to hit their marks and everything."
"But more than that... it was really grounded and it was really real. I think part of what I'm hoping audiences respond to in our show is that this couple -- even though she's this dynamic journalist and even though he's Superman -- are incredibly relatable," she added. "They're dealing with a lot of the same issues that normal people deal with, whether it is lost jobs or having hormonal teenagers who are pushing back against us at every turn. It should, and I think it does, feel really, really grounded, like Superman and Lois Lane could be your next-door neighbors."
On The CW's Superman & Lois, Tyler Hoechlin reprises his Supergirl role as the Man of Steel alongside Elizabeth Tulloch, who plays the intrepid Lois Lane. When a family emergency brings them back to Smallville, Lois and Clark decide to raise their twin sons Jonathan (Jordan Elsass) and Jordan (Alex Garfin) there, only to find new adversaries in Wolé Parks' The Stranger and Morgan Edge (Adam Rayner). Then, as the boys begin to display some spectacular abilities, life gets even more complicated for the Kents and their new hometown.
Superman & Lois stars Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Dylan Walsh, Alex Garfin, Jordan Elsass, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Inde Navarrette and Wolé Parks. The series premieres Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. ET on The CW.
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