Michael Rosenbaum Confirms Smallville Could Return (But Not How You Might Think)

While it would be fun to see the “Smallville” timeline continue in animated form, getting back the original cast is paramount to its success. How Michael Rosenbaum and his co-stars brought their characters to life and interacted with one another in live-action is one of the main reasons why the series is so well-remembered. Sure, fans wouldn’t see their actual faces in a cartoon, but their vocal performances would very much channel the same energy of the original show. Thankfully, according to Rosenbaum, he’s not alone in wanting to lend his voice acting talents to a “Smallville” animated series.

“We’d like to do it — the whole cast would like to do it. They would voice their own character from the show, and we have a concept of what the show is,” he told Screen Rant, adding that the minds behind “Smallville,” Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, have given their support. Rosenbaum also shared that he recently spoke to Tom Welling about a new “Smallville” project and that the two of them would even be willing to take part in a live-action film. “I think we’d have fun going back, but we’d have to really work to get back into those characters in that mindset because we’re a lot older. But if you shaved my head and you put makeup on me, it still works,” he said.

With a live-action “Smallville” movie far less likely to come to fruition, at least fans can potentially look forward to an animated revival series in the coming years. Hopefully, such an endeavor won’t fall apart, like The CW’s previous attempt at bringing back the Lex Luthor of “Smallville.”