Chris Wood To Play Mon-El in Supergirl

After weeks of speculation and a Comic Con International: San Diego panel that gave away a few tantalizing bits of information but not the whole story, The CW today revealed that Chris Wood will play Mon-El in Supergirl.

The character has been reinvented a few times over the years, but in all versions serves as a hero with abilities similar to those of Superman — a Daxamite, an alien race with similar powers to Kryptonians but a weakness to lead instead of Kryptonite — and most often he has ties to the Legion of Super-Heroes.

A Legion of Super-Heroes flight ring appeared in an episode of The Flash and then again in an episode of Supergirl last year. The team’s last live-action appearance was on Smallville.

Mon-El played a major role in the World of New Krypton storyline, elements of which appeared in the first season of Supergirl. It isn’t clear whether his presence indicates more of that storyline playing through the show, or something with the Legion of Super-Heroes, or both.

The first season of Supergirl ended on a pretty huge cliffhanger: a small, Kryptonian-looking rocket, nearly identical to the ones that brought Superman and Supergirl to Earth, crash-landed outside of National City. Upon opening it, Supergirl looked at its contents, surprised, and that was it.

We know that whoever she was looking at, was inside a rocket that appeared to be Kryptonian in design. But the real question is WHO could be inside a Kryptonian rocket, bound for Earth, just as the battle for the planet’s survival wrapped up? And now we know.

Supergirl had the biggest debut of the 2015-2016 season, but lost about half of its viewers over the course of its first season. While it remained one of CBS’s biggest shows, the cost of making the series is significant. It’s reported that Supergirl costs about $3 million per episode.

The show will head to Vancouver, where tax incentives will reduce the cost of production. In its first season, Supergirl filmed in Los Angeles.

One of the highest-rated and most buzzed-about episodes of Supergirl this year was its crossover with The Flash. A move to The CW — especially if the movie is also physical and production is relocated to Vancouver — will mean an increase in crossover opportunities with the DC Universe set up at the network. Supergirl shares executive producers Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg with Arrow, The Flash, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. A four-way crossover has already been promised for the coming broadcast season.

Besides Woods, actors Tyler Hoechlin and Ian Gomez have joined the cast as Superman and Snapper Carr, respectively.

Supergirl will air on Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW starting in the fall.

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