Tyler Hoechlin Cast as 'Superman' in The CW's SUPERGIRL

Deadline reports that Everybody Wants Some!'s Tyler Hoechlin has been cast as Superman in SUPERGIRL. The series, formerly on CBS, heads to The CW, airing Mondays (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) beginning this fall. The role marks the first live action television version of the superhero since 2011's Smallville.

In a statement, Andrew Kreisberg, executive producer of SUPERGIRL shared, "Greg [Berlanti] and I have wanted to work with Tyler for ages, so this worked out perfectly because Tyler is Superman. We are so thrilled and humbled to add another amazing actor to the legacy of this iconic character."

Hoechlin was recently seen in the starring role of Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some! He will soon appear in the British action-thriller Stratton. Previous credits include Road To Perdition, Hall Pass, Solstice and Teen Wolf.

SUPERGIRL is an action-adventure drama based on the DC character Kara Zor-El, Superman's (Kal-El) cousin who, after 12 years of keeping her powers a secret on Earth, decides to finally embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be. Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton with her parents' help at the same time as the infant Kal-El. Protected and raised on Earth by her foster family, the Danvers, Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex, and learned to conceal the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin in order to keep her identity a secret. Years later at 24, Kara lives in National City assisting media mogul and fierce taskmaster Cat Grant. She works alongside her friend and IT technician Winn Schott and famous photographer James Olsen, who Grant just hired away from the Daily Planet to serve as her new art director. However, Kara's days of keeping her talents a secret are over when Hank Henshaw, head of a super-secret agency where her sister also works, enlists her to help them protect the citizens of National City from sinister threats. Though Kara will need to find a way to manage her newfound empowerment with her very human relationships, her heart soars as she takes to the skies as Supergirl to fight crime. Based on characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, SUPERGIRL is from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg Berlanti ("The Flash," "Arrow"), Ali Adler ("The New Normal," "Glee"), Andrew Kreisberg ("The Flash," "Arrow") and Sarah Schechter ("Arrow," "The Flash").

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