It's a Bird, It's a Plane! Superman to Appear on Season 2 of SUPERGIRL

Variety reports that casting is currently underway for the role Clark Kent/Superman for the second season of SUPERGIRL, heading to Monday nights on The CW this fall. This marks the first time that the character has been cast for a major appearance on the series.

Executive producer Andrew Kreisberg released a statement on behalf of the show's producing team which states: "Greg, Ali and I are beyond thrilled to welcome Clark Kent and his slightly-more-famous alter ego to the world of 'Supergirl,'" Kreisberg said. "Superman will be appearing in the first two episodes of the new season and we cannot wait to see who next dons the red cape!"

The cast of SUPERGIRL also features Jeremy Jordan, Calista Flockhart, Chyler Leigh, Mehcad Brooks, David Harewood, and Tony winner Laura Benanti

About SUPERGIRL: SUPERGIRL is an action-adventure drama based on the DC Comics 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 asSUPERGIRL to fight crime.

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