Superman & Lois Showrunners Explain Why They Made That Colossal Ending Decision For Lois Lane & Clark Kent
This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.WARNING: This article includes SPOILERS from the Superman & Lois series finale.Fans are finally getting more insight into Lois Lane and Clark Kent"s Arrowverse fates by the Superman & Lois showrunners following the twist in the DC TV series finale.
In a new interview with Deadline, Superman & Lois bosses Todd Helbing and Brent Fletcher were asked why they decided to display Lois and Clark"s entire life leading up to their death, rather than leave it on a note where it was more open-ended. Once Helbing and Fletcher were told that this was the only live-action Superman property to have ever concluded their story like this, the duo knew that they had to embrace it, sharing the following:
[indent] Brent Fletcher: We we were told at one point that we were the only live-action show that really got to conclude his story. So we felt that was a real opportunity. For us, there’s so many questions that you have about what it’s like to live that kind of life. We were doing Death of Superman. That’s what we were going to sell to the audience. But it’s actually a mislead, because the death of Superman doesn’t happen until the end of episode 10, and we felt like it was to show that that was a life well-lived. What are the auspices of a life well-lived? It’s hope, joy, family and good all these things that he is. It was a hard thing to compact, but we felt that that montage could give a little window into that and give a little inspiration. We’re all mortal, and maybe there’s a beauty to our mortality that even Superman faces. So we thought it was kind of a neat thing. It was something that we were excited about, and so we followed that muse.
[/indent][indent] Todd Helbing: In the history of Superman, he is in a lot of ways immortal, right? He’s gonna live forever. He’s gonna outlive Lois. He’s gonna outlive his boys. But in this version, with what happened to him, he wasn’t going to do that anymore. So it just felt like, instead of having more questions for the audience about, ‘Oh, I wonder what he was like when he was old,’ it’s like, let’s just show it to them. We’ve never seen that. I think it’s really moving in a way that’s unexpected. Those are the best kind of endings.
[/indent]Source: Deadline
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In a new interview with Deadline, Superman & Lois bosses Todd Helbing and Brent Fletcher were asked why they decided to display Lois and Clark"s entire life leading up to their death, rather than leave it on a note where it was more open-ended. Once Helbing and Fletcher were told that this was the only live-action Superman property to have ever concluded their story like this, the duo knew that they had to embrace it, sharing the following:
[indent] Brent Fletcher: We we were told at one point that we were the only live-action show that really got to conclude his story. So we felt that was a real opportunity. For us, there’s so many questions that you have about what it’s like to live that kind of life. We were doing Death of Superman. That’s what we were going to sell to the audience. But it’s actually a mislead, because the death of Superman doesn’t happen until the end of episode 10, and we felt like it was to show that that was a life well-lived. What are the auspices of a life well-lived? It’s hope, joy, family and good all these things that he is. It was a hard thing to compact, but we felt that that montage could give a little window into that and give a little inspiration. We’re all mortal, and maybe there’s a beauty to our mortality that even Superman faces. So we thought it was kind of a neat thing. It was something that we were excited about, and so we followed that muse.
[/indent][indent] Todd Helbing: In the history of Superman, he is in a lot of ways immortal, right? He’s gonna live forever. He’s gonna outlive Lois. He’s gonna outlive his boys. But in this version, with what happened to him, he wasn’t going to do that anymore. So it just felt like, instead of having more questions for the audience about, ‘Oh, I wonder what he was like when he was old,’ it’s like, let’s just show it to them. We’ve never seen that. I think it’s really moving in a way that’s unexpected. Those are the best kind of endings.
[/indent]Source: Deadline
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