The solid of James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy is rising with non-Flash quickness, with one of the vital thrilling additions coming within the type of Gunn’s buddy and colleague Nathan Fillion. The Slither vet is about to tackle the Inexperienced Lantern alter ego of Man Gardner, fairly the favored character from the comics, which has understandably sparked a little bit of fear among the many actor’s fanbase, questioning if he’s capable of steadiness his superhero antics together with his small-screen work on the ABC drama The Rookie, which was renewed for its sixth season again in April. Not many individuals may instantly communicate to this situation, however Rookie co-creator Alexi Hawley spoke up after coming throughout such hypothesis on social media.
Hawley got here throughout a information story on Twitter that questioned whether or not Fillion becoming a member of Superman: Legacy would trigger any troubles or delays together with his commitments to the printed community sequence, and responded to the query with blunt pleasure:
Nope!
One has to imagine that these placing collectively the casting offers for James Gunn’s subsequent DC effort have been smart sufficient to verify the actors could be free to movie with out some other initiatives being unfairly ignored. And contemplating this can be a film about Supes, Man Gardner’s presence most likely isn’t a necessity for the whole stretch from opening to credit. So I’d think about his schedule was arrange with idealized blocks for filming that wouldn’t butt up towards The Rookie’s manufacturing schedule.
All that mentioned, Alexi Hawley’s tackle the state of affairs may change drastically over time, relying on how the upcoming months play out. Not simply on account of normal Hollywood chaos, however particularly due to the continued WGA writers strike that kicked off in Might, in addition to the SAG-AFTRA strike that was set in movement within the first half of July. With none unionized writers or actors at the moment capable of make the most of their efforts, and with none perceived ending for the pair of strikes, it’s considerably unimaginable to foretell what the subsequent steps can be.
Already, ABC’s fall schedule is just like different networks in that it’s a sea of unscripted content material, from Bachelor Nation content material to Celeb Jeopardy! and Celeb Wheel of Fortune to the linear return of Dancing with the Stars. So already, it’s clear we received’t be seeing The Rookie following up on its Season 5 finale when the autumn arrives. As such, harboring a small sliver of cynical suspicion is completely wholesome for followers, because it’s doubtless a slew of initiatives will leap instantly into gear (or again into gear) as soon as strike offers are made.
In a case like that, will The Rookie essentially must postpone filming for Season 6 till it doesn’t conflict with Fillion’s superhero work? Or is it the flip facet, the place his Rookie contract takes priority, in order that his Inexperienced Lantern work will must be filmed throughout his comparatively few off days?
For now, it’s most likely greatest to go away these worries for the long run, and to maintain the religion that there’s sufficient Nathan Fillion to go all the way in which round and again. And if not, perhaps Man Gardner can use his ring to summon up one other model of the actor. However then if that’s the case, he would possibly as nicely make a 3rd copy who’d be capable to movie Firefly Season 2. Can that ring make an entire different season of TV?
