Both Routh and Hoechlin will play two versions of Superman, each from a different time frame.
Honored, humbled, grateful, and still pinching myself, Routh tweeted of his big reveal.
Deadlinewas the first to report the news.
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The five-hour event will air over two months: three episodes in December and two in January 2020.
This season is really divided up in a way that the episodes before the crossover are pre-Crisisepisodes.
Then the back half of the season is all about dealing with the fallout from the events ofCrisis.
The Flash, Supergirl, Arrow,andBatwomanwill air this fall on The CW.
