Singer asks Tom Welling to play Superman

You "Smallville" fans might want to sit down for this one.

Tom Welling, television's Clark Kent, has been offered the role of "Superman", says Superman-v.com.

According to the site, fan-favourite Welling has recieved an offer from director Bryan Singer - they want him for a two picture deal apparently - but he's yet to say yay or nay. Welling's been a little reluctant to play Superman before this, so it might take some swaying (a couple of million should do it).

Welling apparently has two to three weeks to let Singer know whether he'd like to wear the cape.