Comic-Con 2008: The CW’s “Smallville” Panel July 29, 2008 4:22 pm
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The panel for The CW’s Smallville. The panel was moderated by Joseph Loeb and featured stars Allison Mack, Justin Hartley, showrunners Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson, Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer. New stars Sam Witmer (Doomsday) and Cassiday Freeman (Tess) were also present. Here are some highlights courtesy TV Squad:
- The “No Tights” part of the “No Tights. No Flights” rule that was established at the beginning of the series will be upheld, implying that while Clark won’t be donning the tights, he may start flying during the 8th season.
- Swimmer said that Clark will be starting to think about his destiny in the world and begin working on a secret identity.
- Witmer’s character, Justin Bloom, will start out as an extremely nice paramedic who then starts having blackouts with dire consequences. The blackouts are connected to the apperance of the villain Doomsday.
- Freeman will play Tes, the new girl at Lexcorp, now that Luthor is gone. No one will know why she was picked to run the company.
- WIth Hartley now a regular cast member, there will be more exploration of his Green Arrow and Oliver Queen characters.
- While not returning this season, they said that the door is always open for Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor) and Sam Jones III (Pete Ross) to return.
- The premiere will feature an appearance by the Justice League.
- DC Comics writer Geoff Johns will be writing an episode that will introduce the Legion of Super-Heroes later in the season. On that front, Swimmer says that here will be more use of DC characters and mythology this season.
- Mack may direct an episode of Smallville this season.
Michael Rosenbaum “Smallville” Departure Confirmed, New Villians Revealed May 2, 2008 2:20 pm
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In a joint statement from Smallville Executive Producers Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin, Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson; The CW Network; and Warner Bros. Television, the departure of actor Michael Rosenbaum from the series was announced. In addition, the network announced some details for the eighth season of the series. Details after the jump.
“Smallville” Creators Out April 3, 2008 8:37 pm
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Smallville co-creators Al Gough and Miles Millar have announced that they are departing the CW show at the end of this season. The duo released an open letter to popular Smallville fansite KryptonSite announcing their plans to depart the series. “After much heartache and debate we have decided it is time for us to move on,” they say in their letter. More after the jump.
“Smallville’s” Supergirl Cast July 12, 2007 10:44 am
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Following up on a prior announcement that the producers of Smallville were searching for an actress to play the role of Supergirl, which will be introduced this coming season, we learn from People magazine that the role has been cast.
Canadian actress Laura Vandervoort will play the role of Supergirl and begins shooting alongside Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum and Aaron Ashmore next week in Vancouver, Canada.
New Character Joins Cast of “Smallville” June 11, 2007 7:59 pm
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Another DC Comics character is joining Smallville.
Preview of upcoming episode of “Smallville” to be streamed online January 17, 2007 11:35 pm
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Teaming up with Yahoo! TV once again, The CW will be streaming a special preview (12 minutes in length) of the upcoming episode Smallville episode “Justice”, starting today.
Head on over to Yahoo! TV to check out the preview.
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