All Posts Tagged With: "Smallville"
Lex Luther exists Smallville
After seven seasons of portraying Superman villain Lex Luther, Michael Rosenbaum is leaving the CW network’s Smallville, says Kryptonsite. While the actor will no longer be a series regular, an official statement suggested that Rosenbaum may still have an occasional appearance in Smallville. Replacing Luther as the antagonist of the show will be the legendary Doomsday and a female antagonist whose “mutual attraction with Clark [Kent] may prove to be as deadly as kryptonite for him.”
Gough, Millar leaving Smallville
Coming Soon has obtained the letter Alfred Gough and Miles Millar sent out regarding their exit from television’s Smallville. The message begins, “As the creators of Smallville we look back at 7 amazing years. We look back at 152 episodes. We look back knowing that the show will continue into Season 8 without us. After much heartache and debate we have decided it is time for us to move on.”
WGA strike gives series new seasons
Variety examines the ratings-challenged primetime series that will particularly end up benefiting from the Writer’s Guild of America strike. ER, Scrubs, Smallville and According to Jim were expected this end this year. However, with the strike reducing the amount of episodes this season, the noted shows will likely return for at least one more year.
CW announces series renewels
Variety reports that the CW network is bringing back Gossip Girl, America’s Next Top Model, Smallville, Supernatural, One Tree Hill and Everybody Hates Chris, each for another season. However, it is still unknown whether further season installments of Reaper, Aliens in America, Crowned, Farmer Wants a Wife, Pussycat Dolls Present, The Game and Beauty and the Geek will be picked up. Having already met their end are Girlfriends, CW Now, Life is Wild and Online Nation. As for WWE Smackdown, the show will move to MyNetworkTV this fall.
Is Rosenbaum the next Freddy Krueger?
A lunch between Smallville star Michael Rosenbaum and Michael Bay has begun speculation as to what the two were discussing. Cinema Blend believes that the topic of their conversation was the upcoming reboot to the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, with Rosenbaum possibly taking over the role of horror icon Freddy Krueger.
