The Justice Society returns to ‘Smallville’
Geoff Johns appeared at the Emerald City Comic-Con and among other things he let us know that the J.S.A are returning for the season 9 finale entitled “Salvation”.
‘Smallville’ season 10 teaser trailer (fan made)
Here is a fan made teaser trailer that I thought was epic. It chronicles the past ten years of Smallville. Check it out!
‘Smallville’ will break ‘Stargate SG-1’s’ world record
After the momentous confirmation that Smallville is a go for season 10 it was only a matter of time until it caught up with it’s rival. Stargate SG-1.
March 14th, 2010 1:47 pm
The Justice Society returns to ‘Smallville’
Geoff Johns appeared at the Emerald City Comic-Con and among other things he let us know that the J.S.A are returning for the season 9 finale entitled “Salvation”.
Michael Shanks as Hawkman
“They do appear again at the end of the season on ‘Smallville.’ The hope is for every DC character to appear outside the comic book. Correctly.”
Could this be also a hint for Batman or Wonder-Woman to finally appear on Smallville?
Source: Comics Alliance
March 14th, 2010 10:46 am
‘Smallville’ season 10 teaser trailer (fan made)
Here is a fan made teaser trailer that I thought was epic. It chronicles the past ten years of Smallville. Check it out!
March 10th, 2010 9:48 pm
‘Smallville’ will break ‘Stargate SG-1’s’ world record
After the momentous confirmation that Smallville is a go for season 10 it was only a matter of time until it caught up with it’s rival. Stargate SG-1.
Tom Welling and Richard Dean Anderson, Lead stars for both Smallville and Stargate SG-1 respectively.
Over the course of its ten-year run, Stargate SG-1 had plenty of achievements of which to be proud. Throughout the decade it was on the air (1997-2007), the show racked up seven Emmy nominations, two Hugo nominations, and between the awards received from the Leos, Saturns and Geminis it took home almost 20 trophies.
Its crowning achievement in the award category, however, may be the Guinness World Record it holds. In 2007, SG-1 overtook The X-Files under the category of Longest Consecutive Running Sci-Fi TV Show. (Of course, with the nearly 50-year-old Doctor Who in the mix, that title should be qualified with “continuously produced” or “in North America.”)
Unfortunately for SG-1, records are made to be broken. In just over one year, The CW network series Smallville will do just that. The young Superman series has been handed the greenlight for production of a tenth season.
In a confirmation report by Michael Ausiello on Entertainment Weekly’s Web site, the long-running series was heavily favored to return for another year. While ratings for Smallville have dropped considerably (due to a shift in airing nights from Thursday to Friday — often considered a dead zone for TV ratings in general), they still have improved demographically upon what The CW was airing in that time slot the year previous by anywhere from 67 to 200 percent.
Another key to the series return: the performance of the recent Smallville TV movie event “Absolute Justice.” The double-length episode, which guest-starred SG-1 alums Michael Shanks (“Daniel Jackson”), Brent Stait (“Ferretti”), and Brittney Irvin (“Merrin”), scored close to three million viewers, giving The CW its best Friday night ratings in almost 18 months, and proved to the network that the series still had drawing power and could be “event television.”
Here at GateWorld, we posed this scenario almost a year ago. Television is an ever-changing landscape where nothing is guaranteed. Did Smallville (another Vancouver-produced series) have enough life in it for a tenth season? Would the series be able to survive a move to Friday nights? Would lead actor Tom Welling be willing to return?
The answers to all those questions are a resounding “Yes.”
How does tying SG-1 in the number of years in production unseat it from the world record? Stargate SG-1 produced 214 hours in its run. By the end of next season (assuming a full, 22-episode season), Smallville will have produced 218 episodes — four more than SG-1 and enough to overthrow SG-1 as the new Guinness World Record holder.
SG-1 produced 22 episodes per year for its first seven seasons, after which Syfy Channel reduced its annual order to 20 for the final three years. Smallville suffered one 20-episode season due to the writer’s guild strike, but otherwise has continued with 22 per year.
The series continues Friday nights at 8 p.m. (7 Central) on The CW.
Source: Gateworld
March 9th, 2010 8:44 am
New ‘Smallville’ promo shots for the episode “Escape”
The CW have released new promo shots for the 16th episode of season 9 titled “Escape”. Includes Tom Welling, Erica Durance, Justin Hartley, Allison Mack and Odessa Rae as the Silver Banshee.
March 6th, 2010 1:00 pm
‘Smallville’ Season 9 episode list
Want to know what season 9 episode’s are airing or what they are about? Check it out here. Updated regularly.
Episode 1 – “Savior” (Season Premiere)
Aired September 25th 2009
Written By: Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders
Directed By: Kevin Fair
Guest Stars: Brian Austin Green (Metallo/John Corben), Alessandro Juliani (Dr. Emil Hamilton), Monique Ganderton (Alia), Terence Stamp (Voice of Jor-El) Sharon Taylor (Fiona)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Promo Pics: One , Two , Three & Four
Episode 2 – “Metallo”
Aired October 2nd 2009
Written By: Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson
Directed By: Mairzee Almas
Guest Stars: Brian Austin Green (Metallo/John Corben)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Promo pics: One , Two , Three & Four
Trailer: One
Interviews: One
Preview Clips: One
Episode 3 – “Rabid”
Aired October 9th 2009
Directed By: Michael Rohl
Written By: Jordan Hawley
Guest Stars: Cameron Bancroft (Dr. Coats)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Trailer: One
Preview Clips: One
Episode 4 – “Echo”
Aired October 16th 2009
Directed By: Wayne Rose
Written By: Bryan Q. Miller
Guest Stars: Chris Gauthier (Toyman), Terence Stamp (The Voice of Jor-El)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Trailer: One
Preview Clips: One
Episode 5 – “Roulette”
Aired October 23rd 2009
Directed By: Kevin Fair
Written By: Genevieve Sparling
Guest Stars: Steph Song (Victoria/Roulette)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Casting News: Steph Song
Promo Pics: One
Trailer: One
Episode 6 – “Crossfire”
Aired October 30th 2009
Directed By: Michael Rohl
Written By: Holly Henderson & Don Whitehead
Guest Stars: Elise Gatien (Mia/Speedy), Emilie Ullerup (Catherine “Cat” Grant)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Preview Clips: One
Episode 7 – “Kandor”
Aired November 6th 2009
Directed By: Jeannot Szwarc
Written By: Al Septien & Turi Meyer
Guest Stars: Julian Sands (Jor-El)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Promo Pics: One
Casting News: Julian Sands
Trailer: One
Preview Clips: One
Episode 8 – “Idol”
Aired November 13th 2009
Directed By: Glen Winter
Written By: Ann Coffel Saunders
Guest Stars: David Gallagher (Zan), Allison Scagliotti (Jayna), Dylan Neal (Ray Sacks)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Casting News: Wonder Twins Cast
Promo Pics: One
Trailer: One
Episode 9 – “Pandora”
Mid-Season Finale
Aired November 20th 2009
Directed By: Morgan Beggs
Written By: Drew Landis & Julia Swift
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Promo Pics: One
Trailer: One
Episode 10 – “Disciple”
Aired January 29th 2010
Directed By: Mairzee Almas
Written By: Jordan Hawley
Guest Stars: Elise Gatien (Mia/Speedy), Steve Bacic (Dark Archer)
TVAUSCAST Update:
Preview Clips: One
Smallville delayed in favor of a Telethon for the tragedy in Haiti
Episode 11 – “Society” (Part 1 Movie)
Smallville: Absolute Justice [first hour]
Aired February 5th 2010
Directed By: Glen Winter
Written By: Geoff Johns
Guest Stars: Michael Shanks (Carter Hall/Hawkman), Brent Stait (Kent Nelson/Doctor Fate), Britt Irvin (Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl), Phil Morris (John Jones/Martian Manhunter)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Trailer: One, Two, Three & Four
Promo Pics: One, Poster Art, Two
Casting News: Michael Shanks dials in to ‘Smallville’ & Phil Morris Returns
Interviews: Michael Shanks talks “Smallville” & Hawkan spreads his wings on ‘Smallville‘
‘Smallville’ TV movie takes flight!
Smallville: Absolute Justice (New movie title)
‘Smallville: Absolute Justice’ interview round up
Episode 12 – “Legends” (Part 2 Movie)
Smallville: Absolute Justice [second hour]
Aired February 5th 2010
Directed By: Tom Welling
Written By: Geoff Johns
Guest Stars: Michael Shanks (Carter Hall/Hawkman), Brent Stait (Kent Nelson/Doctor Fate), Britt Irvin (Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl), Phil Morris (John Jones/Martian Manhunter), Pam Grier (Amanda Waller)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Trailer: One, Two, Three & Four
Promo Pics: One, Poster Art, Two
“Society” will be a 2 part epic
‘Smallville’ TV movie takes flight!
Smallville: Absolute Justice (New movie title)
Casting News: Pam Grier cast for multi episode arc on ‘Smallville’
‘Smallville: Absolute Justice’ interview round up
Episode 13 – “Warrior”
Aired February 12th 2010
Directed By: Allison Mack
Written By: Bryan Q. Miller
Guest Stars: Serinda Swan (Zatanna), Carlo Marks (Stephen/Warrior Angel)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Preview Clips: One
Casting News: Zatanna returns to Smallville, Carlo Marks returns
Smallville delayed in favor of a Telethon for the tragedy in Haiti
Episode 14 – “Persuasion”
Aired February 19th 2010
Directed By: Christopher Petry
Written By: Ann Coffel Saunders
Guest Stars: G. Michael Grey (Buddy Brown)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Trailer: One
Preview Clips: One
Episode 15 – “Conspiracy”
Aired February 26th 2010
Directed By: Turi Meyer
Written By: Al Septien & Turi Meyer
Guest Stars: J.R. Bourne (Bernard Chisholm), Nicholas Carella (Dr. Flores)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Trailer: One
Preview Clips: One
Promo Pics: One
Episode 16 – “Escape”
Air’s April 2nd 2010
Directed by: Kevin Fair
Written By: Genevieve Sparling
Guest Stars: Odessa Rae (Siobhan McDougal/Silver Banshee)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
A curious case of dejavu on ‘Smallville’
The Silver Banshee comes to ‘Smallville’
Episode 17 – “Checkmate”
Air’s April 9th 2010
Directed By: Tim Scanlan
Written By: John Chisholm
Guest Stars: Pam Grier (Amanda Waller), Phil Morris (John Jones/Martian Manhunter), Jonathan Walker (Dr. Paul Brenner)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Episode 18 – “Upgrade”
Air’s April 16th 2010
Directed By: Michael Rohl
Written By: Drew Landis & Julia Swift
Guest Stars: Brian Austin Green (John Corben/Metallo)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Episode 19 – “Charade”
Air’s April 23rd 2010
Directed By: Brian Peterson
Written By: Holly Henderson & Don Whitehead
Guest Stars: Gil Bellows (Maxwell Lord)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Maxwell Lord comes to ‘Smallville’
Episode 20 – “Sacrifice”
Air’s April 30th 2010
Directed By: Kevin Fair
Written By: Brian Q. Miller, Justin Hartley & Walter Wong
Episode 21 – “Hostage”
Air’s May 7th 2010
Directed By: Glen Winter
Written By: Jordan Hawley & Ann Coffel Saunders
Guest Stars: Annette O’Tool (Martha Kent), Michael McKean (Perry White)
TVAUSCAST Updates:
Martha Kent returns to ‘Smallville’!
Perry White returns to ‘Smallville’!
Episode 22 – “Salvation” (Season Finale)
Air’s May 14th 2010
Directed By: Greg Beeman
Written By: Al Septien & Turi Meyer
Season 10 episode list coming soon..
March 4th, 2010 5:04 pm
The ladies of ‘Smallville’
Season 8 just keeps on giving. Recently Kryptonsite have unsurfaced a few more promo pics for the ladies of ‘Smallville’. Check them out. Update: More pics added.
February 25th, 2010 7:13 pm
‘Smallville’ to “go out with a bang”!
Steve at the ‘Superman Homepage’ has revealed some exciting info for Smallville’s final season!
Michael Rosenbaum is finally returning to 'Smallville'.
The Superman Homepage received word that Brian Doherty, who was just this month promoted to svp, national sales, at The CW has revealed that the execs at The CW are excited about a 10th season for “Smallville”, wanting to really “go out with a bang”.
The word is that they’re attempting to close a deal with Michael Rosenbaum to return as Lex Luthor, wanting to sign him up for at least 9 or 10 episodes.
Apparently an announcement will be made one way or the other very soon.
Source: Superman Homepage
Update: EW’s “Ausiello Files” has this update on a possible 10th season…
Question: Crazed fans like myself desperately need an update on Smallville’s renewal. How’s it looking? Any idea what the hold-up is?
- Ausiello: It’s looking really, really good. And the hold-up is due to boring stuff like contracts and money.
February 24th, 2010 9:40 pm
New ‘Smallville’ promo shots for the episode “Conspiracy”
The CW have released new promo shots for the 15th episode of season 9 titled “Conspiracy”. Includes Tom Welling and Callum Blue. Spoilers ahead.
February 24th, 2010 8:40 pm
Maxwell Lord comes to ‘Smallville’
Gil Bellows has been cast as the hero turned villain “Maxwell Lord”. His first appearance will be on the 19th episode of season 9 entitled “Charade”.
Gil Bellows, best known for his role on Ally McBeal, will portray the ruthless businessman, whose complicated history in the comics had him backing the Justice League during their Justice League International days, only to be revealed as a villain in recent years — beginning with his murder of Blue Beetle. More recently, after being killed by Wonder Woman, the comic book incarnation of Lord was resurrected as a Black Lantern.
Bellows, who was seen in 24: Redemption, will appear on the nineteenth episode of Smallville: Season 9, called “Charade.” We’ve also learned that Bellows’ role onSmallville may potentially be a recurring one – which sounds to us like another sign that a tenth season of Smallville is looking increasingly likely.
Source: IGN
Gil Bellows cast as Maxwell Lord
February 21st, 2010 3:29 pm
‘Smallville’ 9×15 – “Conspiracy” preview clip
The CW have released a preview clip for the 15th episode of season 9 entitled “Conspiracy”, featuring Clark and Zod chatting about recent events.
February 17th, 2010 9:51 pm
No need to fear for ‘Smallville’s’ future
Contrary to what you might think about Smallville’s possible cancellation. We are almost set for a big finish, much the same way as ‘Lost’s’ Final season.
Tom Welling as Clark Kent.
As Michael Jackson once said “This is it!”
We are at the final stage of Clark’s journey to becoming The Man of Steel! The series is indeed heading to a climax and that is season 10: The Final Season.
But there are a few things to be settled first, some of which are going on as I type this article. This is what’s happening:
Tom Welling:
Even though it’s safe to say that he is currently a co-exec producer for season 9 and the fact that he is already signed on for season 10 as are most of the cast, this is unfortunately not a sure thing. When you have your peers call you “Tommy tights” you tend to get very frustrated and withdrawn, Welling is infamously known to hate wearing tights of any sort so with that in mind you can imagine that when the time comes to put the super suit on he will be overly reluctant to do so. Hence the Neo-Superman we have this season.
Here is what “Richie” says from this article:
‘Smallville’s’ prospects are in the hands of its star Tom Welling. There have been reports Tom Welling has been auditioning for other projects and if he is successful and wants to start afresh, he might jump ship. However, the chances of him remaining as Clark Kent is relatively strong.
I can tell you this though, Welling wants to do this series justice, he won’t jump ship just yet.
Allison Mack:
Currently Allison’s contract will end at the end of this season, I would presume that she is currently in negotiations for a 10th season. But that is only speculation since she has indicated several times that she hopes to move on when possible. Look out for the second half of season 9 because three episodes in and we already have clues of where Chloe is headed in the near future.
Budget Concerns:
Since season 8, Smallville has had the burden of a decreased budget. Even now well into it’s 9th season we still have this problem. I mention this because without a budget increase Clark will not fly, that is the only reason why he hasn’t already. If they were to do so would be disastrous, you don’t want to see Clark fly as a flash of red & blue in the night sky would you? I don’t think so.
Dawn Ostroff (Head of the CW) wants Smallville to take even more drastic budget cuts but the powers that be are fighting for an increase. Compromises most likely have to be made at this point, that means minimizing the cast to only the core essentials. We might see a Lois & Clark type of setting where there will only be guests surrounding them during the season.
Or they could shorten season 10 to only half a season of 11 episodes plus a 2 hr series finale would most likely be the way to go.
Michael Rosenbaum’s return as Lex Luthor:
M.R has mentioned specifically that he will only return in the series finale, now there is truth to this since he has been popping in to the studio pretty often lately. Even meetings with some of the producers too. This is proof that he is still keeping ties with Smallville, for all we know Lex’s exit at the end of season 7 might have been a trick to have him make a big resurgence at the end of the series.
Only time will tell. And that time could be from now till May of this year.
February 16th, 2010 9:21 am
‘Smallville’ 9×14 – “Persuasion” preview clip
The CW have released a preview clip for the 14th episode of season 9 entitled “Persuasion”, featuring Lois dancing in a hilarious scene!
February 10th, 2010 6:26 pm
‘Smallville’ 9×13 – “Warrior” preview clip 2
Ausiello from EW has released a preview clip for the 13th episode of season 9 entitled “Warrior”, featuring Lois & Clark in a hilarious scene!
February 7th, 2010 11:47 am
‘Smallville’ 9×13 – “Warrior” preview clip
The CW have released a preview clip for the 13th episode of season 9 entitled “Warrior”, featuring Chloe (Allison Mack) and a certain Warrior Angel (Carlo Marks).
February 6th, 2010 9:12 am
‘Smallville: Absolute Justice’ interview round up
Here are all the interviews for the 2 hour Smallville event. Includes Michael Shanks, Erica Durance, Brian Peterson, Brent Stait, Geoff Johns and Justin Hartley. Updated with new interviews as they become available.
Michael Shanks (Carter Hall/Hawkman):
Talks about his role as Hawkman and his determination to do the character Justice.
MovieWeb.com and Newsarama.com.
Also there are four audio interviews: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4
Geoff Johns (Writer):
Absolute Justice is written by comic book favorite Geoff Johns, whose episode “Legion” also topped votes for Favorite Episode in last year’s KryptonSite Awards. The two-hour story brings in some legendary heroes from comics’ past.
Mr. Johns has taken the time to participate in an interview with KryptonSite where he talks about the episode and even offers some hints as to what his next project might be.
IGN.com, Kryptonsite.com, MTV.com and an Audio interview at ComicGeekSpeak.com.
Brent Stait (Kent Nelson/Dr. Fate):
He talks about his role as Dr. Fate and his experiences with the seasoned actor/director Tom Welling and best friend Michael Shanks.
Erica Durance (Lois Lane):
AOL’s “Inside TV” conducted an interview with Erica Durance to ask her about her role as Lois Lane in up-coming episodes of “Smallville”.
TVGuide.com, AOL.com, Fancast.com and and audio interview at SciFiMediaZone.com
Justin Hartley (Oliver Queen/Green Arrow):
He has spoken to three websites about what his character of Oliver has in store for the next few episodes and beyond.
TVAUSCAST.com, TVGuide.com and Zap2It.com.
Brian Peterson (Exec Producer):
Fancast talks with Brian about upcoming episodes and explains why ‘Absolute Justice’ will be right up there with Christopher Reeve’s “Rosetta” back in season 2.
While TVGuideMagazine.com has a round-table interview with a number of the people involved with “Absolute Justice”.
February 2nd, 2010 2:02 pm
‘Smallville: Absolute Justice’ preview clips
The CW have released 3 preview clips for the 2 hour tele-movie event of season 9 titled “Absolute Justice”. Update: 3rd clip added.
