Get ready for the return of the Justice League. When Smallville comes back in September, the Super Friends reunite to search for Clark Kent, who went missing in May's season finale after tussling with Lex Luthor at the Fortress of Solitude.Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar have departed (and are currently producing the Hannah Montana movie), so four of the series' longtime producers have taken over for Season 8. "Luckily [Al and Miles'] voices are still talking to us in our heads as we're breaking stories," says Kelly Souders, who is running the show with Brian Peterson, Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer. "Their visions come to us all the time, so I think they did a great job of preparing us for this day."One of the first things the new quartet did was lock in Justin Hartley for at least 12 episodes as Green Arrow/Oliver Queen, a fan favorite who appeared frequently in Season 6 and once last season. He'll start this new chapter by gathering Aquaman and Black Canary to resc...
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After a sneak peak at Comic-Con, DC Direct has unveiled the official prototypes for their latest wave of Smallville action figures.The line includes the future Superman and his four Justice League buddies, as they appeared in January's "Justice" episode: (pictured, left to right) Bart Allen/Impulse (Kyle Gallner), Oliver Queen/Green Arrow (Justin Hartley), Clark Kent (Tom Welling), Arthur Curry/Aquaman (Alan Ritchson) and Victor Stone/Cyborg (Lee Thompson Young).The action figures are slated to go on sale May 7, 2008.
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On a mild November morning on the set of Smallville in Burnaby, British Columbia, Justin Hartley and Alan Ritchson are waiting for their breakfast from the meal truck. In a few hours, the two actors will join Kyle Gallner, Lee Thompson Young and series star Tom Welling to film a pivotal scene in tonight's Justice League-themed episode (airing at 8 pm/ET, on the CW). Hartley's Oliver Queen — aka the Green Arrow — is rounding up the newbie heroes to stop Lex Luthor's mysterious Project 33.1, which is experimenting on the superp
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