Over Smallville's nine-year run, the show's universe has fittingly expanded; yet, fans would like to see a few characters come back.
Though we haven't see her in quite a while, Martha Kent (Annette O'Toole) is still alive and well. Even though Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) is presumably dead, the Superman mythos would have to disagree. Jimmy Olson (Aaron Ashmore) was also lost last season, but the real photog and eventual best friend to Clark Kent (Tom Welling) is still running around somewhere.
Executive producer Kelly Souders discusses the fate, fortune or future of various Smallville characters who've been missing in action...
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He's baaaaaaack! Nearly a year after bidding Smallville adieu, Michael Rosenbaum has taken a step toward a return to the small screen.
TV's former Lex Luthor has been cast in ...
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Might Tess Mercer and Oliver Queen start making a little more love and little less war? Last Thursday's episode of Smallville (8 pm/ET, on the CW) offered a glimmer of hope. TVGuide.com grabbed a few minutes with series newcomer Cassidy Freeman to discuss the LuthorCorp boss' bad-ass behavior, Michael Rosenbaum's Lex appeal and more.
TVGuide.com: That was some "interesting" foreplay between Tess and Oliver last week....
Cassidy Freeman: [Laughs] I know. I personally get all my dates by challenging them with sticks and such.
TVGuide.com: Is that the technical term for those weapons — "sticks"?
Freeman: Staffs, maybe? But I prefer "sticks."
TVGuide.com: How much rehearsal time went into that fight scene?
Freeman: A lot. Justin [Hartley, Oliver] and I ...
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In Part 2 of TVGuide.com's Smallville preview, exec producers Brian Peterson and Todd Slavkin give their take on Season 8 (which arrives Sept. 18) by talking about the return of Green Arrow and offering an update on important people in Clark's life (Lex, Lana and Martha included). Plus: Which DC Universe players you will — and won't — be seeing this year. — Michael MaloneyTVGuide.com: How did the WGA strike affect your storytelling last season?Brian Peterson: We were only short two episodes; we did 20 out of the 22 [originally planned]. We actually got to complete most of our storylines that we set, especially the dynamics with Clark and Lex and also Lex and Lionel, including the final turn of Lex killing his father.TVGuide.com: It was tough seeing John Glover leave, because he made such a great Lionel.Todd Slavkin: John's a great actor and a great man — we miss him dearly — but it was always in the cards that Lex murdering his father would aid in his descen...
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A joint statement from Smallville's new quartet of show runners, the CW and Warner Bros. Television pays proper due to Michael Rosenbaum, who won't be returning next season as a series regular. "It has been an honor and pleasure to work with Michael. He is one of the best actors on television and has never failed to bring a new layer to the character of Lex Luthor in every episode," says the missive. "While... we won’t have the pleasure of working with him on a weekly basis this fall, we like to think that we haven’t seen the last of Lex Luthor. Stay tuned." (In comments: Michael Rosenbaum's letter to fans and friends.) The Smallville bosses go on to tease a new breed of villainy for Season 8, including the arrival of Doomsday, "the legendary, unstoppable destroyer" who will present Clark with "his ultimate challenge." (Doomsday, of course, is the only character in the DC Comics universe to have killed Superman.)Also to be cast for S8 is a female villain who "will be famil...
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