With all the superheroes that created buzz yesterday, many fans didn’t forget their favorite small-screen one. They started lining up late last night to get into this morning’s Comic-Con panel for Smallville, and it was bittersweet for many since this is the CW show’s 10th and final season. Fortunately, series star Tom Welling was in attendance and was the star for the thousands who can’t wait to see Welling put on his Superman suit finally on the long-running show. He hadn’t seen the suit yet until a montage piece revealing some exclusive footage showed a clip of the red and blue get-up in a box — which was actually the same one used in the movie Superman Returns. Even sans superhero costume, Welling received much of the queries during the fan Q&A session, including one asking if Clark Kent was ever going to finish college. “Hopefully on the Internet he’ll get his Bachelor’s,” Welling quips. Read below for more news coming out of the Smallville panel.
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Comics fans have stuck by the series over the years, and they won’t be disappointed this season. DC Comics writer Geoff Johns, who moderated the panel, says he will be writing an episode during the season that will feature the heroes Booster Gold and Blue Beetle, and current V star Laura Vandervoort will be returning as Supergirl. Producers Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson revealed that there are a bevy of supervillains in store. James Marsters’ Brainiac was shown in a quick tease in the season 10 preview reel, and two members of the Suicide Squad are on tap to appear in addition to a different, Smallville-ian take on the uber-big bad, Darkseid.
A lot of fans are asking for Michael Rosenbaum to come back as Lex Luthor, and the producers want him back, too. Welling shared a story about Rosenbaum’s final day on set while filming the seventh season finale and how he kept talking during his last scene. “He just wouldn’t die,” Welling jokes. “He threatened me that he was going to be at this panel.” (Welling, who’s a producer on Smallville now, will be directing another episode this season, as will co-star Justin Hartley, who plays Green Arrow.)
One other guy who will definitely be returning is John Schneider, whose character Jonathan Kent was killed off a few seasons back. “Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated,” says Schneider, who was a surprise addition to the panel. They didn’t have a card identifying him, so he used his California driver’s license until he realized that his address was being broadcast on the overhead screens. “I guess I’ll be seeing you all for dinner.”
During questions about wearing the trademark Superman duds, producers said that Clark’s outfit will change up a tad from the Matrix-like black costume from last season. And is he ever going to fly? “We all know how the comics turn out,” Peterson says, “so that answers that question.”
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After watching season 10 and it’s finale I changed my views. I was impressed after season 10. The finale of season 10 brought Superman right into the Superman comic standard and I was glad at how Darkseid was defeated.
@Daniel Kinsman, I’m sorry you felt that way.
Well, they didn’t make Clark fly mostly all these seasons because if they did, the show would be over if he became Superman sooner. Don’t know other way to explain it but I’m sure there are other things that needed to be done before he could become Superman and now it will finally happen sometime this season.
Personally, Welling would make a great Superman for the today’s generation and I don’t care what some of these haters say because their all full of ignorance and Tom has the the most experience, quality, skill and potential for the role in the rebooted Superman film and if he ever get the part for the role, he would surely has my support. After ten years of him building his character, he’s proven time after time, season after season that he is most capable of pulling it off. And After watching the series for a decade, as a Superman fan, he’s earned my respect.
Anyway, this season should be interesting and I can hardly wait:)
In the Season 10 trailer at Comic Con it show Clark flying and lifting the Daily Planet Globe as i fell. Was done in Superman Returns, but it still looked cool.
Superman didn’t fly during the Golden Age of the comic books either. One could argue that not flying is more true the source material than the flying version. Either way it doesn’t matter since he will be flying this year. Smallville was always the story of Clark Kent becoming Superman. Once the transition is complete, the show is over. Not only were we told this before the pilot even aired, by the showrunners reminded the terminally dense every single year.
Clark Kent completes the transformation into Superman this year. And then the show is over.
Farewell to the longest continuously running Sci-Fi show in TV history and the longest running Superman show as well. Farewell to Tom Welling, the actor who has played Kal-El longer than anyone. Farewell to the most successful DC show ever. Farewell to Superboy and hello to Superman.
Well gee, Will we see a flying Superman in season 10? This fan of Superman who has a collection of hundreds and hundreds over the years and having read each and every one of them fails to understand why we are robbed of a flying Superman. In Smallville, Kara flew. Zod flew. Martian Manhunter flys. Not Superman. Please somebody tell Tom Welling and Smallville writers I feel robbed of a flying Superman watching the show.