Smallville has become one of my favourite shows on TV. I used to complain about it destroying canon, but honestly it doesn’t matter anymore. Its not part of canon, and it has a lot of fun re-imagining it in a controlled and isolated environment. And in that environment we have had a lot of fun.
But the 8th season is to be the last, so it has run its course. Oh wait. Has it?
Today the news on the street is that Tom Welling is close to finalizing a deal to return for a 9th season with some final details being ironed out. One of the details was something to the affect of “the Brinks Truck pull into the actor’s driveway”. Not a bad detail and not surprising to know Welling has some serious leverage.
Obviously the lynchpin in the plan was Welling signing on, but with his big screen prospects looking a little thin (Unless they do another Cheaper by the Dozen movie) I couldn’t imagine him giving up on Smallville just yet. They will make it worth his time.
Speculation is that now that they are hinting towards the classic romance of Lois and Clark, are we going to see the pre-Superman story move into the big city and step into the familiar. But will we see the outfit or utter that famous moniker? But the one rule that has kept Smallville in the realm of Clark and not Superman has been the “No Flights, No Tights” rule and its worked out for them so far.
If they really wanted to carry the show on, instead of adding another season. Cancel it. Get the fans crazy. Then quietly say you are working on a TV movie to tie the plot together and then reveal that it wasn’t a TV movie and launch a new series called Metropolis.
Then they can launch spinoff shows like Justice League lead by Oliver Queen and the gang.
I should work for a Hollywood PR company. Me smart.
