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CW Offers Fans Chance to Be In Smallville Ep

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Smallville is looking for a little help from its fans, via the new “Believe in Heroes Challenge.” Fans can appear in an upcoming episode titled “Beacon” by filming an Internet video where ordinary citizens talk about what it means to be a hero.

In “Beacon,” Clark Kent finds himself at an emotional crossroads, with Metropolis divided by a clash between supporters of the Vigilante Registration Act and the VRA’s opposition, which is starting rallies to drum up support for heroes like Clark. To prove to him that he really is making a difference, Clark’s friends show him videos from the Internet, in which “ordinary citizens express what The Blur means to them, what it means to be a hero, and what it means to have heroes and believe in them.

The CW is asking fans to record these “ordinary citizen” videos, the best of which will be aired as part of the episode. Starting today (December 10th) and running through December 20th, Smallville fans can log on to cwtv.com/smallville and upload their own video testimonial.

Viewers who want to submit videos are asked to speak in character as impassioned citizens of Metropolis, fighting for the rights of heroes by expressing what The Blur means to them and why they believe in superheroes. The show’s producers will review each and every submission and select some of them to be used in the episode. Other favorites that can’t be used in the episode will be posted at cwtv.com after the episode airs on Friday, February 4th.

CW Mining DC Comics for Smallville Replacement

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With Smallville about halfway through its final season, The CW is hoping to find a new comic book character to fill the future Superman’s red boots. And now it looks like they’ve found what they’re looking for in a DC Comics character called Raven.

Right now, Raven has just a script order, but if The CW likes what it reads, it could get a pilot or series order. The DC character’s real name is Rachel Roth, and she’s the daughter of a human mother and a demon father, making her half demon, which is where her powers stem from. She’s able to read emotions empathically, she can read minds, she’s a teleporter, and she can detach her “soul self” from herself to go places her physical body can’t. But Raven must maintain constant vigilance against her own dark side, lest she give in to some evil destiny.

The character is the brainchild of Marv Wolfman and George Perez, and is being developed for television by Diego Gutierrez of ABC’s V. He also worked on Without a Trace, The Shield, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. If Raven goes to series, Gutierrez is expected to serve as showrunner.

No one expected Smallville to endure and last for ten seasons, but this certainly isn’t the first time The CW (aka The WB) has tried to capitalize on Smallville‘s success by developing another comic book property. There was the short-lived Birds of Prey, which ran for just 13 episodes. There was Aquaman, which never made it beyond a pilot. And more recently, The CW seriously considered creating a property around the early adventures of Batman’s sidekick Dick Grayson, before he became known as Robin. (Wonder Woman is also in development from David E. Kelley, but that show hasn’t found a network home yet.)

Will Raven‘s dark, teen angsty thrills finally hit The CW’s sweet spot?

Comic-Con trailer: Smallville’s final season

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Here’s a really good grab of the trailer for Smallville‘s 10th and final season, as shown on Sunday at Comic-Con 2010. Looks like a lot of familiar faces are returning for the last hurrah, and you’ll also catch a glimpse of some things you thought you’d never see on Smallville: the red & blue suit, and a character referring to Clark as “Superman.” This is truly the end…

Smallville’s next season is its last

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There’s a broad spectrum of news about Smallville today that fans will be both excited and sad to hear.

The CW has just announced that Smallville‘s 10th season — debuting this Fall — will be its last. As a longtime fan, I have mixed feelings about this. Smallville has certainly managed to live longer than anyone thought it could, while maintaining its compulsively watchable quality through all nine seasons thus far. That said, it’s starting to feel kind of ridiculous that ol’ Clark hasn’t become Superman yet. I mean, in the current season, he spends more time in Metropolis than in Smallville itself, working at the Daily Planet alongside Lois Lane, while he moonlights as a costumed hero. Sound familiar? And yet he’s still not wearing the red-and-blue or going by his destined super-name. On the other hand, knowing when their end date is should allow the producers to tie up the series in a satisfying way and bring Clark full circle.

In related news, actress Allison Mack has announced that she won’t be returning as a full time cast member for the final season. Mack’s popular character Chloe Sullivan will be back for an undisclosed number of episodes in the final season, to give the character a proper sendoff, but she won’t be in the opening credits as a regular, leaving series star Tom Welling as the only remaining original cast member still on the show.

Smallville spoilers

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Spoiler alert! TV executives revealed that there’s romance a-brewing in the next season of Lois and Clark. Other stuff that fans can look forward to: a Legion of Superheroes episode!