[edit] Smallville News

• The Smallville Season 7 finale will be May 15, 2008.

• Various entertainment news sources have reported that Michael Rosenbaum will end his turn portraying Lex Luthor at the end of Season 7.[1] Rosenbaum wrote a good-bye letter to fans, which can be read here on KryptonSite. He also gave an interview following his announcement with Superman Home Pagewhich can be read here. The Smallville Wiki community would like to say thank you very much to Mr. Rosenbaum for the seven memorable years of hard work and dedication he put into his character, and wish him luck in his future endeavors.

• Executive producers of the show also announced plans for new antagonists for Season 8, more details of which can be read on the Season 8 page.[2]

• Smallville's Lois Lane, Erica Durance, was named TVGuide's "Sexiest Sci-Fi Female" for their "TV's Sexiest Stars" issue, out on newsstands now. Tom Welling was runner-up for "Sexiest Sci-Fi" male.

• Series creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar have announced that they are no longer serving as executive producers for the show's eighth season. They posted a letter to fans on KryptonSite, which can be read here.

• On March 3, 2008, the CW officially renewed Smallville for an eighth season, to start airing in the fall of 2008.

• The Official Companion for Season 6 of Smallville is now available from Titan Books, featuring an exclusive foreword by Justin Hartley.

• James Marsters will be at Collectormania in Milton Keynes in the United Kingdom from 2nd to 5th of May.

• Michael Rosenbaum, Smallville's Lex Luthor, is scheduled to appear at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia on August 29- September 1, 2008.[3]

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The Pilot episode of Smallville is the first episode of the series. It aired on October 16, 2001 on the WB Television network, setting a record audience of 8.4 million viewers. It was written by series creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and directed by David Nutter.

The first episode of the show introduces several key characters and events that continue to shape the show. It begins with the most pivotal moment in the series, the first meteor shower that hit the town of Smallville in 1989, forever changing the lives of the residents and even the visitors, most notably Lionel and Lex Luthor. Viewers were then introduced to a fourteen-year-old Clark Kent, a superpowered teen being raised by his loving parents Martha and Jonathan Kent. Like any normal kid, Clark was at a crossroads, about to start high school with his close friends Pete and Chloe, and his eternal crush, Lana Lang.

In the pilot, Clark saved the life of Lex Luthor and the two began a complicated and unlikely friendship. The event caused Clark to question his strange abilities and his parents finally told him of his true origins. Clark learned that he, in fact, arrived on Earth at the same time as the devastating and destructive meteor shower. As a result, Clark developed a need to use his powers to save and help others.

The pilot also introduced a basic formula for the show, in the form of Jeremy Creek, the show's first "meteor freak". A majority of the show's first episodes showcased a different individual that had been affected by the meteor shower and gained phenomenal superhuman powers.

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[edit] Superman News

• Happy Birthday to Superman:The Movie director Richard Donner. He turned 78, on April 24 2008.

• Happy Birthday to the "Big Red S". Superman turns 70 this year (June 2008).

• Congratulations to big-screen Superman Brandon Routh, who married his longtime girlfriend Courtney on Saturday, November 24, 2007. [4]

• The new animated film, Superman Doomsday, is now available on DVD. A preview can be seen on the DVD's website.

• The Profiles in History auction house event in April sold an original costume from the 1978 Superman film worn by Christopher Reeve to a very devoted fan for $115,000. Other props from the movie including copies of the script were also offered and a 1995 Batsuit went for $63,250. [5]

• Superman Returns swept the Saturn Award nominations with a leading ten. It won five awards at the May 10, 2007 ceremony: Best Actor, Best Fantasy Film, Best Writing, Best Music, and Best Director.

• Superman, along with other DC comics characters, are on stamps and stamped postal cards.

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