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By Morgan Jeffery

Smallville producers Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson have revealed details of Kara's return to the series.

Kara (played by Laura Vandervoort) – the cousin of Clark Kent (Tom Welling) – was a regular character in the show's seventh season and made a guest appearance in season eight.

"We're quite excited [about her return]," Souders told IGN. "You'll see a little bit more Supergirl than Kara in this episode. That's why [the episode is] called 'Supergirl'."

She continued: "When she comes in she is going to kind of shake up the world for all of our superheroes."

"It sends them in a very different direction," added Peterson.

Peterson refused to confirm whether Kara would teach Clark how to fly. However, Souders hinted that she could convince the future Superman to finally wear his famous costume.

"She might," teased the showrunner. "She's a fashion girl. She's knows how to accessorise."

The tenth season of Smallville – the show's last – will premiere on September 24 on The CW. Vandervoort's episode is scheduled to air in October.

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With the tenth and final season of "Smallville" coming this fall, one of the main questions on the minds of the fans is whether Tom Welling's Clark Kent will finally step up and become Superman. And according to Welling, it will finally happen.

"Yeah, that's the plan," Welling told The Flickcast, when asked if he would become Superman this season. "I don't know how they're going to do it, but I know that inevitably, that's where we get to."

"[The Superman costume] looks good," added Welling. "I wasn't there when they shot it on set. I was actually on another stage shooting something else. But I know what it looks like."

Welling also offered his thoughts on wearing the Superman suit both for himself and his character.

"I think it's a huge responsibility for Clark and for me," explained Welling. "And hopefully, we can get to a place where the fans feel as though we did everything that we could. We serviced the character the way that will make them all happy."

Regarding long-standing rumors that he could play Superman on the big screen, Welling replied, "I've always been open to the idea. It's not as simple as everyone would like to think."

"It's not as simple as me wanting to do it or not wanting to do it," he explained. "I know that a lot of people want to jump on me or jump on Warner Brothers. It's just not that simple. So there's a lot of elements that have to come together."

The season premiere of "Smallville" will air on Friday, September 24.

What are your thoughts on Clark Kent becoming Superman on "Smallville"? Should Tom Welling get a chance to play the Man of Steel on the big screen? Break out your Kryptonite and let us know what you're thinking in the comment section

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By Blair Marnell

With the tenth and final season of "Smallville" coming this fall, one of the main questions on the minds of the fans is whether Tom Welling's Clark Kent will finally step up and become Superman. And according to Welling, it will finally happen.

"Yeah, that's the plan," Welling told The Flickcast, when asked if he would become Superman this season. "I don't know how they're going to do it, but I know that inevitably, that's where we get to."

"[The Superman costume] looks good," added Welling. "I wasn't there when they shot it on set. I was actually on another stage shooting something else. But I know what it looks like."

Welling also offered his thoughts on wearing the Superman suit both for himself and his character.

"I think it's a huge responsibility for Clark and for me," explained Welling. "And hopefully, we can get to a place where the fans feel as though we did everything that we could. We serviced the character the way that will make them all happy."

Regarding long-standing rumors that he could play Superman on the big screen, Welling replied, "I've always been open to the idea. It's not as simple as everyone would like to think."

"It's not as simple as me wanting to do it or not wanting to do it," he explained. "I know that a lot of people want to jump on me or jump on Warner Brothers. It's just not that simple. So there's a lot of elements that have to come together."

The season premiere of "Smallville" will air on Friday, September 24.

What are your thoughts on Clark Kent becoming Superman on "Smallville"? Should Tom Welling get a chance to play the Man of Steel on the big screen? Break out your Kryptonite and let us know what you're thinking in the comment section

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DC capes fans feeling a touch melancholy about SMALLVILLE ending this season and leaving a big, gaping hole in their CW watching can cheer up – - the network’s entertainment prez, Dawn Ostroff, is already thinking about a replacement. According to the Boston Herald, the CW’s harkened its ear to fans’ concerns and it’s currently combing DC’s colossal catalog of classic comics characters for content that’d could be curved into a cool TV show. This isn’t guaranteed, of course. Ostroff’s stressing that they don’t want to put a new DC show up just to put one on.

Still, I’d say the network would be remiss not to continue putting out content with this kind of crossover appeal. I remember SMALLVILLE was originally spun as “ Superman at DAWSON’S CREEK” and it pulled off the mighty task of uniting usually-disparate audiences for ten years straight. So what show could replace SMALLVILLE? A Green Arrow spin-off seems like it’d be an easy contender. I’d suggest maybe Blue Beetle, given that there’s already been some test footage for a show, but that’s looking like something geared more towards the sensibilities of WB sister station, Cartoon Network. Maybe this is complete the roundabout and lead to BRUCE WAYNE finally getting on the air. You’ll recall that a show about Batman’s globe-trotting, pre-mask early days was in development early on and, I suppose, the whole thing ended up splitting into SMALLVILLE and BATMAN BEGINS.

Or perhaps, perhaps, perhaps… this is the angle for Wonder Woman to finally get back into the popular eye. The WB might not be able to get a movie off the ground, but I could see a show reinventing Diana’s early years in man’s world could work. What do you Comic Vine maniacs think? I’m putting you in the exec's chair. What would YOU program and schedule?

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"Smallville” has earned its stripes when it comes to teases, nudges and winks to the future of the character, not to mention the larger franchise.

And, before the final season is out, fans will finally see the transformation of Clark Kent (Tom Welling) into Superman … complete with his cape and tights.

How the series will end has been a hot topic of speculation for the last few years with fans offering a variety of different possibilities. However, according to Executive Producer Kelly Souders, the ending is something that producers have known for quite a while and will feature elements originally devised by creators Al Gough and Miles Millar, who both departed the series at the end of the seventh season.

"We have all known images and pieces of the finale for years and years and years, starting back with Al and Miles," Souders told Blastr. "They had ideas that they always talked about being in the final episode, and we love those ideas. We want to also honor the creators of the show, so there will be some images that literally come from Al and Miles, some from us and some from just years of our own wish lists.

"In a strange sense it's easy, because you know in that final moment he's going to be Superman. We know where he ends, so the pieces just fall into place."

Already Clark has discovered the majority of his powers (apart from flight, of course), defeated countless enemies and he has even adopted the crest from the House of El as his shield, so why isn’t he Superman yet? Well, that is something Souders and company have spent tremendous time examining, and the transformation into Superman will be a key concept of the final season.

"When we sat down to talk about this season, we asked, ‘Why isn't he Superman today?'" Souders said. "We really looked at his character, and he's been a leader and certainly developed his skill set as Superman, but he's not Superman. If you watch the episodes right now, he's not that guy yet, so it was about moving him to that final point, and figuring what are the stumbling blocks and the obstacles, which is what we are going to be seeing. And one of the things we talked about was his past, so we'll see some ghosts from his past so he can have his final lessons from them and move on out of the dark mode into the light."

Among that darkness has been a whole cadre of villains, including several from the larger DC universe. Lex Luthor, Zod, Brainiac and Doomsday already have been bested by the Man of Steel, and reports suggest that the Kryptonian hero will go head-to-head with Darkseid when the series returns in the fall. Assisting him in the final stretch of his journey will be some familiar faces, including Kara (Laura Vandervoort) and Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) … and the villains also will have some help from vanquished baddies.

James Marsters, who was recently introduced as a villain in Syfy’s “Caprica,” will return to reprise his role of the Kryptonian Brain Interactive Construct (or Brainiac, as he likes to be called).

"It will sort of be an old villain and a new villain all in one," Souders revealed. "There were things that we really wanted to encapsulate in the 200th, and we literally sat around for days trying to bring it together, and suddenly Brainiac 5 popped in and it all fell into place."

“Smallville” returns to The CW for its final season beginning on Sept. 24.

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Now that we’ve all gotten used to the fact that “Smallville” will be no more, it’s time to reveal the big bad for the final season. According to a report from THR, Darkseid is finally going after Clark Kent to the joy of fans everywhere. A lot of us were wondering if or when the villain would show up and it looks like he’s about to make his grand entrance…

This info comes from “Smallville” producers who were in attendance at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. They stated that Darkseid would be the main villain, they confirmed John Schneider would make a guest appearance for the 200th episode, and Chloe (Allison Mack) would get a good send-off.

As for the screentime for the other actors on the show, Justin Hartley who plays Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow will appear in 17 episodes, while Erica Durance (Lois Lane) will be present in all of them.

Also, Tom Welling and Hartley will both direct episodes this season, which should be cool. On another note, how will it all end? If Darkseid is the main bad guy does that mean that Lex Luthor won’t find a way to creep in and be the truly evil arch-nemesis that we all know and love? Sure he’s supposed to be “dead” but this is TV! It could happen.

How do you feel about Darkseid being the main villain this season?

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Smallville Trailer for the Final

The CW has unleashed a short TV spot pumped full of new footage for the 10th and final season of Smallville. The sequence features very short glimpses of what you can expect come September 24th, 2010, when the series makes it's season 10 debut. New shots of Supergirl, Hawkman, Green Arrow and some other major players are all included!

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by Mickey O'Connor and Adam Bryant

Any scoop on Smallville's final season? I can't wait to see Clark become Superman. — Zach

ADAM: Well, wait you must, it seems. "We've got 22 episodes to do it," says executive producer Kelly Souders. "[Clark] has a few more obstacles and lessons to learn. When you look at the show right now, he's definitely not the Superman — the bright light, the inspirational guy — that he will be by the end of the season. He's still in sort of a dark hour. There are things that he's internally wrestling with, and he really has to get over that in order to become that inspirational hope."

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Tom Welling On The Responsibility Of Wearing The Suit And The Possibility Of Playing Superman On The Big Screen!
The Smallville star discusses the honour of finally suiting up as the Man of Steel and whether or not he's ready to take his version of Clark Kent onto the big screen…
Now that it's finally been confirmed that we'll see Tom Welling wear the iconic costume, the next question is whether or not he wants to also portray the character on the character after the tenth and final season of Smallville. In the following interview which was conducted at Comic Con on Sunday, the actor talks about all of that and more!

Are you looking forward to finally seeing Tom Welling suit up as Superman on the small screen? And would you like to see him play the character in the upcoming Christopher Nolan scripted reboot? Have your say in the usual place!