Smallville season 11 comic-book continuation announced
The world of the TV series “Smallville” will continue in a comic-book series from DC Comics, it was announced today.
The series, which focused on the adventures of a young Clark Kent as he learned how to deal with his origins and amazing powers, ended after 10 seasons. It starred Tom Welling as Clark Kent. At series’ end, Kent had donned a Superman costume and become the familiar Man of Steel. That story will now be picked up in a new comic-book series.
According to DC Comics’ Source blog, the series will be written by former Smallville show scribe Bryan Q. Miller. The series will hit digital first, with an April 13 release, with new chapters weekly.
The online chapters will be offered in a print periodical, along with an episode guide to TV series. The first print issue is set for a May 16 release.
“Six months after Clark Kent donned the cape and took to the skies to save Earth from Apokolips… enter Season 11!” Miller told the Source. “New allies abound! New enemies afoot! And old friends return where they’re least expected! Pere and colorist Chris Beckett have done a fantastic job of capturing the look of the show and the players, and Gary and Cat are knocking it out of the park on covers. I couldn’t be more excited to help give seasoned viewers and new readers an all-access pass to Clark’s first year in the cape.”
- Matt Price
Erica Durance as Wonder Woman on “Harry’s Law”
Erica Durance dons a Wonder Woman costume — in fact, the costume that was used for the Adrianne Palicki pilot — in an upcoming episode of “Harry’s Law.” Durance played Lois Lane on “Smallville,” and in one episode donned “Amazon Princess” garb.
She’s even closer to Wonder Woman in the “Harry’s Law” episode, where she plays a psychologically damaged woman who retreats into a Wonder Woman persona.
She tells TV Guide it was “a little daunting.”
“I’m really very respectful of the people that love this character,” she said. “I do take it very seriously. As a side note, just to be light about it, any woman wearing tight pants is not super excited the first time she puts them on. [Laughs] I wasn’t exactly, you know, tight pants- or underwear-ready.”
She said, in fact, she was happier to wear the long pants of Wonder Woman than the more traditional short-shorts.
“I’m very grateful for the pants,” she told TV Guide. “I know that people were very excited about the underwear and seeing them. To be quite frank, I don’t know if I could’ve done the underwear justice at this point in time and it might have been more upsetting for people to see me in them than to not, so I think the pants are a safe bet for me.”
Durance’s episode of “Harry’s Law” airs Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. Central on NBC.
- Matt Price
Click past the cut for another photo of Erica Durance in the Wonder Woman outfit from “Harry’s Law,” and her “Amazon Princess” costume from “Smallville.”
Tom Welling: Nerdage’s #2 actor with geek appeal
Tom Welling (AP)
Tom Welling, who for 10 years played Clark Kent on the TV series “Smallville,” comes in at No. 2 on Nerdage’s list of actors with geek appeal.
“Smallville” concluded after its 10th season in May.
He has also worked as a producer and director, executive producing the show “Hellcats” and co-executive producing “Smallville.” He directed seven episodes of “Smallville” during its run.
There was some controversy over no iconic shot of Tom Welling in full Superman regalia in the finale of “Smallville,” but producers told The Hollywood Reporter that such a shot wasn’t needed.
While Welling’s future projects haven’t been announced, he told the Los Angeles Times in May that he was ready for the next stage of his life.
“I feel so grateful. But I also know it’s time to move on.”
- Matt Price
Click past the cut for more Tom Welling and Smallville images.
Cassidy Freeman: Nerdage’s #9 actress with geek appeal
Cassidy Freeman (AP)
Cassidy Freeman, who starred as Tess Mercer in the CW series “Smallville,” comes in at No. 9 on Nerdage’s list of actresses with geek appeal.
Freeman’s film “Yellowbrickroad” recently screened in Oklahoma City at AMC Quail Springs, and will have a midnight showing Friday at the theater.
According to IMDB, Freeman is currently filming the TV movie “Longmire.”
- Matt Price
Alaina Huffman: Nerdage’s #18 actress with geek appeal
Alaina Huffman, who comes in at No. 18 on Nerdage’s actresses with geek appeal, has a long resume of geek-friendly projects.
She guest starred as Black Canary on the series “Smallville,” and had a regular role as Lt. Tamara Johansen in “Stargate Universe.”
In March at the Planet Comicon, we reported here at Nerdage that there was hope of finishing that series with a movie, but she recently reported on twitter that the sets are struck and “it’s over.”
She’s writing her own comic book, “Agent Mom,” which appears on the MTV Geek web site.
Back in 2007, she appeared in the TV series “Painkiller Jane,” based on the comic book by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti.
- Matt Price
Saying goodbye to “Smallville” – series finale ends Tom Welling’s run as Clark Kent
“Smallville” came to a conclusion tonight, after a 10-year run that spotlighted Clark Kent’s young adulthood as he grew into the man who would be Superman.
By series’ end, Tom Welling has played Clark Kent for more episodes of television than anyone else.
Erica Durance: Nerdage’s #22 actress with geek appeal
Erica Durance
As “Smallville” comes to a close tonight, Erica Durance will most likely say goodbye to the role of Lois Lane, which she’s played on the CW television series since 2004.
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Alaina Huffman, Boba Fett Jeremy Bulloch among stars at Kansas City-area Planet Comicon
Costumed attendees of Planet Comicon.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Bounty hunters, droids and space explorers descended on Planet Comicon last weekend for the annual comics and sci-fi show.
Thousands of fans attended the gathering, which headlined Jeremy Bulloch, the British actor who played bounty hunter Boba Fett in “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi.”
Alaina Huffman of “Stargate Universe” and “Smallville” appeared at the convention, and spoke to fans at a panel.
Erica Durance goes “Hangover” in Smallville season 10 episode Fortune
Alison Mack and Erica Durance in the episode "Fortune."
Lois and Clark go “Hangover” style in the most recent episode of “Smallville.” After Zatanna sends a magically spiked bottle of champagne to Clark (Tom Welling) and Lois (Erica Durance) for their bachelor/bachlorette parties, the gang blacks out after the toast. The next morning, they can’t remember anything about the night before, so they must try to discover what happened. Where’s Lois’ engagement ring? Did Clark steal an armored car? Each thread pulled reveals a little more of what happened overnight.
