**UPDATE**
Since I barely have enough time for my own website let alone try and look at others, I have no idea if this has been announced anywhere yet. So if it has, great. If not, yay for me...
1. Tom Welling has not only signed for a 9th season, but a 10th as well.
2. Discussions have been taking place to transition the show into a full blown Superman series as it's been 13 years since we had one and WB wants talk of Welling and the film franchise to die off quietly. I was completely dead on with my assumption that Doomsday being buried was a set-up for next season. They have something really huge planned.
3. The suit was designed and would have been in the final episode if they did not get a 9th season, but Welling apparently now feels it should not be brought into the show yet. This could change if it goes all out Superman.
So says Exec Producer Brian Peterson....
I think there is too much wishful thinking here: yeah sure the whole fake Jimmy thing and Doomsday being buried alive is one thing and it aligns to some sort of comic continuity but we have to be pratical when it comes to business.
They can't make a Superman show with the kind of budget Smallville has these days: CW doesn't have the money and it would have to go to another network and so far the only one which I think could pick up something like this, is NBC.
Can other network advertise this like a new show?
Then Tom's thinking: he's going to play a character for 15 years (something like that)? I Think the only reason why Tom signed for another two years it's because of the world's economical crisis and with no Tom, no Smallville. Tom must have felt the weight of having of people working for the show and suddenly, it could mean no more work.
Then what about the others? Michael, Erica, Annette, Michael Mckean?
They can all say: sure, just give the people money but in Tom's case, it would have to be some really large amount of money. I'm betting the new contract Tom has signed, must be paying him a ridiculous amount of money.
As much as I want Tom in a Superman show, I want the rest of the Smallville's cast as well: it would be unfair if TPTB would recast some roles...
But again it sounds too much wishful thinking.
t:....
