Starkville’s House of El Podcast

We’re live on the third row anxiously awaiting the start of the Smallville panel for the 8th season at Comic-Con.

In 10 minutes Jeph Loeb, Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin, Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders, Sam Witwer (Davis Bloome), Justin Hartley (Oliver Queen), Allison Mack (Chloe Sullivan), & Cassidy Freeman (Tess Mercer) will be taking the stage, with an exclusive trailer for season 8 and a special Q&A session.

This post will be updated with new information as it becomes available, so keep refreshing for up-to-the-minute new Smallville information!

• 6 minutes til start time!
• Changing around the name cards; Allison and Justin are now closer to the front than they were before.
• Former executive producer Jeph Loeb just took the stage to moderate the panel!
• Cassidy Freeman (Tess) just came on stage!
• Sam Witwer (Davis) follows behind.
• Justin Hartley and Allison Mack just came out.
• Todd, Darren, Kelly, & Brian just came out - the new frontrunners for Smallville!
• Todd Slavkin is presenting a sneak peek at the first two episodes of season 8!
• AMAZING Season 8 Trailer - over 5 minutes long, incorporating footage from all 7 years of the show, and some incredible footage from the first two episodes of season eight, including Green Arrow, Aquaman, Black Canary, Tess Mercer, Davis Bloome, Metropolis in ruins during what looks like an epic battle and tons more. Word is this will be released via Xbox 360 very soon for all to see! And one of the biggest things at all, Clark Kent, taking a seat at his new desk at the Daily Planet!
• No tights-No flights in season 8? Darren Swimmer: “Well, we’ll be sticking to the no tights…”
• Clark will be embracing his destiny more than ever. Double-identity is the major-theme of the season.
• Green Arrow’s origin will be delved into deeply this season, GA fans won’t be disappointed.
• Sam Witwer is describing his character of Davis Bloome aka Doomsday. Sounds very interesting.
• Cassidy Freeman discusses Tess Mercer, Lex’s new girl at Luthorcorp, and Clark Kent’s new boss at the Daily Planet.
• Clark is going to seek his destiny as Superman, taking on the Daily Planet as a career and saving people wherever needed.
• Questions to Justin about the Black Canary/Green Arrow relationship and if that will take place this season with Alaina Huffman. Allison Mack: “It would be cool since they (Justin & Alaina) have the same hair.”
• “There will be many women in Oliver’s life this year.” Justin’s wife screamed from the audience.
• Chloe will be utilizing the powers she’s been given while developing a few new attributes this season.
• Will Michael Rosenbaum be returning this season? “The door is completely open, you haven’t heard the last of Lex Luthor and should he decide to come back, the door is open” - Brian Peterson
• Guy in an incredible Green Arrow costume just got pulled up on stage to show it off to the audience, bow included which Justin took from him to show off.
• Will we see more of the Justice League? “JL fans won’t be disappointed by episode 8×01 - while Clark works at the Daily Planet, the JL will be bubbling to the surface this morning now with Justin being a regular cast member.”
• GEOFF JOHNS WILL BE WRITING AN EPISODE OF SMALLVILLE THIS SEASON!
• SPOILER ALERT: GEOFF JOHNS WILL BE WRITING “LEGION” THIS SEASON, INTRODUCING THE LEGION OF SUPERHEROES!!!
• What would be your ideal Smallville/other TV show crossover? Brian: Supernatural; Kelly: Heroes & BSG; Cassidy: American Idol or SYTYCD; Sam: Original Knight Rider; Allison: Heroes & Mad Men; Justin: West Wing (”Don’t worry ‘prez, we got this!); Darren: The Office (”Dwight Schrute @ the Daily Planet!?”); Todd: Supernatural. Jeph: Weeds.
• Is the original ending vision of the series still the same? “We hope that doesn’t happen for a long, long time, but when it does happen, fans won’t be disappointed…” - Todd Slavkin
• Any possibility of Wonder Woman this season? No, but there will be a lot more done with the DC Mythology and a few new characters to be introduced.
• my phone just went off in the Smallville panel, great. way to go Derek.
• How should Chloe show up in the DC Universe? “Chloe is the ultimate sidekick, Clark’s rock and foundation; keeping that Girl Friday position in the comics would be really neat if that legend could live on.” - Allison Mack
• What happened to the footage of Lex finding the Fortress in the snow suit? ‘That was shot for 7×15 for the writer’s strike but it didn’t fit in 7×20, it was better used for promotion. Let’s hope it’s on the DVD.” - Todd Slavkin
• Will Sam Jones III return this season? “Always a possibilty, we’re only breaking episode 5 right now…22 full episodes this season!” - Kelly Souders
• What would have transpired if the strike hadn’t ended? Pretty much would have been the same, just shorter.
• Jeph Loeb’s phone just did that horrible microphone interference over the speakers. Sam Witwer tried to make it into a rap.
• “Lex was an awesome villain, but Lex couldn’t kill Superman. Who can go toe to toe with Superman and leave Metropolis in ruins? Only Doomsday.” - Darren Swimmer

Will Allison direct an episode this season? “We’re talking. I’d love the opportunity but nothing is official” - Allison Mack

“Don’t rule out a Smallville spin-off - The DC Universe is vast, that’s all we can say.” - Todd Slavkin

Lots of fan interaction with the panel; best one I’ve been to the whole last few days. Cassidy Freeman is amazing.

Huge standing ovation for the entire cast and crew of Smallville! They’re showing the trailer again!

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