SPOILERS 9º

Allison Mack may not have had a lot of screen time this season on Smallville, but the producers are making up for it with a fiery new love interest for Chloe Sullivan. Executive producer Kelly Souders tells us all about who Chloe's new man is, how Clark (Tom Welling) gets to see the world through Lois' eyes, the big Clark-Zod showdown and the arrival of Jor-El (Julian Sands).

TVGuide.com: You teased a big twist coming up with Chloe. Can you discuss what it is? Is she returning to the Daily Planet?
Kelly Souders: She has a couple things coming up. We've talked a lot with Allison because Chloe's big issue this year — she's having a hard time trusting people, understandably. Other people have come and gone in her life. She's got a few things below the surface about which she hasn't been very forthcoming with people around her. I think there's going to be a couple of surprises along the way, some of them more personal than others.

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TVGuide.com: So Allison will have more screen time this season?
Souders: Yeah. One of the things is that we do have a big, huge cast now, which is great, so everybody ends up sharing the screen a little bit. One thing with her is that she always has something she's working on on her own, so she's developing herself and where she really stands in the whole hero-J.L.A. of it all. There's definitely a part of her in all these heroes lives that is more than the simple sidekick.

TVGuide.com: Could there be a new love interest in her future?
Souders: Oh, just maybe yes. I think there's going to be a hint of some feelings under the surface. If you pay attention, I think there's somebody she maybe has a little bit of a fire for. I'm not saying [who], I'll give you this much: It's somebody who is very charming and it would be hard for anybody not to have a fire for.

TVGuide.com: Moving over to Clark, are we going to see more of his abilities coming out and will there be more training from Jor-El?
Souders: I have to be honest. The idea is he's doing some of that at the fortress. He has so much other story going on, we don't see a lot of that for a little while, but it does come back into play. I can't quite [tease any powers] because we're breaking one of them as we speak and we're going back and forth on exactly how the power works, but I can say that it's a magnificent power.

TVGuide.com: Be honest: It's flying. Do we get to see him fly this season?
Souders: As we've said before, that's kind of his final step to becoming Superman, but at least it's on his radar now.

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TVGuide.com: How are you approaching Clark and Lois (Erica Durance) finally being a couple this season?
Souders: They have their ups and downs just like every other couple. What comes out in the first half of this season is exactly what their issues are as far as their relationship goes. You get a little more insight, particularly into Lois. In the past, Clark was always hesitant to get into a relationship. He's finally met his match in Lois and I think she's even more hesitant in some ways than he is. The issues that she's grappling with romantically will start to emerge more clearly over this first half of the season.

TVGuide.com: Will she find out Clark's secret now that they're dating?
Souders: Well... there's a really great episode called "Idol" that's coming up that if you're curious about Lois and Clark and the secret, you should definitely watch that one. As we know we have to line up with the mythos, in which case she doesn't know his secret, but watch "Idol," it's very, very fun.

TVGuide.com: I take "Pandora" to be the episode when Clark discovers the content of Lois' visions. How does he come to discover it and how does it affect the future story lines in learning this?
Souders: It greatly affects Clark's storyline and shines a big light on Zod [Callum Blue] and the other Kandorians who have come. It informs what Clark does from that point forward. He discovers it through Lois' point of view, through her visions of the future. It's Smallville, so we have to do something more visual than her just telling him. It's not another power, there's nothing unreal about it, but he gets to see the world through her eyes in a sense.

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TVGuide.com: With Jor-El and Zod coming back, that can change the Smallville mythology. How is the time-paradox going to play out?
Souders: There's a little secret about Zod and the Kandorians: They're not exactly the way you think they are; that has a great deal to do with how the mythos would play out. In Episode 7, which is called "Kandor," a lot of their backstory comes to light and it sheds a huge light on them here presently.

TVGuide.com: When will Clark meet Zod and what happens when they come together?
Souders: He meets him in the first run [Editor's note: The first run of episodes concludes with Episode 9]. It's a little prickly. They don't have any reason to trust each other, so they don't. A lot comes to light in the middle run about each other. The tables keep on turning.

TVGuide.com: Will Clark get to meet Jor-El in person?
Souders: Tune in to "Kandor."

TVGuide.com: Here's the tricky one. Will the Jor-El in the Fortress of Solitude get to meet the Jor-El who has arrived on Earth?
Souders: How would you explain that in a scene? [Laughs] That would be a writers' nightmare. They don't quite come face-to-face at this point.

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TVGuide.com: What are the prospects of a 10th season right now?
Souders: We're just going gung-ho. We are planning to break a season finale and not a series finale. We have our fingers crossed. The fans have just been amazing. Nobody knew what was going to happen when we moved to Friday night and the fact that fans showed up and have been enjoying the show, it's meant everything to us and I know it's meant a lot to the studio and the network. I think that's given us a much better chance of coming back for Season 10. We're hopeful.

[size=150]Smallville: New Info on Jor-El, the Wonder Twins, the Justice Society and More[/size]
The show's executive producer talks to IGN TV about what's to come.
by Eric Goldman October 29, 2009

It's a busy time for Smallville, as Season 9 is bringing in several new DC Comics characters, while also building the underlying story of the arrival of the infamous Zod.

I recently spoke to one of Smallville's Executive Producers, Brian Peterson -- who serves as showrunner alongside Kelly Souders -- to find out more about what's to come, including what to expect from the introductions of a young Jor-El, the Wonder Twins and the Justice Society. We also discussed Chloe's current role on the show, a potential Season 10 and more.

IGN TV: This season you've amped things up as far as putting Clark in somewhat of a first iteration super hero costume and the arrival of Zod. When will Clark and Zod finally come face to face?

Brian Peterson: They will finally come face to face in episode 9. Well, that's not exactly true – they have one quick moment in episode 7, in "Kandor." They finally actually speak in 9.

IGN: Is "Kandor" when we'll meet the younger incarnation of Jor-El?

Peterson: Correct. "Kandor" is when we explain everything that people may have a million questions about as to what is going on with Zod and the Kandorians.

IGN: How did you come to decide to bring in Jor-El in this new manner? Obviously he's been a presence on the show for years, but not in this form.

Peterson: Well, he made a quick appearance in "Relic", ages and ages ago, where Tom [Welling] actually played an iteration of Jor-El. And we really wanted to kind of bring his Kryptonian side a little more to the forefront this season, which is why we're bringing in Zod. He's lost the influence of his parents, as they've passed away and gone off to Washington, in the case of Martha. So we wanted to bring in his Kryptonian mentor and kind of play some of the stakes and the emotion of what's going on with Clark when it comes to the loss of his Kryptonian side that now has been kind of brought right in front of his face, which you can't do with a disembodied voice calling from ice crystals. So I think it works really nicely. The episode looks amazing and Julian Sands, we were so lucky to get him… He does an amazing portrayal of Jor-El.

IGN: I asked our readers if they have any questions for you beforehand. Suffice to say, you're quite familiar with the passion of Chloe fans…

Peterson: What!? I don't know what you're talking about!

IGN: [Laughs] Right. It's a total shock to you! Plenty of questions regarding her, what storylines we might see for her this season and what will her interaction with Clark be like going forward. There's obviously going to always be those Clark and Chloe "shippers"…

Peterson: Of course, of course. Well, Clark this season has definitely got his hands full with his burgeoning feelings for Lois and vice versa. So Chloe is in a very different place, kind of licking her wounds from everything that happened last season with Brianiac and Doomsday and Jimmy. We really worked a lot with Allison [Mack] with what we want to do with the character this year and I think it's very organic to where she would be at this place in her life, where she has been basically a sidekick for eight seasons and she's watched Clark make so many mistakes.

This year Chloe is really taking charge in a way that she never has before and really owning her own identify as a super hero kind of in her own right, in what she does, rather than just being a sidekick. So I think that's really going to blossom in the middle section of the season, when we come back after the holidays. You see a few hints of that in the first nine episodes, but then that really blossoms when we get into ten through sixteen.

IGN: You've been bringing in a lot of different DC heroes and villains, but it sounds like this upcoming Justice Society storyline will be a pretty big one. It just got extended to two episodes, right?

Peterson: Right. We just made that decision this past week and everybody is very excited about that. What we've done this season has been really excited, because it was just like she walked off the pages of the comic book. She's absolutely true to the DC mythology, as is our Toyman. Our Wonder Twins are really fun and organic to all the mythology. So what's great about this season is I think we're really blending where Smallville mythology has kind of left off and where Superman mythology picks up. So it's a really fun season for us in that way, and Justice Society and having Geoff [Johns] involved has been a great way to kind of galvanize that. It's been announced that we're bringing in Hawkman, Doctor Fate and Stargirl and we have a couple of quick winks at a few other characters. I think it's really a great two-episode arc of our burgeoning band of heroes turning into something much greater. So it plays a huge part in the thrust of our season.

IGN: Can you talk about the depiction of the Justice Society members and what their interaction will be like with Clark?

Peterson: Well, again, true to what has been written of the JSA, they have kind of fallen upon bad times and they are not in a good place when Green Arrow and Clark and all of our crew meets them, so there's a very adversarial relationship at the beginning that carries through most of the whole first episode.

IGN: Will some of the Justice League characters you've introduced play a part in this story as well?

Peterson: Yes, there will be one. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to announce it yet, so I'm going to keep quiet on that. But yes, there is one more very vital Justice League member that will play a huge role in the second episode.

[Editor's Note: Shortly after we conducted this interview, it was revealed that Martian Manhunter would be part of the Justice Society storyline].

IGN: I was very amused to hear about the Wonder Twins appearance. Those characters obviously come with a lot of baggage from their history. What is your take on it? I'd imagine some comedy has to be involved...

Peterson: Yeah. These last couple of seasons have been interesting in that we've kind of found that the rhythm of the show tends to be we've gotten a little lighter with the comedy, but we've also gotten a lot darker in some ways. We have this very interesting bifurcation of the show which I think keeps it really alive and dynamic. So having them come into the show was really fun. They both knocked it out of the park and we had a lot of fun with how Clark and Chloe deal with these two slightly screwed up twins that are trying to be heroes and there's a really nice emotional takeaway. It was really fun to have them in the show.

IGN: I'll avoid the Batman question, because you've had to answer it a million times…

Peterson: I wish I had another answer, but it's always the same!

IGN: I'll just move on to characters you've only had to answer half a million times.

Peterson: Wonder Woman…

IGN: Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash… What's the status with a few of those bigger players from DC and the possibility of seeing them on Smallville?

Peterson: Yeah, I will just say that as of right now – and I'm not saying things won't change – but as of right now, unfortunately Wonder Woman and Batman are just off limits, as are certain characters that are being used in movies that are in the pipeline. We try to be respectful of that and we are trying to be understanding, though of course everyone would love to have Wonder Woman and Batman on the show, but it just is not something that's within our realm of possibility right now.

IGN: A lot of questions readers submitted involved characters we have seen on the show before and whether they might return. There were two that stuck out and several people asked about – one we haven't seen for years, and the other we saw very recently. Those were Perry White and Metallo.

Peterson: I believe I made a comment that got plastered all over a million different websites that we would love to have Perry White back, which somehow got turned into, "He will be back!" I can't confirm that, all I can say is we would love to have the character back. We have some thoughts, but at this point, we can't really confirm anything. And I will be screaming it from the mountain tops if we do make that happen, because I can't wait!

IGN: With Metallo, there was a direct continuation of that storyline just recently with Toyman being given the Kryptonite powered heart by Tess. Any plans for him?

Peterson: I would say we are as equally as hopeful with that character.

IGN: And the eternal Lex Luthor question… Have you checked in with Michael [Rosenbaum] and seen what the possibility is of bringing him back down the line?

Peterson: I can say we have definitely had conversations. I cannot promise that anything is in the works right now. [Laughs] So yes, a lot of hope and no confirmation or promises of anything, which unfortunately I wish I could give you, but I can't!

IGN: There's been a lot of analysis and discussion about the show moving to Fridays this season and what that means for the ratings and the future of the show. How are you guys feeling at this point? I know you've spoken fairly optimistically about the potential for a Season 10. Where are you at as far as how you want to position the end of Season 9?

Peterson: Well you know, we just always try and create the best show that we can and not keep [the ratings] in mind. Unfortunately, of course, how can it not? So we really looked at the move, regardless of what motivations were there for the move -- which I think were positive, honestly -- as a nice way to launch a new night and to kind of get on a night that has traditionally been a very big sci-fi night, with X-Files and Battlestar and a lot of other shows. So we were looking forward to it.

We're actually very hopeful that we get a Season 10. We're at the point in the writers room where we are coming up against the end of the season and I would be lying to say we are not kind of dealing with both options. But I think right now, everybody is very optimistic and we definitely have a whole season that could play out for Season 10 that we've already started working on. So again, all I can give you is optimism rather than anything concrete.

IGN: I had a couple of people ask me if we should assume Lois learned about Jimmy's death off camera.

Peterson: Yes. We need to assume that. I kind of don't want to say much more on that, other than yes, we need to assume that Lois has found out about Jimmy off camera and dealt with that with Chloe off camera this season.

IGN: We've talked a little bit about what's to come, but what more can you say to tease some of the episodes we're about to see?

Peterson: After "Roulette", we have "Crossfire" [airing this Friday], which is perhaps one of the most fun episodes that we've had in the whole series I think. Everybody at the studio and network is completely jazzed. It's basically Lois and Clark trying to take jobs as on-camera morning show hosts and it's hilarious. It's touching and moves the story forward and introduces a brand new character from the DC mythology, Mia Dearden, who is Speedy, Green Arrow's sidekick. So it kind of gives everything.

Then after that we have a great, mythology heavy episode with "Kandor", which we mentioned introduces Jor-El and shows the backstory of how all the Kandorians came to Earth, what happened and what they want. After that we have the Wonder Twins – and you can never go wrong with the Wonder Twins!

IGN: And Gleek I hope?

Peterson: Yes, you will see Gleek on screen, in one shape or another. There's also a really great Clark/Lois storyline there, because Lois goes to therapy because she's trying to figure out her feelings between Clark and the Blur. So in the middle of all the Wonder Twins, Lois is in therapy. And then we end our November run with a huge iconic episode called "Pandora" which finally gives you a glimpse into the future that Lois has been having flashes of and shows you what Lois saw when she went into the future.

Smallville: Nueva Información sobre Jor-el-, los Gemelos de Maravilla, la Sociedad de Justicia y Más
El productor ejecutivo del espectáculo se dirige a la TV IGN sobre lo que debe venir.

El 29 de octubre de 2009 - Esto es un tiempo ocupado para Smallville en su 9º temporada nos trae varios personajes de DC comics y también construyendo la historia subyacente de la llegada del infame Zod.

Recientemente hablé con uno de los Productores Ejecutivos de Smallville, Brian Peterson - quien sirve como showrunner junto Kelly Souders - averiguar más sobre lo que debe venir, incluyendo que esperar de las introducciones de un jóven Jor-el-, los Gemelos de Maravilla y la Sociedad de Justicia. También hablamos del papel de Chloe en la serie , sobre una posible 10º temporada y más.

IGN TV: Esta temporada nos muestra avances colocando a Clark en algun tipo de interacción con su primer traje de héroe y la llegada de Zod. ¿Cuándo finalmente se encontrarán cara a cara Clark y Zod?

Brian Peterson: Ellos finalmente se encontrarán cara a cara en el episodio 9. Bien, esto no es exactamente cierto - ellos tienen un momento rápido en el episodio 7, en "Kandor. " pero ellos en realidad hablan finalmente en el 9.

iGN: ¿Es "Kandor" cuándo encontraremos la encarnación más jóven de Jor-el-?

Peterson: Correcto. "Kandor" es cuando explicamos todo sobre el millón de preguntas que la gente puede tener sobre en cuanto a que es lo que pasa con Zod y los Kandorianos.

IGN: ¿Cómo decidiste traer a Jor-el de esta nueva manera? Obviamente su presencia ha estado en la serie durante años, pero no en esta forma.

Peterson: Bien, él hizo un aparición rápida en "Reliquia", una versión de hace años y años , donde Tom [Welling hizo una interpretación de Jor-el-. Y realmente queríamos traer su lado Kryptoniano un poco más a la vanguardia esta temporada que es por qué traemos Zod. Él ha perdido la influencia de sus padres, como ellos han fallecido y se han marchado a Washington, en el caso de Marta. Entonces quisimos traer a su mentor Kryptoniano y tener ese tipo de juego y la emoción de que sigue con Clark cuando esto viene a la pérdida de su lado Kryptoniano que ahora ha sido amable de traído directamente frente a su cara, lo cual no puedes hacer con una voz incorpórea a través de cristales de hielo. Entonces pienso estofunciona realmente bien. El episodio luce asombroso y Julian Sands, tuvimos la tanta suerte de conseguirlo … Él hace una representación asombrosa de Jor-el-.

IGN: Pregunté a nuestros lectores si ellos tienen cualquier pregunta para usted de antemano. Basta decir, que es bastante familiar con la pasión de los fans de Chloe

Peterson: ¿¡Qué!? ¡No sé de qué usted habla!

IGN: [Risas] Cierto. ¡Esto es un choque total para ti ! Muchas preguntas sobre ella, lo que los tramas nosotros podrían ver para su esta estación y que va a su interacción con Clark parecen al adelantamiento. Obviamente va a siempre haber aquel Clark y Chloe "shippers" …

Peterson: Desde luego, desde luego. Bien, Clark esta temporada definitivamente ha conseguido sus manos llenas con sus sentimientos que florecen por Lois y viceversa. Entonces Chloe esta en un lugar muy diferente, del tipo lamer sus heridas por todo lo que pasó la última temporada con Brianiac juicio final y Jimmy. Realmente trabajamos mucho con Allison [Mack] con lo que queremos hacer con el personaje este año y pienso que es muy orgánico a donde ella estaría en este lugar en su vida, donde ella ha sido básicamente un compañero por ocho años y ella ha mirado a Clark cometer tantos errores.

Este año Chloe realmente se encarga en un camino donde ella nunca ha estado antes y realmente es dueña de su propia identidad como un tipo de súper héroe teniendo su propia convicción que es correcto lo que hace, más que ser solamente un compañero. Entonces pienso que esto realmente va a florecer en la mitad de la temporada cuando volvemos después de las vacaciones. Usted ve unas insinuaciones de esto en los nueve primeros episodios, pero entonces que realmente florece cuando entramos del diez al dieciséis.

IGN: Usted ha estado trayendo a muchos y diferentes héroes y villanos de DC comics, pero esto suena a este trama de Sociedad de Justicia próximo será uno bastante grande. ¿Solamente fue ampliado a dos episodios, cierto?

Peterson: Cierto. Acabamos de tomar esta decisión apenas la semana pasada y todos están muy excitados sobre esto. Lo que hemos hecho esta temporada realmente ha estado excitado, porque era justo como ella quería que fuese a las páginas del cómic. Ella es absolutamente verdadera a la mitología de DC comics tal cual, nuestro Toyman. Nuestros Gemelos Maravilla son realmente la diversión y orgánicos a toda la mitología. Es tan grande esta temporada que pienso que realmente nos mezclamos donde la mitología de Smallville es del tipo que acaba donde la mitología de Superman empieza

Entonces es una temporada realmente divertida para nosotros de este modo, y la Sociedad de Justicia y teniendo a Geoff [Johns] implicado ha sido un gran camino a la clase de galvanizan esto. Se ha anunciado que traemos Hawkman, el Doctor Fate, Stargirl y tenemos un par de guiños rapidos sobre unos cuantos personajes . Pienso esto es realmente un gran arco de dos episodios de nuestra cinta que florece de héroes que se convierten en algo mucho mayor. Entonces esto juega una enorme parte en el empuje de nuestra temporada.

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IGN: Puedes contarnos un esbozo de los miembros de Sociedad de Justicia y cual será su interacción con Clark?

Peterson: Bueno, de nuevo lo que ha sido escrito del JSA es verdadero, ellos son el tipo de los caen y caen varias veces mal y ellos no estan en el lugar correcto cuando Flecha Verde y Clark y todo nuestro equipo los encuentran, así que hay una relación muy conflictiva al principio que lleva la mayor parte del primer episodio entero.

IGN: ¿Van a algunos personajes de Liga de Justicia de los que ya han introducido juegan una parte en esta historia también?

Peterson: Sí, habrá alguno. No estoy seguro si, como se supone, lo han anunciaco aún, entonces voy a callarme sobre esto. Pero sí, hay un miembro mas de Liga de Justicia muy vital que jugará un enorme papel en el segundo episodio.

[ La Nota del Redactor: Un poco después de que condujimos esta entrevista, fue revelado que el Marciano Manhunter sería la parte del trama de Sociedad de Justicia].

IGN: fue Muy divertido al saber de la aparición de los Gemelos Maravilla. esos personajes obviamente vienen con mucho equipaje de su historia. ¿Qué se ha tomado? Yo me imaginaría que alguna comedia tiene que estar implicada...

Peterson: Sí. Este último par de temporadas ha sido interesante en el que hemos encontrado el tipo de ritmo de la serie tiende a ser un poco mas luminoso con la comedia pero tenemos también mucho más oscuridad en algunos caminos. Tenemos esta bifurcación muy interesante de la serie que pienso que es lo que lo mantiene realmente vivo y dinámico. Entonces tenerlos a ellos entrando en la serie era realmente divertido. Ellos ambos golpearon fuera del parque y tuvimos mucha diversión con como Clark Chloe tratan de quitarse de encima a estos dos gemelos ligeramente desatornillados que tratan de ser héroes y realmente hay un momento agradable emocional. Esto fue realmente la diversión de tenerlos en la serie .


IGN: Evitaré la pregunta sobre batman, porque has tenido que contestarle un millón de veces …

Peterson: ¡Lamento no tener otra respuesta, pero es siempre la misma!

IGN: Solamente seguiré adelante con personajes que sólo has tenido que contestar medio millón de veces.

Peterson: Mujer Maravilla …

IGN: Mujer Maravilla, Linterna Verde, Flash … Que es el estado con algunos de aquellos personajes s más grandes de DC y la posibilidad de verlos en Smallville?

Peterson: Sí, solamente diré que desde ahora mismo - y no digo que las cosas no se cambiarán - pero desde ahora mismo, lamentablemente Se preguntarán la Mujer y Batman son solamente cuestión de restricciones , como son ciertos personajes que son usados en las películas que están en preparación. Tratamos de ser respetuosos con esto y tratamos de entender, aunque desde luego a todos nosgustaría tener a Wonder Woman y Batman en la serie , pero simplemente no es algo que este dentro de nuestro reino de posibilidades ahora mismo.

IGN: Muchos preguntas de los lectores eran sobre los personajes complicados que hemos visto sobre el espectáculo antes y si ellos podrían volver. Había dos que sobresalió y varias personas preguntaron sobre - un no hemos visto durante años, y el otro nosotros vimos muy recientemente. Aquellos eran perry White y Metallo.

Peterson: ¡Creo que hice un comentario que fue enyesado por todas partes de un millón de sitios web diferentes que nosotros nos encantaría tener a perry White de vuelta y que fue traducido a un " Él volverá! " No puedo confirmar, todo lo que puedo decir es que nosotros querriamos tener al personaje de vuelta. Tenemos algunos pensamientos, pero en este punto, realmente no podemos confirmar nada. ¡Y gritaré esto en lo alto de la montaña si realmente hacemos que pase porque no puedo esperar!

IGN: Con Metallo, solamente ha habido una continuación directa de aquella trama recientemente Toyman siendole dado su corazón de kryptonita por Tess. ¿Algún proyecto para él?

Peterson: Yo diría que estamos igualmente de esperanzados con ese personaje.

IGN: Y la eterna pregunta de Lex Luthor … has tanteado a Michael [Rosenbaum] y visto la posibilidad de traerlo de vuelta de la línea de abajo?

Peterson: Puedo decir que definitivamente hemos tenido conversaciones. No puedo prometer que estemos trabajando en algo ahora mismo. [¡las risas] Pero si que tenemos mucha esperanza y ninguna confirmación o promesas de algo, lamentablemente me gustaría poder darle , pero no puedo!

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IGN: Hubo mucho análisis y discusión sobre el traslado de la serie a los viernes esta temporada y lo que esto quiere decir para las posiciones y el futuro de la serie ¿Qué sienten sus chicos en este punto? Sé que has hablado limpiamente con optimismo sobre la gran posibilidad de una temporada 10. Donde están ustedes en por lo que quieren colocar el final de la temporada 9?

Peterson: Bien sabes, que solamente intentamos crear siempre la mejor serie que podemos y no guardar [las audiencia] en mente. Lamentablemente, por supuesto, ¿cómo no podemos? Entonces realmente miramos el cambio , independientemente de las motivaciones que hubiesen para el cambio - que pienso eran positivo, francamente - como un modo agradable de lanzar una nueva noche y al tipo de noche que tradicionalmente ha sido una noche de ciencia ficción muy grande, con X-files y Battlestar y otros cuantas series . Entonces nosotros lo esperábamos con impaciencia.

Estamos en realidad muy esperanzados de conseguir una temporada 10. Estamos en el punto donde en el cuarto de escritores pasamos contra el final de la temporada y yo mentiría al decir que no somos del tipo de tratar con ambas opciones. Pero pienso ahora mismo, que todos estamos muy optimistas y definitivamente tenemos una temporada entera que podría llevar a su fin para la temporada 10 sobre la que ya hemos comenzado a trabajar . Tan solo otra vez, Todo lo que puedo darle es el optimismo mas que algo en concreto.


IGN: Yo tenía un par de personas me preguntan si nosotros deberíamos asumir que Lois supo de la muerte de Jimmy fuera de cámara.

Peterson: Sí. Tenemos que asumir esto. Yo soy del tipo que no quiere decir mucho más sobre qesto , otro que sí, tenemos que asumir que Lois ha averiguado sobre la muerte de Jimmy fuera de cámara y ha tratado esto con Chloe fuera de esta temporada.

IGN: ¿Hemos hablado un poquito de lo que debe venir, pero qué más puede decir de algunos episodios que estamos a punto de ver?

Peterson: Después "Ruleta", tenemos "Tiroteo" [emitidoeste viernes], que pienso es quizás es uno de los episodios mas divertidos que hemos tenido en la serie entera. Cada uno en el estudio y el cnaal es completamente jazzed. Esto es básicamente Lois y Clark tratando de tomar empleos como presentadores en shows matinales y es descojonante. Es conmovedor y avanza la historia e introduce un nuevo personaje de la mitología de DC , Mia Dearden, quien es Speedy, el compañero de Flecha Verde. Esto es el tipo de dar todo.

Entonces después de esto tenemos un grande y pesado episodio sobre la mitología "Kandor", que como mencionamos introduce Jor-el- y muestra el backstory de como todo los Kandorianos vinieron a la Tierra, que pasó y lo que ellos quieren. ¡Después de esto tenemos los Gemelos Maravilla - y usted nunca puede equivocarse con los Gemelos de Maravilla!

IGN: Gleek ¿Espero?

Peterson: Sí, usted verá Gleek en pantalla, en una forma u otra. Hay también un realmente gran trama Clark/Lois allí, porque Lois va a la terapia porque ella trata de entender sus sentimientos entre Clark y el borrón. Y en medio de todos los Gemelos Maravilla, Lois está en la terapia. Y luego terminamos nuestro noviembre controlado con un enorme episodio icónico "Pandora" en el cual finalmente da una vislumbre del futuro en el cual Lois ha estado teniendo los flashes y muestra lo que Lois vio cuando ella fue al futuro.

Stargate and Smallville fans alike went crazy when the news broke that Michael Shanks would be appearing as the beloved winged DC Comic Book character, Hawkman. Twitter has been abuzz with speculation about his appearance, and how the character would be handled. As a comic book and Stargate fan, I was thrilled to hear the news.


I just got a chance to speak to Shanks about playing this iconic character. He gives details about the costume, Hawkman's interaction with Clark Kent and Dr. Fate, whether or not his character may appear later in the season and which version of Hawkman he'll be playing.

OK, I have to jump right in to your guest appearance as Hawkman on Smallville because everyone is freaking out about it. I know you can't tell me a lot, but what can you tell me?

Well, I think the cat's out of the proverbial bag, but a few characters from the Justice Society are showing up in Smallville this season, in an episode which has now been turned into a two-parter. "Society" is directed by Glen Winter, and the second part, "Legends" is directed by Tom Welling. And both written by Geoff Johns, who is the famous comic book writer who also gave rebirth in the DC Universe to the character I'm playing, Hawkman. So what can I tell you about the plot line? Hmm.

I know you can't reveal much...

Let's just say that a few of the Justice Society characters have come out of retirement to meet up with an old foe and happen to cross paths with Clark (Tom Welling) and some of the characters from the Justice League. And let's just say there are some misunderstandings.


I heard that there may be some sort of fight between Chloe (Allison Mack), Green Arrow (Justin Hartley) and Hawkman.

Yeah, there's going to be some stuff going on. There's going to be some stuff going on for sure. There's going to be some conflict. Both with heroes and villains alike. [laughs] I love doing this dance...it's one of those things where I was told, when I was originally getting the part, one of my publicists wanted to know what was going on, and just even that, they said, 'No, we can't. We have to wait until it's legally cleared. There's all this stuff and legal wranglings and we kind of don't want anyone to know.' They want to control the information and I get that. But literally the next day, some website thing had it up. All the information. More information then even I knew. And I went, oh, OK, there goes that.

With the internet nowadays, it only takes one person to open their mouth, and the entire world that you're trying to prevent from learning this stuff is going to know it in a millisecond. So, you know, it's hard to keep a secret nowadays. I get it. But we keep trying!

Have you been fitted for your metal wings yet?

I have done five fittings.

Oh my god!

Yup! Yesterday was my fifth. I do believe there will be more. I have yet to shoot a frame of film on this episode. This is what I've been doing the most of, is going for fittings and you know, talking to the producers about the character and discussing the elements of the voices. But mostly it's been focused on the costume and the logistics of the costume. Again, it's a necessary thing. I really appreciate the reverence that these guys have.


You know, television can kind of get...everything can kind of get swept under the rug because everyone's scrambling around to do their job and they don't necessarily want to involve you. And when you're a guest character, you're used to being one of those things that are being ignored, but they've really given a lot of thought and reverence to my input, both artistically, talking to (producer) James Marshall about the character and where he wants to see this develop, and again with the costuming and how it's going to work. They've given a lot of prep time to work out the bugs, because I believe for Smallville and for myself as well, and a little bit for television, kind of breaking new ground with this character and with the logistics of it. It's not going to be an easy process...I've needed the time and reverence they've given to help me get used to the process. I think there's a large learning curve ahead before we actually roll camera on that outfit. I mean the character outside of Carter Hall. The character outside of the alter-ego is relatively straight forward in that regard. But it's the logistics of the action sequences and the costume are going to be a little bit of a palaver.

Carter Hall...so you're going to be the reincarnated Egyptian prince/archeologist and not the alien policeman?

[He briefly hesitates] You know what? Yes. Yes to A. I think I can talk about that because it 's not really a story point. I mean, it's seems to be the direction that Geoff went with the retelling, when he brought the character back to the comic books. It seems to be the direction he went. I've seen now clues otherwise, but they tell the the character is named Carter Hall. He's more of an archeologist and not a Thanagarian space cop, so I think I can say that. It's not a story point. It's just kind of assumed. So yes.

I figured that was the one they would go with.

[laughs] It seems to make more sense to me. A little more grounded, that one.

So were you a fan of the comics? Was this a character you were familiar with?

I was familiar with it. I'll tell you, when I was growing up, My brother, I had a brother who was a year and a half older than I am, David. And David being the older brother, you know, when you have two boys, (there were three kids in our family) they're drawn to the same things. And since my brother was older, he got first dibs. So he got to be Apollo when I was Starbuck...which is OK. [laughs] In all the make believe games, he got to be Luke Skywalker while I got to be Han Solo...which is OK. He was Hutch, I was Starsky...which is OK. And he got to choose Superman as his favorite and I got to choose Spider-man, which is the next one. So my reverence for everything in terms of comic book collecting lay more in the Marvel Universe. I'm going to get tarred and feathered for this one. Heh heh.

[laughs]

And his was in the DC. But I do remember the Hawkman character. I do remember that he was more prevalent in the seventies when I was collecting comic book than he is now, obviously. But I do remember him. I certainly didn't remember the mythology behind it. I've had to play a bit of catch up, but I do remember aspects. My brother had boxes of comic books. He was really the collector. Even later in his life. I certainly remember poking my nose into that universe and seeing what was going on, although I wasn't allowed to be as big a fan as my brother was.

Well, Spider-man has better Underoos.

He does! He certainly does. I had no problem with the selections I got. I mean, who doesn't want to be Han Solo more than Luke Skywalker? Come on!

Yeah, Luke was kind of lame.

The first pick! Ha ha! Short end!

Do you think this character is going to come back? Is this role going to go beyond the two episodes?

I'm not sure. I mean, the way it's set up there is a strong possibility that there could be more. But where Smallville sits in terms of this being late in their run...they're incredibly in their ninth season of the show, not that I know anything about what that's like...[laughs]...but there is some doubt that it will go to ten, and I'm not sure how they want to wrap this up. Obviously you keep laying down...you keep rolling up the carpet for that time when he will become that other guy and start running around being the Man of Steel...that's where your show ends. Right when, off camera, he will make that transition. I'm not sure where they're going with it this season, but I understand that it's very different from previous seasons. They're really getting in the mythology of where Clark and "the Blur" sit in the realm of being a superhero more than they are about teen angst and failing grades, oh and there's a villain that's come into Smallville. It's much more Metropolis and it's much more comic book mythology-centered this season. So it is possible. I don't know where they're going with their season arc, but they certainly set the table...they've left that possibility wide open. So I don't know.

I got a bunch of questions for you from my Twitter followers. The big ones were whether or not we'll see you fly and what your weaponry will be like. The mace, I'm assuming?

Yeah, the most prevalent weapon that he uses is the mace at this particular juncture. The character will fly. There is no question about it. That is where a lot of the thematic issues are coming from in terms of how the logistics...how we're going to do this and make it look cool and not goofy. That the costume itself has been a necessary process of collaboration from many different departments and it will continue to be so as we go into the logistics of the action elements of the character, because it's not something that is as simple as 'try on the suit, oh it looks cool, let's go.' [laughs] There's a lot more to this guy. When you're in a room with a lot of other actors and characters and you've got a ten-foot wing span, hitting your mark is not the biggest of your concerns anymore. Remembering your lines is kind of an after thought and there are a whole bunch of issues about how is this going to look, how will this work, how will the transitions work and can the actor pull this off an make it all look effortless and natural.

Like I said, everything about the suit works against that endgame. I don't mean the look of it. I'm referring to the aesthetic of it, meaning how I feel in it. [laughs] It's very constraining, it's very limiting. It's just a matter of getting used to that. I said to James Marshall yesterday, 'I want to take this home for the weekend. Just to get used to it.' [laughs] Yeah, the character will fly and the logistics of that are pending. How we're going to make that work without looking too silly.

I've also been asked to ask you about the dynamic between Clark and Hawkman.

I think I can tease this one...Hawkman being the alpha in the Justice Society, being someone who...has made some missteps along the way, can or could represent a type of mentor character to Clark in his leadership abilities with his burgeoning team members of the Justice League. He represents a character that has a lot of wisdom to pass down to this next generation, so there is a strong possibility that once the initial phase wears off that there will be a coming together of those two to paint a larger portrait of the future, of what Clark has available to him and what his options are.

I hear you have some scenes with Dr. Fate that are pretty intense.

Yeah, and I'm working with an old friend. And old buddy of mine Brent Stait who was on Andromeda with my wife (Lexa Doig), and actually I met him during the pilot. He was playing that was meant to reoccur. The pilot of Stargate fifteen years ago. Brent's an old friend. He's a great actor and a wonderful human being. He will be playing Dr. Fate. Dr. Fate is a character that I think is...oddly enough a character that I did follow...there's a really neat relationship between he and Hawkman that makes the first episode quite heart-wrenching. There are aspects of it that are heart-wrenching as a result of that relationship. And I thought that was a very cool aspect of the first episode.

Click this link to read what Shanks has to say about his cameo role on Stargate Universe, what he thinks of the new show, his guest appearance on former Stargate: SG-1 cast mate Amanda Tapping's show, Sanctuary and whether or not we'll ever see him on Twitter.

The Smallville episodes "Society" and "Legion" will air on January 21st and 28th.

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