Smallville: Exclusive Interview with Erica Durance

In this exclusive audio interview, actress Erica Durance discusses season nine of Smallville, the evolving relationship between Lois and Clark and her feelings about the show delving even deeper into the mythology of the Man of Steel.

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Smallville: Michael Shanks on “Absolute Justice, Part 4″

In the final installment of SciFi Media Zone’s exclusive audio interview with actor Michael Shanks, he shares his feelings of becoming a part of the Superman mythology as well as the physical rigors involved in his portraying Hawkman.

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Smallville: Michael Shanks on “Absolute Justice, Part 3″

In the third of our exclusive four-part interview with actor Michael Shanks, he continues his discussion of this Friday’s two-hour Smallville event, Absolute Justice. This time out he talks in more detail about the character of Hawkman as well as Hawkman’s impact on Clark Kent as well as Clark’s on him.

Look for the final part of this interview on Thursday.

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Smallville: Exclusive Interview – Michael Shanks on “Absolute Justice, Part II”

In the second of our four-part conversation with Michael Shanks, he discusses Smallville’s moving away from teen angst and more into the Superman mythology, as well as what it was like to work with Tom Welling, who directed the second hour of the episode; among other things.

NOTE: Look for part three of this interview on Wednesday

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Smallville Returns Video Promo

It seems that Smallville is continuing to allow its focus to stay on truly developing the show’s ties to the Superman and DC Comics mythos. This CW video promo heralds the show’s January return and is filled — albeit in rapid cuts — with iconic imagery from the comics.

Watchtower Speaks: Audio Interview with Smallville’s Allison Mack

This season on Smallville, Allison Mack’s Chloe Sullivan is taking on a more prominent role than ever as “Watchtower,” who will ultimately play an integral role in bringing the fledgling Justice League together. In this interview with the actress, conducted at Comic-Con, she discusses her role as Chloe and, in turn, Chloe’s role in bridging the mythos between Smallville and Superman.

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Smallville Video Clip: “Pandora”

The CW has released a new clip from this Friday’s “Pandora” episode of Smallville. Although taking place in Lois’ dreams, it suggests she’s having a vision of the future in which earth’s sun has been turned red. The implication is that while Clark would be made powerless in such a situation, the Kandorians would obtain their powers.

As fans of this much-improved season will know, the Kandorians are clones of the originals and were sent to earth so that the race would survive, but they were genetically encoded NOT to have the powers they would normally have under a yellow sun. Presumably somebody figures out that the opposite would be true if the sun blazed red.

Look for the cool visual of Clark’s shirt with the “S” emblem empaled on a post — straight out of Superman’s battle with Doomsday (not suggesting this has ANYTHING to do with Doomsday). One question, though: why does Lois refer to “The Blur” as the “Red and Blue Blur”?

Smallville: Justice Society Movie Delayed

There’s been a lot of excitement building regrarding the appearance of the Justice Society (in the form of Hawkman, Doctor Fate and Stargirl) on Smallville, but it’s going to take a little longer before we get to see it.

The two-part episode — which, as previously reported, will air as a single two-hour movie event, has been postponed until February 5th. The script for this meeting between the Justice Society and the formative Justice League is, of course, written by Geoff Johns. The first hour is directed by Glen Winter and the second by Tom Welling.

Introducing Voices From Krypton: The Magazine,
a publication devoted to superheroes on film and TV.

Featured in our premiere issue:
MERCY REEF• Behind the Scenes on the “Aquaman” TV Pilot* Exclusive interviews with creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and director Greg Beeman
• A conversation with actor Justin Hartley, who played Aquaman before becoming Green Arrow on Smallville
• Never before published behind the scenes photos

JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE ANIMATED SERIES
• The making of all 52 episodes before the show became Justice League Unlimited
• Go behind the scenes on each episode with producers Bruce Timm, James Tucker, Dwayne McDuffie and others
• An interview with voice director Andrea Romano
• Exclusive interviews with the voice cast, including George Newbern (Superman) and Kevin Conroy (Batman)
• Previously unpublished behind the scenes images

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Vampire Diaries, Supernatural & Smallville DVR Gains

The CW Network once again leads all networks in primetime gains from all DVR playback for the week ending October 18, 2009, according to Nielsen Live+7 day ratings vs. Live-Only viewing. The CW’s biggest increase came in its target demographic of women 18-34 (60%, 2.16rtg v. 1.35rtg), followed by adults 18-34 (57%, 1.57rtg v. 1.00rtg) and women 18-49 (54%, 1.76rtg v. 1.14rtg).

Freshman hit THE VAMPIRE DIARIES also continues to post major gains across the board with Live+7 comparisons, including 70% in women 18-34 (3.29rtg v. 1.93rtg), 60% in adults 18-34 (2.42rtg v. 1.51rtg) and 59% in women 18-49 (2.96rtg v. 1.86rtg). SUPERNATURAL gained 39% in adults 18-34 (1.53rtg v. 1.10rtg), 39% in adults 18-49 (1.45rtg v. 1.04rtg) and 30% in women 18-34 (1.64rtg v. 1.26rtg).

On Friday, SMALLVILLE remains in DVR demand, as its Live+7 ratings skyrocketed above its live-only viewing by 77% in adults 18-34 (1.45rtg v. 0.82rtg) and 70% in adults 18-49 (1.43rtg v. 0.84rtg).

Four of The CW’s shows added more than a million viewers once all DVR playback was included, with freshman VAMPIRE DIARIES gaining nearly 1.5 million viewers (4.62mil vs. 3.14mil). DVR playback added 1.13 million more viewers to Top Model (3.66mil v. 2.53mil), 1.1 million more to 90210 (2.82mil v. 1.72mil) and just over 1 million more to SMALLVILLE (3.25mil v. 2.17mil).

Exclusive Interview: Laura Vandervoort on “V” & Smallville

Laura Vandervoort, who stole the hearts of genre fans when she played Supergirl on Smallville, is returning to television this Tuesday on ABC’s “V”, in which she plays the alien Visitor Lisa, whose job is to bring disenfranchised teens into the Peace Ambassador Program, with the ultimate intent of using them against humanity. In the following interview, Laura talks about both series.

SCI FI TV ZONE: You are shooting in Vancouver – any chance that you might hop over to Smallville?

LAURA VANDERVOORT: Oh gosh, there’s been a few background performers I did Smallville with, and they’re coming up and saying, “So, are you coming back?” And I don’t know. I mean, I’m in Vancouver, I don’t know if they know I’m here, but it would be nice to hop over and be part of the show again. I loved Smallville. It was everything to me. You know, it was the first role that put me out there in front of America and the world – it’s played all over the world – and it’s helped me get in the door for other projects that were grittier and different, that I would have never been considered for because of the way you look, or the way they’ve seen you in the past. I owe everything to Smallville, and I’d love to go back, I don’t know if they’re going to have a storyline for me, I’m not sure what direction they’re taking the show in, so fingers crossed. I’d love to go back before the show is done.

SCIFI TV ZONE: Have you had the chance to get a better handle on who Lisa is as a person?

LAURA VANDERVOORT: As a reptilian or a person? As a character I feel like I had a fairly good grasp on her at the beginning, but as we’ve had different directors come in, and I’ve chatted with the producers, I’m definitely learning more. There’s a lot of stuff they aren’t going to tell us that might impact our performance and might give away any secrets, but from what I’ve understood, she’s literally just a 17-year-old who is there for peace, and she’s got orders that were given to her, and she’s going to follow through with them. That’s how they’re trained, and she’s also interested, similar to Supergirl, in taking in Earth and the culture. But right now she’s exploring.

SCIFI TV ZONE: You say she’s there for peace –

LAURA VANDERVOORT: I was just going to say, the way you can look at it is she’s been given an order to get humans to join the Ambassador Program, and that’s her task and that’s what she’s there for. She’s very focused, and she’s getting the best possible humans she thinks are appropriate for the job.

SCIFI TV ZONE: Do you think she’s going to develop a more sympathetic side?

LAURA VANDERVOORT: I think so, without giving too much away, I think when she experiences a bit of the hate that’s going on with the Visitors being on earth, and protestors, some of the things she sees impact her more than she expects. She feels more for some of the humans, I think, and I think she’s learning more about dealing with conflict and not being wanted.

SCIFI TV ZONE: I think a great arc would be to see her working with the humans.

LAURA VANDERVOORT: I have to say that’s what I want. But I don’t know where they plan to go with it. Especially because she’s focused on Tyler right now, and I’d like to see that develop into something, and perhaps that’s where the Fifth Column will come in.

The new “V” premieres on ABC November 3rd. For all the news on “V” — both past and present — just click below.

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Featured in our premiere issue:

MERCY REEF• Behind the Scenes on the “Aquaman” TV Pilot* Exclusive interviews with creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and director Greg Beeman
• A conversation with actor Justin Hartley, who played Aquaman before becoming Green Arrow on Smallville
• Never before published behind the scenes photos

JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE ANIMATED SERIES
• The making of all 52 episodes before the show became Justice League Unlimited
• Go behind the scenes on each episode with producers Bruce Timm, James Tucker, Dwayne McDuffie and others
• An interview with voice director Andrea Romano
• Exclusive interviews with the voice cast, including George Newbern (Superman) and Kevin Conroy (Batman)
• Previously unpublished behind the scenes images

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