Smallville Aquaman spin-off OK'ed for pilot

According to Variety and The Hollywood Reporter this morning, The WB has OK'ed a pilot to be filmed for an Aquaman TV series. It's going to be headed by the same team that's in charge of Smallville -- Miles Millar and Alfed Gough -- so I guess I'm not as worried by this description as I should be: "The stories will come from the environment: ocean polluters, evil oil companies and other (threats to the) environment," Gough said. Skein will be set -- and possibly lensed -- in the Florida Keys, not far from the Bermuda Triangle, which will be another major story engine". I mean, Smallville was originally pitched as "Dawson's Creek with superpowers" so I guess there's hope for this.

Another interesting note is that Alan Ritchson, the American Idol  dropout that played A.C. on Smallville, isn't even being considered for the role. The development team would very much like this show to stand on it's own.