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For those of you who thought Bryan Singer's 'Superman Returns' should've been scrapped for a big-screen 'Smallville' movie (titled 'Metropolis,' perhaps?), this might be the first small step into that larger world. The Ausiello Files reports that a 'Smallville' (which, at this point, should really be called 'Metropolis') TV movie will air on the CW in January.
Well, sort of. The "movie" is actually two episodes penned by master DC scribe Geoff Johns -- 'Society' and 'Legends' -- merged into one super-episode, airing Jan. 29, 2010. The two episodes focus on the Justice Society and will feature appearances by such DC characters as Stargirl, Hawkman and Dr. Fate.
For those of you who thought Bryan Singer's 'Superman Returns' should've been scrapped for a big-screen 'Smallville' movie (titled 'Metropolis,' perhaps?), this might be the first small step into that larger world. The Ausiello Files reports that a 'Smallville' (which, at this point, should really be called 'Metropolis') TV movie will air on the CW in January.
Well, sort of. The "movie" is actually two episodes penned by master DC scribe Geoff Johns -- 'Society' and 'Legends' -- merged into one super-episode, airing Jan. 29, 2010. The two episodes focus on the Justice Society and will feature appearances by such DC characters as Stargirl, Hawkman and Dr. Fate.
If nothing else, packaging the two episodes into a "TV movie" shows us that the producers of 'Smallville' are starting to think bigger and better things for their series. It was a bit puzzling that Warner Bros. decided to go with Bryan Singer's sequel/reboot for its big 2006 movie rather than indulging a big-screen treatment of the Superman mythology that's most popular with audiences today.
Might a 'Smallville' TV movie -- even if it is just two highly anticipated episodes put together -- start a chain reaction that will result in Tom Welling ripping open his shirt to reveal the "S" symbol and taking flight on the big screen sometime in the near future?
