Smallville is now available in HD for all the seasons on iTunes – check it out:

As Smallville begins its Final Season this fall, Warner Bros. Digital Distribution celebrates the beloved series with the release of all seasons for the FIRST TIME in HD now on iTunes here.

SOURCE: SpoilerTV

According to “KryptonSite”, the executive producers have revealed that Tom Welling was in the office yesterday to discuss the upcoming season, and that filming will begin on Monday, July 12th!

So exciting! Hopefully this means more news in the coming weeks! I need my Smallville-fix!

The latest issue of Emmy magazine includes a striking brochure insert for The CW’s very first Emmy campaign titled OMFG, which includes ”Smallville”, “The Vampire Diaries, “Supernatural”, “Gossip Girl”, and “One Tree Hill”.

The brochure also comes with a DVD that includes promo trailers for the shows listed above cut specifically for the Emmy campaign – the “Absolute Justice”  trailer was used for Smallville.

I scanned the insert for Smallville below featuring Tom Welling as Clark Kent/The Blur – see it larger in the gallery by clicking the image. Also be sure to read more about The CW’s Emmy campaign at “Deadline.com” here.

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Very sad news – it’s been officially announced that Smallville will end next season:

Discretion and restraint are clearly not among Tom Welling’s superpowers.

The CW was hoping to announce at its upfront presentation Thursday that next season of Smallville — the show’s 10th — would be its last. But Welling — who was expected to deliver said announcement in person — jumped the gun and blabbed it to the press last night.

“Season 10 of Smallville will be the last season,” Welling told HollywoodLife.com last night at an event in Beverly Hills.

That noise you hear is Dawn Ostroff frantically searching for her blue kryptonite dagger.

SOURCE: EW

I guess we all kind of knew this was a possibility, but I’m still feeling very somber with this news.

Other sources mentioning Smallville’s last season:

• Tom Welling Confirms Season 10 Will Be The Show’s Last: Hollywood Life (1st to break news)
• Smallville’s Tom Welling: Next Season Will Be Our Last – Fancast
• So Long Superman! Smallville Is Ending This Season: E! Online
• Smallville Faces A New Doomsday: TV Guide

Creators/executive producers Miles Miller and Alfred Gough and series co-producer Tollin/Robbins Prods. sued Warner Bros. TV, the studio behind Smallville, and The CW network:

Causes of action for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty are alleged against Time Warner and its divisions — WBTV, Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution, the now-defunct WB network, where the show started — and the CW, a co-venture with CBS. The complaint says WBTV made license fee deals with the WB and then the CW that “were not arms-length.”

Read the full article at “The Hollywood Reporter” here.

Smallville was listed on TV Guide’s list of “TV Shows You’d Like To Cancel”:

“I’m darn tired of waiting for Clark to fly! So, I hope next season is the last ‘cuz I cannot bring myself to stop watching. I’ve been waiting this long to see him fly, and dang it, I want some closure. So, I will torture myself until the bitter end.” — countryqueen

Check-out the full list here.

A new article on “CrunchGear.com” is stating that Smallville MUST not be allowed to break Stargate SG-1′s world record:

We MUST stop this. Somehow Smallville must be canceled before it surpasses Stargate SG-1 and becomes the longest running Sci-fi show in North America’s history.

Read the full article here.

I’m still excited about the Smallville season ten news that was announced earlier today! This is definitely a happy Smallville day!

Just a few Smallville news bytes to share and John Schneider’s new Twitter account:

1.  Turi Meyer tweeted earlier today that he, along with Al Septien, will be writing the season nine finale.

2.  “KryptonSite” shared a few episodes titles (below), including an interesting tid-bit that Justin Hartley (Oliver Queen) is one of the writers for “Sacrifice” and Greg Beeman is coming back to direct the season nine finale, “Salvation”. Read the spoilers in it’s entirety on “KryptonSite” here.

- 9.20 “Sacrifice” – April 30, 2010
- 9.21 “Hostage” – May 7, 2010
- 9.22 “Salvation” – May 14, 2010

3.  And finally, I received an interesting heads up from “AC” that John Schneider set up a new Twitter account that is related to his new SpikeTV show, “Back 9″. I contacted Scott at John Schneider’s official site, and he confirmed this is truly his new twitter account. So you can now follow John Schneider here “therealtrueshit“. Thanks “AC”!

Press release from The CW:

The CW Network has announced that its hit series SMALLVILLE will return in the fall of 2010 for a momentous tenth season.

SMALLVILLE, a modern retelling of the Superman legend, stars Tom Welling as Clark Kent. The series moved to Friday nights this season, where it currently ranks as network television’s #1 show in its time period among men 18-34 and men 18-49. Additionally, SMALLVILLE has dramatically improved The CW’s ratings performance in its Friday 8:00-9:00p.m.time period by 67% among adults 18-34 (1.5/6), 200% in men 18-34 (1.8/7), 75% in adults 18-49 (1.4/5), 183% in men 18-49 (1.7/6) and 74% in total viewers (3.12million).

SMALLVILLE joins the five previously announced series – THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, GOSSIP GIRL, 90210, SUPERNATURAL, and AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL – which will all return for another season on The CW.

SMALLVILLE was developed for television by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (“Shanghai Noon,” “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”), based on the DC Comics characters. Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson serve as executive producers, along with James Marshall, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins and Joe Davola. The series is produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions, Millar/Gough Ink and Warner Bros. Television. SUPERMAN was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

SOURCE: The CW