A Smallville writer and producer has joined Twitter, new casting info for the Tom Welling produced pilot, “Hellcats”, and an article on Cinema Blend regarding sci-fi genre shows, with a mention of “Smallville”. Read below:

1.  Smallville writer and producer, Al Septien has now joined Twitter-land! You can follow him here.

2.  The CW pilot, “Hellcats”, produced by “Tom Welling Productions” has now cast their lead actress. Read below (thanks to “SpoilerTV“):

HELLCATS (The CW) – Aly Michalka (“Phil of the Future”) and Gail O’Grady (“Desperate Housewives”) are the first to be cast in the presentation, a drama set in the world of competitive college cheerleading. The former will play Marty Berger (“wicked smart, an acerbic outsider”), a student at Memphis’ Lancer University who’s forced to try out for the Hellcats – the college’s competitive cheerleading team – after she loses her scholarship. O’Grady will play her mother Wanda who tends bar at a rathskeller type snack bar on campus that serves food and drinks. Kevin Murphy penned the hour, which comes from CBS Television Studios, Tom Welling Productions and Warner Bros. Television.

3. Check out an article on “Cinema Blend”, where the author talks about sci-fi shows showing a surprising level of success with the recent renewals of “Smallville”, as well as “Fringe”, “Supernatural” and “Vampire Diaries”. Here’s an snippet of that article:

The CW is so impressed with Smallville’s performance on Fridays, where it actually managed to grow its audience and hold onto them, that it’s been talking about changing the focus of the entire network.

Read the full article on”Cinema Blend” here.