Smallville was primarily filmed in and around Vancouver, British Columbia, with local businesses and buildings substituting for Smallville locations. After seven seasons with the show, Gough and Millar departed with little explanation. Television, reducing Superman to the bare essentials and examining what led Clark Kent to become the Man of Steel. Series developers Gough and Millar pitched their 'no tights, no flights' rule to the president of Warner Bros. Although that series failed to generate interest, it inspired Smallville. After season five Smallville ventures into adult settings, eventually focusing on his career alongside Lois Lane ( Erica Durance) at the Daily Planet and introducing other DC comic-book superheroes and villains.īefore the series' production, Bruce Wayne, chronicling the young protagonist's journey toward Batman, was proposed first. The first four seasons focus on Clark and his friends in high school and his love story with Lana Lang. Smallville, which ended its tenth and final season on May 13, 2011, follows Clark Kent ( Tom Welling) in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas, before he becomes the Man of Steel.

After Smallville 's fifth season, The WB and UPN merged to form The CW, the series' later United States broadcaster. The series, initially broadcast by The WB, premiered on October 16, 2001. Smallville is an American superhero television series developed by writer-producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

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