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Smallville season 8 - major new cast!

(I’m bumping this post up as CW just released an update today).

This man is the new Doomsday:

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Sam Witwer has been cast to play the new villain Doomsday in Smallville season 8. Doomsday will eventually kill Superman, in a battle to death. We can all make a good guess that the Smallville writers will explore how the two become enemies.

UPDATE: Witwer will play Davis Bloome, a charismatic Metropolis paramedic who is forced to confront a darkness inside of him that might be a harbinger of doom. (CW)

Cassidy Freeman will also be joining Smallville this season as Tess, a “sexy and vengeful firecracker with whom Lex hires to run his empire in his absence.”

UPDATE: Freeman will play Tess Mercer, the new acting CEO of LuthorCorp. handpicked by  Lex to succeed him before he vanished. She is said to be as cunning and ruthless as her mentor… a female Lex… (CW)

Detailed character descriptions appears at Michael Ausiello’s blog.

source: Michael Ausiello (h/t to SyFyportal); image: newscom.com

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  1. Jane

    Please can anyone tell me if the death of Superman by Doomsday is on the plans of the new producers for season 8??? If it is… does our hero ever come back to life?? did he in the comic books??? Please help me I´m dieing of curiosity>>>>

  2. Sam

    new villain?Who cares!as long as kristin still on the shoiw,the rating will up.just like on the previous episodes like fierce,and wrath.ever since she left,the show and the rating has gone way downhill!KK Rox SV s**k.Goodbye s**tvilee!

  3. Grace

    Jane,
    Nope Doomsday will not kill Clark Kent/Superman on Smallville season 8. Thank God! In fact, Davis Bloome will not be known as Doomsday yet, at least when he first appears. Instead, the episode arc will focus on Doomsday’s origin as a trouble Davis Bloome. Hope this is good news.

  4. Grace

    Sam, Kristin will still be back next season! We’ll see her still although not as a series regular. She’ll do around 8 episodes. So, Kristin Kreuk may yet save Smallville *wink*

  5. UglyLois

    No Kris No Buy

  6. Moses

    Lana Lang sells this boring show for me.i realy like the all new lana,she made the show much more interesting.So Yes! No Lana No Buy!she`s the only reason people even bother to watched clark`s creek.

  7. Moses

    Lana Lang was the only reason people even bother to watched clark`s creek.i love the lana`s story 4 this season.all new lana is the hottest thing ever happened on this show.so yes,No Kris No Buy

  8. luis

    i really think that lana and clark really shoul end up together because the relationship between those two is pure LOVE and all that they’ve done wrong is because they love each other.
    I LOVE CLANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. tania

    clana is the best thing that could have happened in the show, besides nobody can break the bond between clark and lana. what i’m trying to say is that i support luis with all my might, that clana’s love should triumph
    another CLANA lover

  10. iriksi

    clana is the best thing that could have happened in the show, besides nobody can break the bond between clark and lana. what i’m trying to say is that i support luis with all my might, that clana’s love should triumph
    another CLANA lover

  11. eloisa

    clark and lana love each other and so i say let them be together if the writers don’t make them end up together they don’t know the real meaning of love. but i do!!!

  12. reimundo

    i don’t wanna sound like a little girl, but please writers of SMALLVILLE i’m begging you to leave lana and clark together when smallville ends.
    PLEASE, I WOULD BE SO HAPPY AND NOT JUST ME, MANY OTHERS

  13. leslie

    i just read reimundo’s opinion and i think he’s right, writers of smallville please let clana be happy i’ll join reimundo begging you to let them(clark and lana) be happy in the end. thank u so much

  14. alex

    clana rocks. they should end up together and be happily ever after and i’m serious. or i’ll suffer a lot . let them be happy & i will b happy

  15. lois

    i am on the clana lovers side and ill always be. let lana&clark be happy on the end and you’ll gain your way to heaven. ja,ja,ja,ja,ja :) i mean it :)

  16. Jack

    Without Kristin,Michael,and the creators,This show is a DOOOOOOM!

  17. brunely

    Now that lex has the power to control Clark, what happens next?

  18. Sam

    If Clark and Lana don’t get together in season 8, I won’t be watching this show anymore. I hope the writers take note of viewers’ comments.

  19. the one

    wen is clark kent (Superman) goin 2 put on the suit an become superman thats what we have all been waiting for not lana, louis, chloe or anything else?

    WHEN WHEN WHEN??????????

  20. Cory

    I pray that the writers will let Lana and Clark be together…

  21. nikki

    thank god there are still some clana fans out there where are you all im reading on all sites are chlark and clois fans!!! i also pray for a happy clana ending but i doubt it will happen…kk will return once again to smallville with clark moving on…yeah lana left him to save the world and all he does is stick around with the cousins…clana forever thnks kk and tw for all the beutiful clana moments

  22. Sam

    No!!! It can’t be the end! You mean to say that Clana lasted for seven seasons for nothing?! I don’t think anything can break Clark and Lana apart after everything they have been through.

  23. Dan

    This clark`s creek just ain`t worth watching without KRISTIN KREUK!

  24. Khoonleng

    I agree with everyone.
    And I do not wish to watch the show without Lana in it.
    And Lois Lane sucks.

  25. Jess

    Clana is dead! YAY! Lana was nothing more then a annoying mosquito that wouldn’t go away. Clark marries Lois, people need to accept it. I’m glad we wont have to deal with Lana all season, she got boring after season 1.

  26. Des

    I had to check which webpage I was on to make sure it wasn’t some girl magazine webpage or something, what’s with all the little girls and teen guys wanting Lana back, get over it, I couldn’t be happier that she is gone.
    The one thing that broke the show for me was Micheal(lex) leaving, his transition to evil was great and what made the show worth watching, as he watched his father fall to his death you could see lex descend to evil.
    The female replacement lex is like watching a made up episode thrown in to accommodate a great absence. Plus his friendship to clark made the story more immersive.
    The only good thing is the introduction of Doomsday and Clark’s decision to finally work for the daily planet.

  27. Chris Wight

    Doomsday in the comics had a shadowy origin. He was trapped underground and bound up for thousands of years and escaped. It never quite explained quite what manner of creature he was, but he definitely did not ever originate from a human being. He was just a super powerful mega-monster.

  28. Mauricio

    Louis & Clark they have to end together, lana must leave the show for good, thats the story, thats superman

  29. BOB

    I don;t think lana an clark should be together, besides she’s been annoying, she changes her mind every few seconds, she is hot though, but im kinda glad she is not a regular, i do think that cloe and clark should be a couple though she is cool

  30. BOB

    whats up with this clark’s creek thing
    besides louis lane is hot

  31. Chris

    I agree. Lois Lane is too hot! I think I love her, LOL.

  32. Sam

    It will only be a great ending if KK plays Lois Lane. Durance looks like she’s in her 50s.

  33. kane2003

    you guys are definetely the brightest bunch you all should know already even if they have it in this season or not Lana dies anyways

  34. superboiee

    Lana sucks she makes the show more like the 90210. I was tired of her for a long time. I hoped just as many of you did that he would fall in love with her and so on but in the show they almost did as you all remember but things changed and he ended up loosing his Dad. well i was done then. I hoped that they finally left the damn love thing between Clark and Lana. Anyway We should all know because of the movies and comics that Lana dies and Lois is the one to get Superman, Lana. So get over it! Lana Sucks.

  35. Amber ramirez

    Please let lana and clark get back together there the only reason i watch this show if the dont get together i will be devestated yall should end it with them getting married and having a baby!!

  36. Sharquida

    clana fans… get a life please did u watch d relationship clark had wif lana it was a boring same old same old relationship ewww pls go nd take a nap den wen u wake up u can start talking okay

  37. Angela

    Lana fans are delusional. Lana brings ratings? LOL.

    Smallville is the only adaption that makes Lana Lang some sort of significant character when all she really is is Clark’s first high school girlfriend.

    If you want only Lana and Clark, go watch old Superboy reruns. She’s the redhead, by the way, if you don’t recognize her.

  38. Ola

    I think the directors should stick to the true story of Superman. I love the latest seasons especially season 8. I did a lot of crying like when Lana had to leave Clark cause she abosorbed Kryptonite, and when Chloe left Smallville with Davis. I really hope Davis gets rid of the evil inside him and he and Chloe end up together.
    There’s a lot more than Clana to show Smallville. It’s amazing! Addictive! No matter what, Oliver and Davis must stay. They’re so hot!

  39. Emmie

    Lois and Clark are meant to be xoxox

  40. Glenda

    Smallville ROCKS this Season, thank goodness the teenage drama crap is finally over. Yahoo. Now the Superman story can finally be told and the Lana Lang show is cancelled….. YAHOOOOOOOOOO

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