As we mentioned earlier this year, Laura Vandervoort (as “Supergirl”) is only coming back for a single episode. Given the vast cast changes, this really hurts the show.
As TV Squad pointed out, any talk of a “Supergirl” spinoff died a few years ago, that’s apparently not going to happen.
Continuing to fill the void left by Lex Luthor’s departure, another villain has been added for Season 8. This time it is Maxima, who will be played by Charlotte Sullivan.
This goes with the additions of Tess Mercer (new owner of the Luthor estate) and Doomsday (aka Davis Bloome). How will this all work together? We’ll find out in a few short weeks.
Superhero Profiles has just revealed a few spoilers for season 8. According to Executive Producer Brian Peterson, Clark won’t wear tights, but he just might fly this season. Also, there is a chance of a “phone booth moment” with Lois Lane in the near future.
It seems that his day-to-day role will become more like the adult version of Clark Kent. He’ll work as a reporter for the Daily Planet alongside Lois Lane. It would seem that he’ll need to start creating his double-identity (glasses?), but that may or may not happen this season.
Justin Hartley, known on the show as both Oliver Queen and the “Green Arrow”, will be back as a regular character in season 8.
Given the departures of Michael Rosenbaum and Kristin Kreuk, this is certainly good news for Smallville fans.
Superhero Profiles has brought us a few more details about the season 7 DVD, coming September 9. In particular, they list some of the extra features included with the DVD, such as:
Sounds like it’ll be a nice set! For $60-80, I would hope so. 
BuddyTV has a nice article that looks at the problem of villains in Smallville. Now that Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) is leaving the show, there is a big opening for the role of “primary villain”.
There is some talk of having Doomsday fill that gap, but that seems unlikely. There are also reports that a “sexy female villain” will arrive this season. Maybe the two of them combined could work out well.
Either way, it seems likely that we’ll miss Lex more than we realize…
According to TVShowsOnDVD, the DVD and Blu-ray packages of Smallville’s recently completely seventh season will be available on September 9. Both sets will include all 20 episodes, including the Supergirl-focused “mobisodes”.
The six-disc DVD set will sell for $59.98, while the three-disc Blu-ray set will sell for $79.98.
In a rather quiet move, Laura Vandervoort (Supergirl) announced that she’ll no longer be a regular on the show. She’s “sure they’ll bring me back for one or two” episodes this season. That’s at least a little good news, since her character is currently trapped in the otherworldly prison.
The loss of Supergirl is just another in a seriess of shake-ups for this season. At least Chloe is coming back.
TV Squad has written up a nice recap of the season finale, “Arctic”. I won’t say much here, in case it’s still sitting on your DVR.
After losing a few big stars this season, things looked pretty bleak. It also appeared that Allison Mack (aka Chloe) might not return, either. Fortunately, that idea can be put to rest as she has signed a deal to come back for Smallville’s 8th season.
As BuddyTV suggests, her agent probably scored a good deal for her, since they had the leverage gained when Michael Rosenbaum (Lex) and Kristin Kreuk (Lana) left this season.
