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FanCast.com speculates with “Smallville” executive producer Brian Peterson on just what the title of “Sacrifice” means for tonight’s episode…

Considering the episode’s title, “Sacrifice,” one must wonder: Will Chloe be forced to destroy Watchtower in order to save Earth from the Zod menace?

‘Smallville’ executive producer Brian Peterson appreciates – yet must dismiss – the theory that a what and not a who is the titular sacrifice. “No, there is an actual sacrifice,” he told Fancast. “One of our characters is in fact sacrificed.”

Read the complete article at FanCast.com.

Here’s the “Speeding Bulletin” video report for the week April 23-29, 2010.

The “Speeding Bulletin” is your weekly Superman news video, recapping the latest events in the world of Superman. It also includes the “Bailey Planet” rant, Neal Bailey’s thought of the week, brought to you in his own infamous style.

April 23-29, 2010 (or YouTube version)

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Merchandise seen in this episode:

• Steve is wearing a
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• Order the Superman Golf Head Cover from Amazon.com
  
• Purchase this week’s Superman comics from TFAW.com
  
• Purchase “Speeding Bulletin” and “Bailey Planet” merchandise from CafePress.com.
  

A reminder that “Sacrifice”, the 20th episode of Season 9 of “Smallville”, is scheduled to air tonight at 8.00pm on The CW in the U.S. Here is the official (spoiler-filled) description for this episode…

CHLOE AND TESS ARE TRAPPED INSIDE WATCHTOWER – Tess (Cassidy Freeman) breaks into Watchtower, triggering an elaborate security system that Chloe (Allison Mack) installed, ultimately trapping the two women inside. Chloe realizes that The Kandorians are downloading information about from the Watchtower server, which prompts her to make a drastic move. Oliver (Justin Hartley) confronts Zod (Callum Blue) and winds up clinging to life with a Z scorched into his chest. Clark (Tom Welling) realizes Zod has given his soldiers super powers.

Kevin Fair directed the episode with story by Justin Hartley and Walter Wong and teleplay by Bryan Q. Miller.

The CW has also released 13 images, a video trailer, and a preview webclip for this episode.

Meanwhile, TV Guide has the following description for this same episode…

Chloe becomes trapped inside Watchtower with Tess and tries to stop the Kandorians from accessing information on Watchtower’s servers. Meanwhile, Clark learns that Zod’s soldiers have superpowers, and a confrontation with Zod leaves Oliver near death and branded with a Z.

Look for our episode summary and reviews in the next few days.

It was such a good BLACKEST NIGHT (I was just lamenting in this very space how sad I was that it was over), but now come the white rays of a brand new BRIGHTEST DAY.
Mustn’t hit snooze… must get up…
…No rest for the wicked or Editors working with Geoff Johns.
Time to make the Comics.
With that [...]

Writer Chris Yost closes out his run on the series with an issue that serves as the culmination of a year’s worth of mystery, intrigue and Red Robin heroics. Who will win in a battle between Tim Drake and Ra’s al Ghul? Who has Ra’s been talking to all this time in the shadows? Why [...]

Got plans this weekend? No? Well, now you do.
In case you didn’t know, tomorrow is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY, where comic book shops across the country open up their doors and give away a number of FREE COMICS to fans new and old from participating publishers. Yes, you read that right. Free. Comics. All day. [...]

Smallville fans will have the opportunity to “tweet” with Smallville star Erica Durance during the May 7th episode of Smallville.
The CW Network is inviting viewers to “Watch and Tweet” with stars and executive producers from each series from Monday, May 3rd through Friday, May 7th. Fans can visit tweet.cwtv.com to Tweet with cast members and producers during the East Coast telecast of each CW series. On the West Coast, fans of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES can also tweet along with executive producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec on Thursday, May 6.

SupermanBobHoliday.com, the website dedicated to the only actor ever to portray Superman on the Broadway stage, has recently been updated with more rare and exclusive content.
Some of the new content featured on the website includes:
A print ad for Bigelow carpets featuring a unique photo of Bob Holiday as Clark Kent (and Superman) with actress Joan Hotchkis. (Hotchkis portrayed Lois Lane in the show’s Philadelphia previews, but was replaced by the late Patricia Marand when the musical opened on Broadway.)
Backstage reminiscences (with rare photos) by Bert Gibbs and Wayne Johnston, who – as youngsters – visited with Bob Holiday after the show.
News of Wizard magazine’s recent sidebar interview with Bob Holiday, which looks back at Superman’s 1966 Broadway run amid the challenge today’s producers are having in attempting to adapt Spider-Man as a musical.

We have the first real confirmation of a new Superman movie from Warner Bros. via a Press Release announcement regarding a deal that’s been signed with IMAX Corporation.

IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures, a unit of Time Warner Inc., announced today that they have completed an agreement to release up to 20 Warner Bros. films in IMAX’s format over the course of the next three and a half years (from 2010 through 2013). The agreement strategically aligns Warner Bros.’ tent-pole business with the increasing worldwide popularity of The IMAX Experience(R) in both 2D and IMAX(R) 3D, providing the studio with an added distribution platform that consistently delivers strong box office returns. The agreement underscores the excitement around the studio’s future films which are anticipated to be among the best Hollywood event titles slated for release in the coming years.

Under the agreement, Warner Bros. movies that will be released in IMAX are: Legends of the Guardian: The Owls of Ga’Hoole 3D (September 24, 2010); Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (3D) (November 19, 2010); Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (3D) (July 15, 2011); Happy Feet 2 (3D) (November 18, 2011); and The Hobbit (December 2013). Warner Bros. and IMAX also plan to release an additional 15 films over the course of 2011, 2012 and 2013, including Gravity, Dark Shadows, Fury Road, Batman 3, and Superman.

You can read the complete Press Release at MarketWatch.com.

Last week we showed you pages from Cliff Chiang and JMS’s touching issue of THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD and earlier this week we showed off some pencils and inks from the story. But did you also know Cliff was handling variant cover duties on the first issue of BIRDS OF PREY? And, coincidentally, we’ve [...]