Could ‘Metropolis’ Be a Feature Length Spinoff of “Smallville”?

This bit of news/speculation goes out to all the people who, after eight years, are still catching up on every episode of “Smallville,” whether the annoying protagonist can friggin’ fly or not.  Evidently, there will be a “Smallville” panel/presentation at next month’s Comic-Con. Someone wrote to Ain’t It Cool News about the signage that is being prepped for this presentation. Here is how the description breaks down:

On black, with crimson/red text in the same font lettering that Smallville uses, and a transparent grey Superman “S” watermark behind the text:

METROPOLIS

CHRISTMAS 2010

Then at the bottom is a banner advertising the Smallville presentation, with the time/place (can’t remember).

This “untested” source, who calls himself/herself Yoda’s Bitch, also claimed that this is in preparation not for a spinoff TV series from “Smallville,” which is rumored to be entering its final season.  They claim this is for a feature-length project, one that will likely air on the CW a number of months after “Smallville” ends.  If next season is to be its last, “Smallville” would conclude in May, 2010, giving the CW nearly seven months to market the “film.”

Hercules, the guy over at AICN who put up this bit of rumor, says 18 months isn’t much time to put together a big-screen film for Tom Welling nad company to finish up the series in theaters.  However, he then does note that Warner Brothers had ‘Clone Wars’ into theaters with much notice.

I guess well all find out for sure next month when Comic-Con rolls around.

Source: AICN