Michael Rosenbaum To Pen Project For Fox

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• Incredibly funny, and an incredible actor to boot. His turn as Lex Luthor proved to be the greatest live-action incarnation of the character to date.

  Comment by Not a plant — Monday March 28, 2011 @ 4:42pm PDT  Reply to this post

• one of the most underrated comedians in the business.

  Comment by jayson — Monday March 28, 2011 @ 4:56pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I just love Smallville & Michael Rosenbaum. I will watch anything of his, I hope Tom Welling makes an appearance too!

  Comment by Jimmy — Monday March 28, 2011 @ 4:59pm PDT  Reply to this post

• cool i love that guy, wish him the best!

  Comment by myname — Monday March 28, 2011 @ 5:00pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I love Michael, he deserves the best of the best! He’s an absolutely amazing actor who played an epic character on a fantastic show (Smallville). I wish him nothing but the best and don’t have enough praise for him! Can’t wait to see him in Smallville’s finale =)

  Comment by HighwaytoHell — Monday March 28, 2011 @ 5:01pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Who reps that guy??

  Comment by Ted — Monday March 28, 2011 @ 5:15pm PDT  Reply to this post

• So is the series he’s writing for Fox the SyFy series? Is it moving or is this something altogether different? The article doesn’t make it clear; I am taking it that it’s something different, but I really like the “Saved By Zeroes” premise.

  Comment by Robert — Monday March 28, 2011 @ 6:07pm PDT  Reply to this post

• They don’t get much funnier/more handsome than Rosenbaum.

  Comment by Rob Anderson — Monday March 28, 2011 @ 10:06pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I hope Lex keeps his hair in the Smallville finale. He looks good.

  Comment by Rayman — Tuesday March 29, 2011 @ 2:10am PDT  Reply to this post

• Is it just me, or does it seem like Rosenbaum is writing the comments here under fake names? I remain in the camp that really dislikes the way he had to be begged and bribed to return to the show that gave this guy his career, period. Other sites have reported that he held the show ransom for so much cash, another actor surrendered his check just so the finale wouldn’t suffer any cutbacks.

  Yeah, there’s a true hero…and a real villain…in Smallville. You can certainly guess which is which.

  Comment by Jason — Tuesday March 29, 2011 @ 6:02am PDT  Reply to this post

  • @Jason

    Well it so easy to point out on someone, but instead of rumors, could you give us proofs of what you are saying, coz so far I’ve heard/read only gossips and rumors.

    You are saying that other sites are reporting that he held the show ransom, are these official website, of just fan based website, coz it’s known that unofficial website, only repost news from other official website and when they have none, they post their opinions and speculations.

    You also said that there is an actor who surrendered his check just so the finale wouldn’t suffer. Could you give us his name, and an official statement he posted maybe on his official twitter/faccebook page.

    Once again I recommend you all to be really careful when you read such articles/comments, most of the time they are not true.

    In addition, and even if what you’re saying is true (I’m not saying I believe that it’s true, coz I don’t), don’t forget that all of that is pure business, and Michael is in his total right to ask for money, and as much as he can get, it’s Hollywood don’t forget that, and if you can’t be smarter than the others then you’ll get vanished like those you have already forgot.

    And one more thing, Michael doesn’t owe anything to anyone. Those who watched that series may have boosted him to the top, but let’s not hide the truth, fans would never have boosted him, if he wasn’t talented and had a very unique skill for acting, so if he has to owe something to someone, he’ll have to owe it to himself and himself only… You make your own future and it’s not the others who make it for you.

    Comment by Leo — Tuesday March 29, 2011 @ 9:03am PDT  Reply to this post

  • While Rosenbaum was acting on the critically reviled SMALLVILLE, he was also doing voicework on the critically-praised JUSTICE LEAGUE cartoon- and has made no secret about which show he thought was better written. It’s absurd to think he should have some special loyalty to a program he really doesn’t like.

    Comment by cst — Tuesday March 29, 2011 @ 9:24am PDT  Reply to this post

    • Rosenbaum does 10 SMALLVILLE CONVENTIONS a year. Hard to say he doesn’t like it or isn’t loyal to it. Ridiculous claim. As are these unsourced, dubious rumors of excessive salary demands. People need to stop listening to specious rumor and pay attention to actual actions.

      Comment by seriously — Tuesday March 29, 2011 @ 2:48pm PDT  Reply to this post

• What gives with Smallville? Two new episodes in Dec. and 3 or 4 since Jan 1st. Does it have a 22-episode order?

  Comment by don — Tuesday March 29, 2011 @ 9:35am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Yes. It is the patented CW genius schedule they do will all their shows. Long hiatuses, to kill momentum and allow audiences to drift, punctuated by the random new episode and no advertising. This has unsurprisingly lead to catastrophic ratings collapse of the entire CW lineup. Dawn Ostroff, worst network president ever.

    Comment by byebyedawn — Tuesday March 29, 2011 @ 2:57pm PDT  Reply to this post

• AWESOME. I think that Michael is a great Actor. I am sure that his writing abilities are just as good. Who knows, he may turn out to be the next James bond!

  Comment by Bill Wazny — Tuesday March 29, 2011 @ 3:07pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Jason

  Have you ever spend years having your head shaved every day? And he had to be shaved everyday he was doing the part. And for the scenes when he had his shirt off he had to have chest and arm hair removed.

  The man is a joy in person and has talked about the prep for the Lex Luthor part. He stated on more than one occassion they would have to pay him big to do it again. And why shouldn’t he get all he can? Can you say you wouldn’t ask for all you could get if given the chance? I doubt seriously that anyone had to give up a paycheck for him.

  His apperance on the finale will draw boatloads of people and the CW wants all the numbers it can get. Plus Tom Welling made it really clear he wanted MR back before the end of the series.

  So quit spouting rumors about a wonderful person.

  Comment by Adora — Tuesday March 29, 2011 @ 6:58pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Hoping there’d be an article about the SMALLVILLE FINALE.

  As a comic book and graphic novel fan, movie fan and all around nerd and storyteller fan; this is the night a truly great American myth ends.

  Everyone from Tom to Michael; the producers, cast and writers for over 10 years really and truly gave this series the bets they could. We’re talking about before SUPERMAN become SUPERMAN folks.

  That’s not a hat trick anyone can pull off. And they did. And more than that.
  They did it with a lot of love and respect for SUPERMAN.

  I know there have been naysayers about this series, etc.

  I don’t give a flying F.

  There wouldn’t be SUPERMAN if it wasn’t for a little, Midwestern, All American town called SMALLVILLE.

  Go on and fly Clark! You’ve earned it.

  MARK

  Comment by MARK GEORGEFF — Friday May 13, 2011 @ 8:11pm PDT  Reply to this post