Recent news of the departure of Kristin Kreuk and Michael Rosenbaum as full-time cast members of next seasons “Smallville” has begun speculation of their fate. Recently on her Facebook page, Kristen addressed this:

Hey Team…

So, I thought I would give those of you curious about Smallville a brief debrief. I am in Bangkok for a few more months. So, no shooting of the Ville for me. I will return for a undetermined, although small, number of episodes in season 8.

I am not really opening up the floor for lots of discussion, because it is not really the place for it. Obviously I have loved my time on the show, but I am equally as thrilled to move on to new endeavors. One of which is very dear to me, and that is GBD [Girls By Design]. So thank you all for your really fabulous support and passion!!! I hope this clears up most of the questions…

xoxo
Kristin

So with “Smallville” going into post-strike production, it will be mostly Lana-less. I personally don’t mind at all. I think that Kreuk’s version of Lana ruined the Lana character. I’m not sure if it was her fault or not, but there was nothing appealing about Lana, and she lacked the “character” of Clark’s childhood crush/sweetheart.

I really think that season 8 has the potential to be the best season yet. Not much Lana, and a new villain (with the scarcity of Rosenbaum) will force them to shake it up a bit. Sound good?