Sadly it wont become a series, but the more people download it, the more likely itll be that the cw people will. Jul 31, 2008 this video is a tribute to a tv show who had only one episode, the pilot. Jason momoa playing aquaman may be one of the more highly anticipated. Aquaman, a pilot for aquaman, developed by the same individuals who developed smallville. Aquaman is a television pilot developed by alfred gough and miles millar, the creators of smallville. How can there be no mention, either to support or deny, the connection to the aquaman movie subplot in entourage to this property existing. But id rather see aquaman as a feature film trilogy than a tv show. Alyssa milano gets torched on twitter for wearing crocheted mask. Hartley landed no pun intended the role for the single episode. By the end of its run, smallville passed stargate sg1 as the longestrunning north american sciencefiction series by episode count. The complete first season of the hit series begins the chronicle of the life of the boy who would be superman.
With justin hartley, lou diamond phillips, denise quinones, rick peters. Back in 2005, alan ritchson debuted as aquaman on smallville and helped clark kent on a number of occasions. Arthur curry is a keen environmentalist with secret abilities that are heightened when he is around water. Mostly, he swam around shooting thought donuts out of his head at dolphins, while superman and batman were out actually, you know, fighting villains and stuff. Oliver is tortured incessantly by rick flag until chloe, who used the dr. Be the first to see the pilot episode of aquaman right here on itunes. Chloe sullivan goes on with her research on extended stories of her wall of weird findings. Season 1before the legend, before the icon, he was a teenager growing up in smallville.
Curry, a young man living in a beachside community in the florida keys who learns about his powers and destiny as the. Awakening in a secret luthorcorp lab among partial lex clones, tess meets young alexander before the bloodthirsty, dying senior knocks her down and uses lois, who enabled clarks healing by removing the fatal blue kryptonite, to set a sadistic trap. The pilot episode to the aquaman tv series by smallville creators alfred gough. Fates helmet to find him, exchanges herself for him. Aquaman is obviously not the most recognised or popular superhero around and yet this show managed to give him a fairly cool edge. Still, i was surprised to see aquaman guest star on smallville. Aquaman is a television pilot developed by alfred gough and miles millar, the creators of.
For the character of the same name in the smallville tv series, see arthur curry. Aquaman is a television pilot developed by smallville creators al gough and miles millar for the wb television network, based on the dc comics character of the same name. With denise quinones, allison mack, yee jee tso, missy peregrym. Curry actually held up pretty well against the teen of steel. Smallville was already in its fifth season and lois had yet to be introduced to the mythology. Actually, ive never found any interesting movies andor tv show related to this topics. However, in july 2006, warner brothers offered up what wouldve been the pilot episode under the title aquaman on the itunes music store and it quickly became the most downloaded tv show on its list. Clark kent is adopted by jonathan and martha kent after they discover him as a young boy in riley corn field. This grounded, contemporary reinterpretation of dc comics aquaman mythology comes from the acclaimed writingproducing team of alfred gough and miles millar smallville. Aqua became the highest rated episode for smallville that season, but it was never meant to be a backdoor pilot for an aquaman series. For whatever reason, this made smallville that more legit in the story of clark kent and superman.
You will only be able to understand this video if youve already seen all four smallville episodes that aquaman appeared on. Unfortunately, it wasnt picked up by the cw network for the fall lineup. This week adam and bruce look back to 2006 and a pilot that was hot on the heels of smalville success that never made it to air, aquaman starting justin hartley, lou diamond phillips, denise. The show also seemed to go with the premise we saw in smallville that ac had super strength when he was in the water or at least when he was wet. Aqua became the highest rated episode for smallville that season, but it was never meant to be a backdoor pilot for an. And, as it turns out, pleasantly surprised, because mr. The pilot episode set a ratings record for a wb debut, with 8. It aired four months before the aqua episode aired, while smallville was on summer hiatus.
Iv parts 1 and 2 to read ill leave someone else to unpack that one, and. Aquaman was a proposed television program that was to be aired on the cw network in 2006. As they get closer, atlannas necklace begins to glow and a surge of light and energy erupts from the ocean, causing cyclones which bring their plane down. Curry, a young man living in a beachside community in the florida keys who learns about his powers and destiny as. Although the justice league first appeared in season sixs justice, each member had their own introduction and recurring storylines in the series prior to the formation of the team. This video is a tribute to a tv show who had only one episode, the pilot. The concept of aquaman stemmed from a fifth season episode of smallville, aqua. On july 24, 2006, the pilot became one of the first shows offered by warner. A young twentysomething diver living in the florida keys discovers he has the power to breathe underwater. A contemporary reinterpretation of dc comics aquaman. The pilot episode to the aquaman tv series by smallville creators alfred gough and miles millar has made its way to the land of legal downloading, on itunes.
Dc comics character aquaman alan ritchson returns with his wife elena satine to help clark free oliver from the clutches of colonel slade michael hogan. Pilot is the first episode in the first season of smallville, and first episode overall. Besides the history lesson given, smallville played this episode just right. Aqua, his first appearance, however, was meant as something of a backdoor pilot. Unfortunately, the superfriends version of aquaman was kind of lame. A tv adaptation of the dc comics hero from the producers of smallville featuring justin hartley passions as the twentysomething year old arthur a. The series seemed like it wouldve had a ton of potential. The show takes place in the fictional community of tempest key which is about 25 miles away from mercy reef, and focuses on the adventures of arthur curry, who will eventually become the superhero aquaman.
Justin hartley was then offered the role of oliver queen on smallville instead. Played by alan ritchson, aquaman became allies with clark kent and even struck up a brief relationship with lois lane. However, fans did get the chance to see the pilot episode online. Aquaman tv pilot wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The first member to appear on smallville, other than clark kent tom welling, was bart allen kyle gallner, who was introduced in the season four episode run. The first and pilot episode of smallville tells the story of the 1989 meteor shower in smallville, kansas and its meteor rock effects on the small town. Gough stated in a november 2005 interview that the series would have put a different spin on the aquaman mythology. Curry a diver shop owner and bartender on an island in the florida keys near the waters of mercy reef and who develops special abilities around water. In the 200th episode, clark and lois return to smallville for their high school reunion and brainiac 5. Mar 14, 2017 it did everything a pilot episode needed to do save for revealing hartleys aquaman suit, although the approach taken in the pilot suggests a. He is known for his modeling career as well as his portrayals of the superhero aquaman on the cws smallville and thad castle on spike tvs blue mountain state. A series created by the creators of smallville, alfred gough and miles millar, about arthur was intended, starring justin hartley as a.
I dont remember that from the comics but it didnt bother me all too much. This article is about the character arthur curry in the unaired television pilot aquaman. Dec 18, 2014 smallville 10x09 aquaman final scene duration. After a harrowing incident involving the machinations of lex luthor. Aquaman the unaired tv pilot starring justin hartley. The character of aquaman made his liveaction debut on the season five episode of smallville entitled aqua. Dec 16, 2014 pilot episode starring smallvilles justin hartley. Pilot, a pilot episode of green arrowbased series, filmed in same location and with same director. The pilot episode of aquaman was written and created by smallvilles executive producerscreators alfred gough and miles millar and directed by popular smallville director greg beeman, and was the kind of work that routinely got them best writer and director awards in the kryptonsite awards every year. The episode featured arthur curry alan ritchson coming to smallville to stop an underwater weapons project being developed by luthorcorp. Aquaman is a television pilot developed by smallville creators al gough and miles millar for. The episode featured arthur curry alan ritchson coming to smallville to. Grant gustins barry allen dropped into arrow for a few episodes with the. Arthur curry born as orin is an atlantean prince who lives in tempest key, florida.
The pilot was made by smallville creaters and it was suposed to focus on aquamans life. She was in one episode of smallville and was wonder woman in the failed nbc pilot of that name. It really wasnt until recently that aquaman was made over and became a darker, more powerful character, worthy of more attention and street cred. Virgil swann, played by reeve broke down clarks krypton heritage. Aquaman just swam into theaters in his first solo movie, but over a.
Recent credits for adrianne include an appearance on supernatural. Four of the cast members guest starred on smallville before the aquaman pilot. The concept of aquaman stemmed from a fifth season episode of smallville, aqua, which originally aired on october 20, 2005. Dont miss a single second the entire second season. Season 1 before the legend, before the icon, he was a teenager growing up in smallville. Aquaman pilot episode tv is a film directed by greg beeman with justin hartley, lou diamond phillips, denise quinones, rick peters, year. Aquaman tv pilot is as hardcore as it was hokey hollywood. I just cant see the tv writers keeping the quality up on a continuing basis. The season five episode was never meant to be a backdoor pilot for an aquaman television spinoff, so alan ritchson was never considered for the role.
Playing a siren named nadia in the aquaman tv pilot will be adrianne palicki, who fans of smallville might remember as protosupergirl kara in a third season smallville episode. The pilot was made by smallville creaters and it was suposed to focus on aquaman s life. He is destined to become later the superhero aquaman. Smallville creators alfred gough and miles millar went on to develop a show based around the character, but with a different actor and backstory intact. The cw decided not to pick aquaman up as a series, however the pilot episode was later distributed on itunes by warner bros, who produced it. Alan michael ritchson was born in grand forks, north dakota, to vickie harrell, a high school teacher, and david ritchson, a u. Gough and millar wrote the pilot, which was directed by greg beeman. Smallville wiki is a database that anyone can edit about smallville, featuring tom welling as clark kent, discovering his powers as superman.
Is us and smallville, was enlisted as a new iteration of aquaman because. Jan 11, 2007 i think most peoples conception of aquaman comes from the old superfriends cartoon. Aquaman just swam into theaters in his first solo movie, but over a decade ago, he could have been the main character in his own television series. In onslaught of the octomen, aquaman stumbles upon an underwater race of superscientific beings who want to take over his telepathic skills and crown. The episode showed a lot of potential and a story that could be very compelling. He is known for his modeling career as well as his portrayals of the superhero aquaman on the cws smallville and thad castle on spike tvs blue mountain state ritchson. In treacherous is the torpedoman, the metalclad warrior attacks aquaman. Alan michael ritchson born november 28, 1984 is an american actor, model, and singer. The sovereign of the seas a neat 26minutelong retrospective featurette which covers aquamans comic book evolution, his involvement with hbos entourage, his guest spots in smallville and the tv pilot which was supposed to but never did. About the show aquaman is a 2006 television pilot developed by smallville creators al gough and miles millar for the wb television network, based on the dc comics character a. Aquaman the unaired tv pilot starring justin hartley green.
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