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Actually, a producer on Superman homepage seemed to imply that the continuity is a mixture of Smallville and the movies. The producer said ""We won't be dealing with Superman's origin, because if you're under 30, Smallville is your origin story, and if your over 30, the Christopher Reeve movies are your origin story."" Plus, this version of Lex seems to be closer to Mike Rosenbaum than Gene Hackman."