Brent Lang is the Executive Editor of Variety, covering the major Hollywood studios, as well as their corporate parents. He joined Variety in 2014. He was previously a senior reporter at TheWrap.

When Smallville premiered on The WB in October 2001, most viewers showed up for Tom Welling’s charming Clark Kent / Superman or Michael Rosenbaum’s Lex Luthor, who many still believe is the best ...