This just in: After some false reports stating that actor Michael Rosenbaum was refusing to return to Smallville surfaced, we've now got some good news! TVLine.com is reporting that after a long drawn-out "will he?/won't he?" period, actor Michael Rosenbaum has just signed a deal to reprise his role as Smallville's Lex Luthor in the two-hour season finale airing May 13.

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"I'm delighted to return for the series finale," Rosenbaum told TVLine exclusively. "I'm simply doing it for all of the fans out there who made Smallville the great success it is. I appreciate all of their passion, their relentlessness, and even their threats. Ha ha."The actor continued on - "I can't wait to hug the old crew back in Vancouver one last time and see all of my old friends once again. Oh, and for Lex to become the bad-ass he's destined to be."TVLine also spoke with Smallville EPs Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson, who said "It feels like the stars are aligning, literally. We couldn't be more excited. And as far as the way he returns… there'll be no doubt about how Lex becomes the great rival in Clark Kent's life. He is the villain of the story."