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Ritchson recalls Aquaman spin-off offer being derailed by network merger
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
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"There was a merger at the time that happened between Warner Brothers and UPN to create the CW. And the president of UPN took over at the time and looked at the slate like, here's a guy with no resume whatsoever. He doesn't get his own show. Yeah. And so they kind of canned it."
Ritchson says he was offered an Aquaman spin-off after his Smallville appearances but lost the project during the Warner Bros–UPN transition into The CW, which he describes as a change in leadership priorities. He presents it as an early-career lesson in how quickly studio decisions can shift regardless of performance or momentum.
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