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An Interview with Sera Gamble, Producer and Writer for Supernatural
Supernatural's season 3 ended on the kind of cliffhanger that gets viewers yelling at their TV sets and counting the days to the new episodes. With season 4 starting on September 18th, we caught up via email with producer and writer Sera Gamble to try to eke out some hints about they mysteries of season 4.
Read on to hear about why the showrunners are as excited as the fans, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) going old school, Dean's state of mind, and horror-movie hair.
'Supernatural' Gang Reveal Exciting Season 4 Spoilers
The Supernatural panel at the San Diego Comic-Con was full of interesting teases, with the highlight being the unveiling of the first five minutes of the season 4 premiere. As exciting as the panel was, even more information about the upcoming episodes was revealed backstage, where creator Eric Kripke and stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki gathered to talk to the press. BuddyTV was there to chat with the folks behind the CW series, and they were more than happy to dish on what's coming up for the Winchesters.
While Jensen and Jared discussed what their characters will be going through in season 4, Kripke hinted at an episode that will show the brothers during their high school years. Will fans get a chance to see Sam and Dean as rowdy teenagers?
Comic Con: Friday The 13th Panel Reveals Poster, Teaser, And More
I have to admit, I had my doubts about a remaking of Friday the 13th, and I’m not even a fan of the franchise (hell, I can barely show a passing knowledge of Jason Vorhees and family). Those doubts were lifted a bit with the Friday the 13th panel at Comic-Con, which featured producers Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, and cast members Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, and the man behind the hockey mask, Derek Mears, who was described by the producers as the “nicest big man [they’ve] worked with.”
The panel kicked off with a look at the teaser poster, featuring Jason’s iconic mask on a black background and the film’s release date. After showing audiences that treat, Form and Fuller showed the teaser trailer for the movie, which made its debut at Comic-Con.
The trailer went a long way into easing my doubts. It starts out slow, with a young couple stumbling upon Camp Crystal Lake and the Voorhees house. They’re looking around, shining flashlights around when the guy thinks he sees something in a hole in the wall. He reaches in and it’s a disembodied head (presumably Jason’s mom’s). The doors pull shut and the young couple is trapped as the historical Friday the 13th theme starts up. The kids try to escape, only to find themselves trapped by Jason, and the boy is pulled through the floor, leaving the girl screaming. The trailer then moved to a fast sequence of action shots, including characters being ripped through walls and culminating in a shot of Jason leaping toward a girl with his machete blade coming down. This is a Jason to be deeply afraid of.
Following the teaser, the cast and crew entertained questions from the audience, with some good information revealed. For instance, does Jarad Padalecki die? The answer, (yes, someone in the audience was that blunt with a question, and yes, they answered it): he doesn’t know, leading me to believe several alternate endings may have been shot. Fuller and Form asked if the audience wanted him to live (responded to with a resounding yes), and that they’d take that into consideration. Yeah, right.
Even those passively aware of Friday the 13th like me might find the use of Jason’s mask and the appearance of the big galoot in the trailer surprising. After all, this is a remake of Friday the 13th, and in the original movie the killer was Jason’s mom, who we already know will be played by Nana Visitor. The producers explained why they chose to move straight to Jason, stating that they didn’t think they could make Mrs. Voorhees into a believable killer… that and they figured most of the fans prefer Jason. I guess that makes sense. After all he’s been the big threat in most of the movies. We will see Jason’s mom though.
Some elements of the trailer reminded me more of Platinum Dunes’s remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre than the supernatural figure Jason evolved into over the later movies, and that’s with good reason. The filmmakers stated they tried to plant the character firmly in the real world, “rooted in reality” was a commonly heard phrase. Don’t expect a lot of supernatural elements, bringing the best parts of Friday the 13th 2-4 according to Mears, and making the character realistic; a smart Jason who sets people up, and even a sympathetic character according to the filmmakers. Fans looked a little concerned over this. After all, Rob Zombie went out of his way to base his Halloween remake in reality, and look how that turned out. Form and Fuller even stated we would see some of Jason’s childhood as well as how he acquired his infamous hockey mask, but assured fans that this wasn’t an origin story.
The last piece of news worth reporting on as a bit of a contradiction from the filmmakers. When asked about plans to turn this into a long-term franchise like the original series, it was stated that this movie has a finite ending and is designed as a stand alone picture (despite Padalecki’s attempts to get into a prequel - Thursday the 12th - or a sequel - Saturday the 14th). In fact, Fuller and Form went as far as saying they’d have to rack their brains to come up with a way to continue the story if a sequel was desired. That being said, the duo also said later on that they would love to return to Crystal Lake for future projects. So which is it - finite story or ready to go back?
Friday the 13th just finished wrapping eight weeks or so ago, and the trailer was thrown together for Comic-Con, but both that and the teaser poster should be making their way to theaters soon, announcing Friday the 13th’s February release date.
For most of my time at Comic-Con the TV show panels had a fairly diverse audience, with an equal amount of men and women. However, during the Sunday morning panels for Smallville and Supernatural I noticed a significant female shift in the audience. This was definitely prominent with Supernatural. Of course, being that the main characters of Sam and Dean (played by Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki) are hot it's understandable. Well, at least that what I observed...I just think they're cute.
Regardless of your opinion of their looks these two stars, along with creator Eric Kripke, talked about season four of Supernatural and what's coming up for the demon hunting brothers.
After some time in Hell, Dean returns from the dead...again. The beginning of the season will deal with how he got out of Hell and what happened to Sam in the four months he was gone. It won't get any easier for Dean once he returns to the living. According to creator Kripke, Dean will wish for the pleasant days of Hell. Meanwhile, it looks like Sam is reinforcing his role as a demon killer. He believes more than ever that his rightful place in the world is for him to get rid of demons and ghosts, just like his father. To that effect, a big part of season four will be how Sam deals with his powers.
From these two events a new storyline will emerge for the brothers. They will both be holding secrets back from each other, which will make them work more independently of one another. Yet, there will still be plenty of moments where they join forces. It will just be a darker relationship, according to Kripke. Both Jared and Jensen are interested in where the characters are going. While Jared isn't surprised on the changes taking place with Sam. Jensen wasn't expecting the changes going on with Dean. Both agree that the changes will add a new layer of characterization to the two brothers.
When asked how the Writers Strike affected production of Supernatural, Kripke said it actually made it a meaner, leaner, and more concise show. Yet, there were still storylines that were not covered during the strike-shortened season. One of these storylines involved a look into the life of the boys' mother. This will be taking place very early in season four. During the audience Q&A someone asked if Kripke still has a plan to run the show for only five seasons. He replied yes, adding that he wanted to avoid jumping the shark. Kirpke would like to leave the audience satisfied rather than have the show slip into mediocrity.
Some other items from the Supernatural panel: * The season three DVD will be released on September 2nd in both standard and Blu-Ray formats. * The writers feel that season four has the best mythology going for the storyline since season one. * There may be a return by the Ghostfacers this season. There is even talk of giving them their own online miniseries. During the panel, Ed and Harry made a cameo appearance pretty much mocking Jared and Jensen as their characters on the show. * When asked what Asian horror films influenced the look of Supernatural, Kripke and the writers spouted off a number of titles, including The Two Sisters and the original editions of The Eye, The Grudge and The Ring. * Finally, the theme for season five according to its creator: "Pornography".
The new and improved horror icon Jason, and those who brought him to the screen have invaded San Diego today. The cast and filmmakers of Friday the 13th came to Comic-Con for a panel and they had plenty in store for us. They even had a little contest before the panel started where you could win an acutal prop machete used by the new Jason, Derek Mears, in the new film.
Producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller came on stage and introduced the teaser poster for us and then they showed us some brand new video footage that no one has seen before.
- Amanda Righetti and another kid go into Jason's old houseand when they discover a severed head, teh door closes and a machete comes up through the floor and the kid is dragged through the floor. After that we see a big rapid-fire montage of footage that is capped off brilliantly by showing the new, pro-active Jason, actually running down a victim and slashing him down.
While this footage was brief, it displays how much life they have injected into this series after such a long period of mediocre films. Jason isn't a robot, slowly walking after his victims and somehow catching up with them. He goes after these people with full force and I can't wait to see more of it.
After that footage they brought out actors Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti and the new Jason himself, Derek Mears. They opened it right up to questions from the fans. Here's a rundown of what was said.
- The first question right off the bat dealt with why they chose to go with Jason right away, instead of his mother Pamela Voorhes, the killer in the first Friday The 13th. Brad Fuller answered that, "at the end of the day, with today's audience, it would be difficult to make it believable that Pamela Voorhes trying to kill Jared Padalecki. We didn't really think that we could make that believable."
- When asked if he was going to live or die, Jared Padalecki said he honestly didn't know. He also added, "I was trying to push for the prequel, Thursday the 12th."
- Brad Fuller noted that in this new film we will get the origin of how and why Jason got that infamous goalie mask. "We thought it was a really important thing to show," Fuller added.
- Fuller also said that the film was designed as a stand-alone film but, "if the audience loves the film, we'll rack our brains and try to figure out a way to bring it back." Derek Mears also noted that he'd love to don the hockey mask for future installments.
- Jared Padalecki said this film brings, "a whole new level of scare. It feels very real. It's based in reality and it's not like the slow-walking guy is gonna find us. This guy (Derek Mears' new Jason) is the real deal."
- Fuller said that Platinum Dunes is working on a remake of The Birds, which brought about much applause, and also that they're working on a deal to remake A Nightmare on Elm Street, "but we haven't made the deal yet," Fuller said after another huge round of applause.
- Jared Padalecki and Amanda Righetti remarked on how physically demanding the film was, but Righetti mentioned that, "it was definitely worth it. These were great people to work with and I enjoyed the job." She also said that, "when you're in it, you don't feel it but when you wake up the next day you do."
- Derek Mears talked about how tough the cast since they didn't want to use stunt doubles. "I thouroughly manhandled them and beat the crap out of them every single day. I asked them if they'd want to get their doubles and they went, 'No no no. It looks better with me so we can get the full shot, so let's do it.'"
I was on the set of this movie at the very end of shooting in June and I have to tell you, I was psyched for this film then and, after seeing this awesome teaser trailer, and the first glimpse at the tenacious Jason, I'm even more psyched. That's all she wrote from Ballroom 20.
Friday the 13th will be coming to theaters on Friday the 13th of February 2009.
It's not easy to be an actress on Supernatural. While some of the female characters on the series have been embraced by the fans, many others have stirred up anger and hatred in loyal viewers. At the beginning of season 3, the addition of Ruby (Katie Cassidy) and Bela (Lauren Cohan) brought about plenty of fan outrage. By the end of the season creator Eric Kripke had sent both actresses packing, though he claimed it was for budgetary and story-related reasons, and not due to fan reaction.
Despite all the controversy that actresses bring to the Supernatural universe, Kripke is bringing one in for the season 4 premiere. TV Guide is reporting that Genevieve Cortese, who was last seen on ABC Family's Wildfire, will be playing a love interest for Sam in at least one episode.
Cortese will play Kristy, a small-town waitress who has been involved with Sam (Jared Padalecki) for quite some time when the season begins. The premiere episode, "Lazarus Rising," takes place four months after season 3's finale, and one of the ongoing mysteries of the year will be what happened to Sam during that time span. It's possible that Kristy could appear in more than one episode, but nothing has been confirmed.
While I certainly don't mind Sam having a love interest, my only hope is that Cortese has the chops to pull off her role. I never watched Wildfire, but some who did have less than kind things to say about Cortese's acting ability. The folks behind Supernatural have often had trouble finding actresses that are both strong and likable, which is one reason many fans can't relate to the female characters. Then again, if Kristy is only sticking around for one episode, I doubt Cortese will make much of an impact either way.
The CW recently confirmed that Supernatural season 4 will kick off on September 18 at 9pm. We'll be bringing you more details about the new season when we attend the Supernatural panel at San Diego Comic-Con this Sunday.
We're Going to Comic-Con! Post Your Questions Here
Comic-Con is coming up this weekend, and we're going to be chatting up some of your favorite Smallville and Supernatural stars. From Smallville, Allison Mack, Justin Hartley, and Davis Bloome will be in attendance, along with the new showrunners (executive producers Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin, Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson). And from Supernatural, we'll be talking with Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Eric Kripke, and Sera Gamble!
Of course, we want to hear what YOU want to ask them, so post your questions in the comments -- and get them in as quickly as possible so we can compile the best to ask the stars. You have until Thursday night if you want your question to be considered, so get posting!
If you're a fan of great television, there's no better place to be at the end of July than the San Diego Comic-Con. The annual gathering features stars and creators from a variety of different shows, and they always arrive with enticing teases about upcoming plotlines. The 2008 convention, which takes place July 24-27, is going to be an especially great year for fans of two of the CW's most popular shows: Smallville and Supernatural. Details on the Smallville panel are still unconfirmed, but Supernatural fans can look forward to getting up close and personal with Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki. If you can't make it to Comic-Con you can continue to check BuddyTV for updates, as we'll be in San Diego to bring you all the biggest news as it happens.
The folks behind Comic-Con still haven't released an official event schedule, but Kryptonsite.com is reporting that the Smallville panel will take place on Sunday, July 27 from 10am – 11am. Last year, stars such as Laura Vandervoort, Erica Durance and Justin Hartley all attended, as did creators Al Gough and Miles Millar. Now that the creators are no longer involved with the series, it's likely new showrunners Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer, Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson will appear to drop hints about season 8. I also wouldn't be surprised to see new cast members Sam Witwer (Doomsday) and Cassidy Freeman (Tess), but their involvement remains unconfirmed.
The Supernatural panel will kick off shortly after Smallville wraps up, taking place on July 27 from 11:15am – 12:15pm. Jensen, Jared, creator Eric Kripke, writers Sera Gamble and Ben Edlund, and co-executive producer Peter Johnson will all be there. According to SFUniverse.com, Jensen and Jared will also be doing an autograph signing on Saturday, July 26 from 5pm – 6pm at the Warner Brothers booth on the main convention floor. The producers from Supernatural will have a signing at the WB booth on Sunday, July 27 from 12:30pm – 1:15pm.
If that's still not enough Supernatural goodness for you, ShockTillYouDrop.com is reporting that Jared will be part of the Friday the 13th panel, which takes place July 27 at 1pm. Producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form are expected to appear, as will the man who plays the maniacal Jason Voorhees, Derek Mears. A teaser trailer for the film is expected to be revealed. Jensen may keep busy as part of a panel for his upcoming horror flick My Bloody Valentine 3-D, but that's still unconfirmed.
It's going to be a very busy Sunday for Smallville and Supernatural fans. You can still purchase tickets for that day of the convention by heading to Comic-Con.org, but if you can't make it remember to check BuddyTV for all the latest updates.
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