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5:57 pm - 01/13/2013

CW Boss on Supernatural's Fate, The Vampire Diaries Spinoff, and the Battle Royale Project



CW fans, you've got questions. We've got answers.

These answers come straight from the mouth of CW President Mark Pedowtiz, who took the stage Sunday morning at the TCA Winter Press Tour to field questions about Supernatural's chances of another season, The Vampire Diaries spinoff that will feature The Originals, and the status of other projects in the works at the network, including the Wonder Woman pilot and Battle Royale. Here is what he had to say


On Supernatural getting a ninth season: "Nothing's been announced yet. No determination's been made," Pedowitz said. But he insisted "there's a good shot" it will get another season and that it's in a good place, creatively.


On The Vampire Diaries spinoff: "We're basically going to go and focus on the original family," he told reporters about the project in development, which will be set in New Orleans. It will revolve around Klaus (Joseph Morgan) who Pedowitz said is "such a great character," and "hopefully some of his siblings will come along," Speaking of, Phoebe Tonkin is confirmed to be coming onboard the spinoff, which means she will not play Wonder Woman in the CW's Amazon pilot.


On 90210's fate: The CW boss said no decision has been made yet, but he truly believes in giving viewers a concrete ending. So maybe a 13 episode final season is on the way, à la One Tree Hill?


On Emily Owens' cancellation: Pedowtiz confirmed that all 13 episodes they shot will air. "We're very proud of the show," he said. "For whatever reason, it was just not connecting."


On Nikita's future: Pedowtiz wouldn't say anything concrete about the fate of the series, but he did say he was pleased with how it was performing in the new timeslot. "It's performing on-par to our expectations. I'm a fan of the show. I like the show."


On The Carrie Diaries' expectations: The CW prez has high hopes for the Sex and the City prequel, stating that he hopes it will air as long as Gossip Girl did. When a reporter asked why young Carrie Bradshaw looked nothing like a young Sarah Jessica Parker and wasn't more "normal looking," Pedowitz simply said: "We cast the best actor."


On Beauty and the Beast: We're very pleased in terms of where it's going creatively," Pedowitz said. "I believe the show has more growth in it, centered around that love story." He compared the ratings to The Secret Circle, which we think was supposed to be a good comparison, but we all saw how that turned out


On new CW projects: Amazon, the Wonder Woman pilot, doesn't have script yet, but they are casting for Diana right now. The Battle Royale series that was rumored to be in development is officially dead, with Pedowitz insisting it was never more than an idea from a phone call. Finally, the CW will be doing an animated web series starring Justin Hartley and Misha Collins.


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kimit 13th-Jan-2013 11:47 pm (UTC)
I you don't care about Sam's character, it's pretty good. If you like Sam's character it will be tough to watch because they're destroying him. If you hate Sam it will be tough to watch also because you'll just angrier with him.

Dean's stuff is good though.
nicenicegirl 13th-Jan-2013 11:55 pm (UTC)
they've been destroying his character since season 5...
kimit 13th-Jan-2013 11:58 pm (UTC)
You're right, but I feel like it's especially bad this season.
nicenicegirl 13th-Jan-2013 11:58 pm (UTC)
glad i'm not watching anymore, i actually liked Sam better out of the two, but then they started shitting all over him and i gave up.
zephyrkist 14th-Jan-2013 12:02 am (UTC)
I really like Sam and I really, really like what they are doing with him this season. Sure him and Amelia are a little forced, but hopefully it will go somewhere. Also, who hates Sam?
kimit 14th-Jan-2013 12:07 am (UTC)
Really? I cannot believe that he wouldn't search for Dean. It's something I can't get over. I also can't stand the Amelia stuff.

I've seen plenty of people who can't stand him and this season isn't helping.
cwazy_weiven 14th-Jan-2013 06:07 am (UTC)
That's one of the reasons why I just can't be bothered watching the latest seasons. I don't dislike Sam, at least I didn't dislike him in the first few seasons, but I've always found him incredibly selfish.
nostalgia788 14th-Jan-2013 06:23 am (UTC)
I cannot believe that he wouldn't search for Dean. It's something I can't get over. I also can't stand the Amelia stuff.

IAWTC
ohmiya_sg 14th-Jan-2013 12:08 am (UTC)
Same. I'm so proud of him for growing instead of making the same mistakes over and over so he seems perfectly in character to me.
kimit 14th-Jan-2013 12:10 am (UTC)
How is not even looking for Dean in character? Not even trying? And not trying to find Kevin?
ohmiya_sg 14th-Jan-2013 12:14 am (UTC)
Here, let someone else write it out for you.
kimit 14th-Jan-2013 12:23 am (UTC)
Thanks for the link, but I still don't agree. When Sam told Amelia his whole world imploded when he "lost" his brother, I just rolled my eyes because Dean didn't die, he just disappeared and then Sam didn't bother to look for him or even try. A good place to start would have been with Crowley.

Not trying to save Kevin is pretty inexcusable also.

...and leaving mentally-unstable Martin alone in the woods by himself while hunting a vampire because he thought Amelia texted him was pretty awful too. Not to mention he left Dean there as well. I know that was Dean's plan, but Sam didn't know that.

I say all this as a Sam fan. I love both brothers equally, but I'm having a very hard time with what the writers are doing to Sam. I also can't stand all this soap opera stuff they have him doing. Blech.
glamoroustype 14th-Jan-2013 01:04 am (UTC)
I don't hate Sam, but I've always thought Dean is by far the more interesting character. That's why I don't really give a shit that they're not handling Sam that well this season, because Dean actually has his own storyline for once.
adorante 14th-Jan-2013 04:33 am (UTC)
I never liked Sam out of the two of them--I've always been a Dean girl--but I felt since about season 5/6 things were way OOC for Sam and it made me dislike him more. And now that I've read the comments there is a chick in Sam's life?

I miss the show where it was just two brothers driving wherever the job took them sans girls. That's why I liked the show so much. I miss seasons 1/2, they will forever be my favorite
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