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The CW's Supernatural prequel The Winchesters promises to dive deeper into the characters of Mary and John—with the assistance of Sam and Dean themselves, of course.
Jensen Ackles & Jared Padalecki Talk "Supernatural" Success
The Winchesters will grip you choky and rise you from perdition.
The CW's Supernatural spin-off, premiering Oct. 11 connected the network, is acceptable to travel the archetypal monster hunters, John and Mary Winchester (played by Drake Rodger and Meg Donnelly, respectively), arsenic they statesman the family's tradition of "saving people, hunting things."
And though this duo parallels their aboriginal sons, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles), The Winchesters volition beryllium starting with a larger radical of hunters, arsenic John and Mary conscionable chap hunters Carlos (Jojo Fleites) and Latika (Nida Kurshid) on their melodramatic journey.
"We are embodying a batch of what Supernatural did, astatine the aforesaid time, Supernatural was a two-hander," The Winchesters showrunner Robbie Thompson told Entertainment Weekly in an interrogation published Sept. 21. "That household expanded arsenic characters similar Castiel (Misha Collins) and Bobby (Jim Beaver) and others came in, but we're starting with a larger family."
The spin-off volition besides beryllium taking inspiration from the archetypal fewer seasons of Supernatural, Thompson added, wherever the hunters fought "monsters of the week" successful summation to having a "big bad" for the full season. Looks similar the Chevy Impala volition be getting some decent miles.
But Thompson acknowledged that "you can't recreate Supernatural"; instead, the spin-off volition beryllium shining "a airy connected caller corners of the Supernatural universe."
To assistance hole the caller leads for this monstrous task, Padalecki and Ackles—who volition beryllium enforcement producing and narrating the spin-off—have welcomed Rodger and Donnelly into the Supernatural family by having a fewer invited dinners with the stars.
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"This isn't conscionable coming connected to a caller thing, this is thing that has 15 years of aggravated storytelling and you guys are a typical of this happening that we built, of the family," Ackles recalled of the pep talk. "There's a large colonisation of radical that are precise protective of the story."
Ackles joked, adding that helium "didn't enactment my ass disconnected for 15 years to person you kids travel successful present and f--k it up." So, nary pressure!
The Winchesters premieres Oct. 11 connected The CW.
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