Prepare to meet the other Doppleganger, TVD Fanatics.

At today's Comic-Con panel discussion, key cast members and Julie Plec teased a number of upcoming developments (full recap coming soon!), but the hour-long event kicked off with a sizzle reel that featured our very first look at The Vampire Diaries Season 5.

And it's clear Paul Wesley is having a blast as Silas.

The concluding seconds of a series retelling features this ancient witch addressing a town full of Mystic Falls residents, talking about the blood he's swallowed and his plans for the town. Cue Bonnie screaming... Caroline running... and Delena kissing.

It's your first look the October 10th season premiere. Sit back and enjoy, readers:

 

The Vampire Diaries Sizzle Reel

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http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/07/the-vampire-diaries-season-5-first-footage/

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Glee creator Ryan Murphy has revealed his plans for Cory Monteith's character, Finn Hudson, in the wake of the actor's untimely death one week ago: Finn will pass away tragically as well.

A tribute episode will take place in the third installment of Glee Season 5, the premiere of which was just pushed back by one week due to the tragedy that has rocked the Fox show's cast.

The creator also said he gave Lea Michele, Monteith's co-star and real-life girlfriend, the option of not returning to the show after his death; Michele did not consider this and will be back.

Murphy told THR today: "It's always sad and shocking when somebody so young dies."

"One of the things that made it even more upsetting is that so many of us who knew and loved him were actively involved in trying to get him better."

"When you're faced with something so sad and so shocking, what do you do? Do we cancel the show? Do we start shooting in January? What do we do?"

"The right thing to do for the show, at this point, is to have that character pass," Murphy says of his plans for the coming season, which debuts September 26.

"Ultimately, we decided the best thing for everyone is to get back to work and be around people who knew him and loved him so that everyone can grieve together."

"When we do a tribute episode to [his] character, we'll do it in a way where the cast members will not have to re-create feelings of grief they’ve had this week, but do it in an upbeat way."

What do you think of Murphy's comments, and plans for the character? Comment below ...

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http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/07/glee-reveals-plan-for-cory-monteiths-character/

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At Comic-Con today, Julie Plec said she was faced with a challenge:

How do you write an October premiere for fans who did not watch the backdoor pilot that aired during this prior season on The Vampire Diaries? The producer's answer? You turn things over to the one and only Daniel Gillies.

"It will be told from Elijah's point of view... Elijah comes in to find out what trouble Klaus is up to," Plec said of how the official Season 1 premiere will focus on "similar scenes and moments that we didn't get to see in the pilot."

 

The Originals Comic-Con Teaser

Among other highlights revealed by Plec and cast members during an entertaining Q&A session with fans:

• Rebekah will appear both on The Vampire Diaries Season 5 opener - to wrap up her romance with Matt - and then on The Originals second episode. ("She's still hoochin' it up with Matt Donovan," Plec said.)
• The romance between Klaus and Caroline is far from over. It may even become the stuff of legends, Plec teased: "She's basically the Buffy to his Angel. She left an impact."
• In the meantime, though, Klaus will not be involved with his baby mama. "I don't see romance," between Klaus and Hayley," Phoebe Tonkin said. "They will have to become a team to take care of this baby on the way," though.
• Gillies says Elijah "100 percent thinks he still has feelings for Katherine," but he's off to New Orleans due to the "level of his devotion to his family."
• We will see flashbacks involving Charles Michael Davis' Marcel and how he first met Klaus.
• We were also treated to an alternative ending of the backdoor pilot, one that featured Danielle Campbell's witch locked in a tower and losing her temper. Big time.

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http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/07/the-originals-at-comic-con-a-unique-premiere-an-epic-romance-and/

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Before taking off on a sea-faring adventure this fall, the cast of Once Upon a Time stopped by Comic-Con today for a panel discussion and a series of red carpet interviews.

And while you'll need to wait a few days before gathering up scoop from our exclusives chats with Jennifer Morrison, Ginnifer Goodwin and company, producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis did drop a bomb at the show's Q&A session: Ariel is coming!

A sneak peek to close the event featured a mysterious, water-based creature sneaking up on a dwarf… grabbing his fork from his lunchbox… and diapering again into the ocean. And, yes, there was red hair and a fin.

 

Once Upon a Time Season 3 Trailer

Other highlights from the panel included:

• Viewers will be taken to "different areas" of Neverland, according to Kitsis, describing the universe as "a place where imagination comes from, and anything can happen.”
• And many of those things may be scary, as Horowitz teased Peter Pan as possessing a "complicated motivation" and Kitsis adding: “He might be frightening. To some people.”
• As previously reported, Tinkerbell will play a role as well, though the series will of course put its own "spin" on her, Horowitz said: “How we introduce her and who she is [will] hopefully be surprising. We’re going to find that she has a surprising connection to someone at this table."
• Will the Evil Queen turn evil again? Well, according to  Lana Parrilla… "My favorite kill is coming up in Season 3."
• “What’s happening back in Storybrooke WILL connect with what's happening in Neverland "in a surprising way," previews Kitsis.

Once Upon a Time Season 3 premieres on September 29.

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http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/07/once-upon-a-time-season-3-teaser-comic-con-scoop-the-little-merm/

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The cast of Nikita said goodbye to Comic-Con yesterday.

During a panel discussion that featured creator Craig Silverstein and stars Noah Bean, Melinda Clarke, Aaron Stanford, Lyndsy Fonseca, Shane West and Maggie Q, everyone had a chance to chime in on what we can expect from a six-episode Season 4.

Nikita Series Highlights

Maggie Q, on where the action will pick up: "We don't have to build to anything, we just get to it. When Nikita sees Michael again, it was a weird way to leave it, but it's a decision made of love. She left because she really really loved this man, and that's what it was about."

West, on Michael's state of mind: "Michael may have gone dark again, especially after [Nikita Season 3]. It's going to be a really fun dynamic to play. He's always going to love Nikita, and this will put their relationship to a test."

Fonseca, on the future for Alex: "Alex has been through a lot and is in such a delicate place, but what does Alex do with her life? She doesn't have to hide from anyone and is a real person and she's going to take advantage of that. But it's a tricky balance to be normal during the day and play spy at night."

Silverstein, on a mobile Division: "Their lair is an airplane, so they can be in different places around the globe. We're never going to top the lair from first season, then they had a beach house, Division was destroyed last season, so we couldn't do a hideout, so now we're going to be in the sky."

Clarke, on the evolution of Amanda: "We purposely kept her enigmatic, then peeled back the layers of the stinky onion. But this character befuddled me. I never knew what the motivation was, but I always tried to ground her in love, and we learn it was a betrayal of love from her father and it carried through with Nikita to destroy her and teach her a lesson. I understand somewhat what she's motivated by."

Silverstein, on Amanda: "She is too evil to destroy Our plan was to kill Amanda at the end of last season. She was dead, and something happened and we could not kill her. She survived everything we had up on the board… She's the big bad and so is Nikita in a way. She's her own worst enemy."

Maggie Q, on learning the fate of the series: "My heart hurt, because I have a very deep love for them and miss them. Then I got over it...  We get to end this show with our heads high. I didn't want it to [drag out]. I wanted to go out and people feel full but still a little hungry."

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http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/07/nikita-season-4-a-new-lair-a-dark-michael-and-more/

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Orphan Black! Orphan Black! Orphan Black!

So chanted fans of this BBC smash yesterday prior to the show's panel discussion at Comic-Con, which featured stars Tatiana Maslany, Dylan Bruce and Jordan Gavaris and creators John Fawcett and Graeme Manson.

And along with talking about how Maslany gets into the mood for each of her characters (by listening to playlists, the actress said, such as show tunes for Allison, electro for Cosima), the group confirmed that Orphan Black Season 2 will return in April.

As you might expect, it will also feature more Sarah Manning lookalikes.

“We are making this wacky little clone shows and we do like our clones," Fawcett said. "I don’t think anyone would be surprised if we unveiled a few more clones in season 2.”

Not many specific storylines were addressed at the Q&A, but Manson did at least touch on Cosima’s apparent illness.

“She now has to look at her own science, and I think that’s going to be really interesting," he said. "When she looks at her own science, she looks at the health of all her sisters too... the truth is, it’s still up in the air. We don’t know what’s going to happen to Cosima."

Might we learn more about Beth or Katja, both of whom met their demise rather soon after viewers met them?

“The show has a pace that charges forward,” Manson said. “We couldn’t really find a way to flashback in season two and keep the pace up and keep this relentless following of Sarah’s journey. We’re gonna try to do it somehow, we’re going to try and get back there. We’d love to do that pre story. It could be in Season 3 or Season 5.”

Added Fawcett: “There has been discussion of the Beth episode, but I don’t think you’re going to see it in Season 2.”

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http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/07/orphan-black-to-return-in-april-feature-more-clones/

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