Categorie: The Vampire Diaries

De eerste stills van aflevering 8×03 – You Decided That I Was Worth Saving van ‘The Vampire Diaries’ is verschenen

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Er opnieuw meer posters van seizoen 8 verschenen!

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Het plot voor aflevering 8×04 An Eternity of Misery van ‘The Vampire Diaries’ is verschenen.

Tasked with finding a mysterious artifact, Damon’s latest mission takes him to Texas where a violent run-in with Peter Maxwell leads to a surprising revelation. Meanwhile, after gaining the upper hand in their fight to save Damon and Enzo, Stefan and Alaric team up and uncover the origins of the mysterious force they’re up against. Finally, Matt returns to the fray after his past and present collide in an unexpected way. Caroline also appears.

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Showrunner Julie Plec previews a romantic season (and a villain that’s ‘hungry for death’)

Holding out hope in the face of impossible circumstances has been a steady theme throughout The Vampire Diaries’ run — whether it’s Elena holding out hope that Stefan will find his humanity, or just about everyone holding out hope that happy endings do exist. And when season 8 kicks off, it’s Stefan who’s trying to hold onto the hope that he can save his brother.

Season 8 picks up a few months after the events of the season 7 finale, which saw Damon and Enzo off on a killing spree after being influenced by, well, whatever was in that fault. Meanwhile, Stefan, Caroline, and Bonnie have had no luck in finding either of them. “They’ve been following one trail of dead ends after another, and we pick them up trying to hold onto any remaining hope that they can that there’s a way to come back,” showrunner Julie Plec tells EW.

The problem — or rather, another problem — is that whatever got to Damon and Enzo is still out there, which means more of our Mystic Falls favorites could fall under its spell. “This particular beast has quite an influence over people mentally,” says Plec. “It’s hungry for death, and right now, Damon and Enzo are its faithful servants.”

But thankfully, there’s one thing this villain can’t kill, and that’s love. “There’s a strong romantic core to this season,” Plec says, promising “lots of big moves and big declarations” in the show’s final 16 episodes.

Furthermore, those big moments will be contained within the show’s central characters. “We really boiled it down to a very small group of core characters, so that does leave limited room for new relationships because they’re all in relationships,” Plec says, adding that the season’s “got a lot of love in it which is one thing that I’m really enjoying.”

Could that love extend to past characters fans would love to see return? Long story short: Plec has a plan. When it came to creating the Other Side, Plec says, “I took a lot of s— and I don’t care because I loved how easy it was for those who were deceased to return. I loved the Other Side; I thought the Other Side was very special to our show. It did give us that ability to stay close to those we’ve lost even after they might have left us tragically. So much of the show is an exploration of death, and I love being able to explore the idea that people remain with us in some way or another.”

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As for what that means for season 8, when the Other Side no longer exists, Plec says, “I got something up my sleeve, but it’s not Other Side-y. That one’s gone for good.”

In een interview met Entertainment Weekly laat producer en medebedenker Kevin Williamson weten hoe ze op het idee kwamen om Katherine te laten terugkeren aan het einde van seizoen 1.

With one season left in The Vampire Diaries’ run, we decided it was time to start collecting everyone’s final diary entries. Every week during the final season, EW is asking those involved with the show to look back on one of their favorite moments from the series. So grab your tissues and join us on this trip down a vampire-filled memory lane.

First up, co-creator and executive producer Kevin Williamson.

All I remember is when we were in Atlanta, I was running by the Margaret Mitchell House one morning and I went into the museum. They had chronicled on the wall how Margaret Mitchell wrote the story of Scarlett O’Hara. It was all about Scarlett being a survivor and it was all about how Gone with the Wind was truly about the north and the south and how they blended together post-war, how they recovered, the reconstruction of the south, and commerce over tradition. And ultimately Scarlett fell somewhere in the middle. She was rooted in her legacy and her history, but she was also a survivor and an opportunist, so she was a blend. You could see why she loved Ashley and why she loved Rhett. Each man represented something different. Rhett was the future, was opportunity. Then you look at Ashley, who was love and passion and legacy and tradition.

As I was walking through that museum, I went, “There’s Damon, there’s Stefan, and there’s Elena… no, that’s not Elena. That’s Katherine. This is Katherine’s story. This is 1864. This is when she bit them. This isn’t our current story; this is yesterday’s story.” There, I started realizing, we’ve got to go there. And I’m not the flashback/period person ever, and I’m like, “Julie, we have to tell the story of Katherine, we have to tell the story of where it all began. We have to back up and show in flashback how Stefan and Damon were turned, and then she’ll have to come back.”

I’m most proud of the cliffhanger [at the end] of season 1. I remember sitting in the room and Julie’s like, “No, Damon and Elena have to kiss. That has to be the cliffhanger. Don’t you remember Dawson’s Creek? You’ve got to do it.” And I’m like, “No, they can’t. You cannot.” We were already fighting about Elena being with Damon or elena being Stefan. I saw it clearly: This is season 1. This is about Stefan and Elena. Elena is not at that place yet where she would kiss him. She’s not drunk; she’s not crazy. She’s our heroine; we cannot sacrifice her character and have her make that move against Stefan. Unless —I’ll never forget that moment in the writers’ room — it’s Katherine.

And then we just started backfilling the whole story: How do we get there? How can we make it Katherine’s return? Then we started plotting the whole thing where aunt Jenna invites her in. There’s so many thing that went into that. I wanted so badly to do like that ultimate Knots Landing cliffhanger where they had not one, not two, but three cliffhangers, but [I wanted] like, six. I wanted every story line to have a cliffhanger: Tyler falling on the ground, the paramedics seeing his eye turn into a werewolf, then you turn and oh wait, Caroline was hurt my the car crash and she passes out. Anna dies in the fire! Then of course, uncle John gets his finger cut off, the big reveal that it’s Katherine. We wanted it to be shocking and it just turned into a perfect storm of everyone collectively bringing their A game and I love that last episode. In my entire career, It’s my favorite cliffhanger episode ever.

That’s when I felt like we had a show that could be successful and that could be really run. It was a beautiful time.

De eerste posters van seizoen 8 zijn verschenen, voor de foto’s zijn outtakes gebruikt van de cast fotoshoot op de San Diego Comic Con afgelopen juli.

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With only one season left, Vampire Diaries fans are dying to know if they can expect a final crossover with TVD spin-off The Originals before all is said and done. The short answer: It doesn’t look like it. The longer answer, however, is that New Orleans will tie into Vampire Diaries’ final episodes.

After Bonnie lost her magic at the end of season 7, Vampire Diaries showrunner Julie Plec had stated that the writers were challenging themselves to get as far as possible into season 8 before using magic to write their way out of a situation. And so far, they’ve been successful.

“We’re on episode 8 and I think the biggest thing we’ve had to do magically was borrow a dark object from the armory out of the city of New Orleans,” Plec tells EW. “We’ve really enjoyed it. It’s been great to not be able to solve every problem with a witch spell and just boil down the storytelling to its simplest. Certainly our villains are imbued with certain kinds of powers, so you could argue that that’s a mystical element right there, but it’s been fun. So we’ve hit the 50 percent mark and a dark object is the only thing keeping us from a perfect record.”

As for that mention of New Orleans, Plec reminds fans that the timelines of the two shows no longer match up. That’s why last season, when Caroline visited New Orleans, Klaus was nowhere to be found. If Vampire Diaries is three years into the future, then the Original siblings still have two years left on their sleep/time in Freya’s magical safe space.

As Plec puts it, “Seeing as in our timeline every single person is in a coffin scattered across the country in New Orleans, I don’t think we’ll see [the trip to New Orleans] happen on camera. But it’s still fun to reference dark objects like they’re a thing, because they are over in the Originals universe.”

The Vampire Diaries returns Friday, Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. ET on The CW.

Het plot voor aflevering 8×03 You Decided That I Was Worth Saving van ‘The Vampire Diaries’ is verschenen.

As Enzo (Michael Malarkey) continues to fight the control over him, Bonnie (Kat Graham) finds herself at the center of a deadly game and forced to make a heart wrenching decision involving two of the most important people in her life. At the Armory, Alaric (Matt Davis) researches a mysterious artifact that he hopes will help in their fight to get Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Enzo back. Finally, Damon’s downward spiral leads him to Tyler Lockwood (guest star Michael Trevino) who attempts to talk some sense into him before it’s too late. Paul Wesley and Candice King also star.

De eerste stills van aflevering 8×02 – Today Will Be Different van ‘The Vampire Diaries’ is verschenen

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Julie Plec heeft in een interview laten weten dat enkele Mystic Falls tradities ect. weer te zien zullen zijn in het laatste seizoen van de serie.

With season 8 being The Vampire Diaries’ last, showrunner Julie Plec has spoken about her desire to bring some things back, whether that’s in the form of old characters or old themes. For example, the title of every season 8 episode will be a line of dialogue from season 1. (The premiere is titled “Hello, Brother.”)

Furthermore, Plec revealed at San Diego Comic-Con that the writers are trying to bring decade dances back into the fold. Key word: trying. “We’ve pitched and abandoned nine different decade dance episodes,” Plec says. “We haven’t quite found the one we like yet.”

However, Plec did reveal a few other Mystic Falls events that will make their return. “We have the carnival that was in the top of season 2, which is a really big episode for us when Caroline first became a vampire. [That] makes a reappearance,” Plec says, adding, “Founder’s Day will make a reappearance and Miss Mystic Falls will make a reappearance, so there’s a lot of those great season 1 events that we’re able to revisit in small ways.”

Along with things fans have seen before, Plec also plans to use the final season to explore some things that fans haven’t seen, but rather, only heard about. And considering Stefan and Damon have been alive for more than 100 years, there’s a lot for the writers to work with. “This season is all about finally telling the stories that we’ve talked about over the years but have never seen,” Plec says. “In fact, we’re shooting [a flashback] right now. And this one in particular is the time where Stefan was known as the Ripper of Monterey, so we’ll get a little glimpse of that world, which we’re all very excited about.”

The Vampire Diaries returns Friday, Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. ET on The CW.

Het plot voor aflevering 8×02 Today Will Be Different van ‘The Vampire Diaries’ is verschenen.

After learning that someone from Stefan’s (Paul Wesley) past may be Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Enzo’s (Michael Malarkey) next target, Stefan, Bonnie (Kat Graham) and Caroline (Candice King) head to North Carolina. There, Bonnie takes drastic measures in an attempt to break Enzo free of whatever has a hold over him. At the Armory, Alaric (Matt Davis) and Georgie (guest star Allison Scagliotti) stumble upon a mysterious symbol that may be related to the supernatural force controlling Damon and Enzo. Finally, Caroline gets an unexpected surprise from Stefan.