Kripke is “Warming” to a Sixth Season of Supernatural
January 10, 2010 by Cynthia
Though creator Eric Kripke has always said he was running Supernatural on a five-year plan, it’s starting to look like he’ll be heading into overtime with a sixth season of the spooky series.
Check out this short item by EW’s Ausiello. He quotes CW boss Dawn Ostroff as saying she recently had lunch with Kripke and he’s “excited about the show right now. I think he feels this season has been really satisfying for him.”
Add her remarks (read the rest here) to the recent People’s Choice Awards win and it would seem that everyone wants another season except maybe the actors. With both Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki scheduling weddings for the hiatus and Jared Padalecki actively talking about selling his Vancouver home and moving back to LA, it sounds like they’re both ready to move on.
So here’s the question – if either Jensen or Jared wanted to leave the show, how would you feel about watching one Winchester brother go it alone or with a new partner in the passenger seat?
Suppose Sam went dark side and Dean found a new young protege that would allow him to go back to the way things were – him as the big brother, hunting evil with replacement little brother in tow? I’m not suggesting an actual Winchester brother, we’ve done that, but I’ve always been fond of Michael from Something Wicked. He knows the score and now he’s old enough to hit the road with Dean and learn to become a hunter himself.
Photo: Jack Rowand/The CW ©2009 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Well, all I have to say is that Supernatural is my favorite show and I love Jensen and Jared, Bobby and Castiel. I will watch them as long as they do the show. I hope they go on as long as the story and writing are still good and as long as they enjoy doing the show. I think season 6 is a great idea and I will definitely watch. Also, I don’t understand all the ridiculous comments about Jared. Why compare him so much to Jensen, they are both great. I don’t think one is better than the other. They are two different people, which makes things more interesting. If they were both the same, it would be boring. They are both great looking in different ways. I really can’t decide who I like better! I also don’t understand why some fans get so touchy about who gets more screen time and who is the better actor. Why all the put downs? You guys are so brutal and you need to get a life.
P.S. I also loved both Rubys and thought they both did a great job. After Katie Cassidy left, I was a little disappointed that she had been replaced, but as Genevieve Cortese got deeper into the role, she got better and better and I think she did a great job. I will miss her on the show and I don’t understand why the fans put her down so much. I also have enjoyed her in other roles as well.
I’m actually really interested in what kinds of behind the scenes stories come out once the show is over. I think we may well be rather surprised by the reasons for some of the creative decisions that have been made in the last three years.
NO WAY….when one is gone im gone….need both to make the show what it is.
@Muse
You just made my day! Ain’t that the truth! LMAO!
LOL @ Muse! Excellent comment.
@kay:
Yes, it will be of interest to hear any behind-the-scenes stories, especially what the J’s think of all this fandom hulabaloo!
Hopefully Kripke, et al will do a lot of commentaries on the final season’s DVD, it would be fun to know what went on that we didn’t know/hear about on screen.
To Muse
Thanks for the pointless generalizations. Could be that people have legitimate reason to be annoyed by this article and some of the comment but as either a “batshitty” misha or jensen fan of cause you’re going to be dismissive.
Jared has no more and no less “crazy” fans that others.
I’d rather see two new hunters; maybe a brother and sister team this time, or a half-brother/sister, one legitimate, the other from an affair/one night stand.
You could even have an occasional cameo by one or two Winchesters during sweeps!
@Muse
To you and all you ‘Jensen deserves all’ girls.
Yeah, you don’t need to moan or groan for anything, but just one word of ‘dick’ in S04E06 Yellow Fever will be enough to explode your powder keg~You had to make Eric to apologize for that, and now you think it’s a good show?? What a fake~
Sometime I just very pity for Jensen, he means nothing but a so called ‘pretty face’ to his batshitty fans. Thank god his ‘Ten inch hero’ didn’t release on screen, even though you still whine that this movie ruined your hero’s precious face. Maybe that’s why Jensen can’t earn a big success when he’s already 31!!!
Since both Jarad and Jensen have 6 year contracts, I don’t see them going anywhere yet. In an interview last summer when asked what he would be doing after S5, Jensen said S6 if the show got renewed. However, I wouldn’t bet on much past S6, at least not without a sizable pay raise! And I wouldn’t really be all that interested in watching without J2 in the front seat of the Impala!
Ellie said: Nice way to spread lies and blame all on Jared btw
Ellie, if you can point out a single “lie” in the post, I’ll remove that section. Disagree with my opinions, that’s fine, but the “facts” are all correct.
As for everyone else – if you want your comment to show up, you have to leave out the foul language.
@Cynthia
The problem is not what you said, it’s about what your viewer think~
They put all the fault on Jared, yes Jared want to sell his house in Vancouver. But face it, Jensen never bother to buy a house in Vancouver. Can you say it’s because Jensen did not care this show??? No, they won’t~All shame goes to Jared~
I will never get it why some fans will do this.
Bash the other actor so that the other one will look better.
The only problem with this is that it doesn´t work that way. The fans made themself look bad and it is backlashing to the actor who they claim to love.
If they like one of these two better, why don´t praise him instead of bashing the other one?
I love both guys. I admit that I am more of a Samgirl but I love the episode “The end” just because Jensen was absolutely brilliant in it. For me there will be no show if either of them left. And just because Jared is (maybe) selling his house doesn´t mean he quitts the show. Jensen was talking about moving out and maybe Jared came to the conclusion that it is to big for himself, that he will be feeling lonely after Jensen left. But that is only my opinion on that matter.
Cynthia – if you don’t think your allusion to a Sam-free season 6 due to Jared wanting out (rumour) and actively talking about selling his house. He’s mentioned it once that I’ve seen or heard that he was thinking about it (this would be a lie, since you can’t even provide a link to show the house is on the market)- your desperate need to paint Jared a the more guilty one of wanting to leave the show is evident. If you don’t realize that, you are either lying, considering your readers stupid or not very good at expressing what you want to say clearly enough.
You and me both want a Sam-free show apparently, just for different reasons. Be woman enough and admit to it, don’t have fandom do your work of bashing the actor in question. That’s just vile and as you can tell, not very appreciated.
Cynthia said: As for everyone else – if you want your comment to show up, you have to leave out the foul language
Then I respectfully suggest and (request) you take a look at the comment one page back where the Lord’s name was taken in vain. Or maybe that isn’t considered bad language? Seems to me it should be. Whether or not anyone is a believer, that’s crossing a line.
Thank you.
@Sunny — why would Jared feel “lonely” if Jensen moves out of his house? Jared is going to marry Genevieve next month and I’m sure they will live together as husband and wife. So Jensen would have to move out, if he has not already. Maybe Jared wants to buy a new house for him and his wife? He told some people at the convention that he bought a new house in LA already.
According to IMDB and also the “Conan” forum, Jared auditioned for the new movie “Conan” and he was apparently very interested in doing that movie. The problem is that it starts filming at the end of February in Europe and Supernatural does not end filming until March 29. I’m not sure how he expected to do this part unless he left Supernatural early?
It’s sounded for awhile now that Jared wants to move on from doing TV and focus on movies. Maybe he will try to get out of the last year in his contract? I would hope not because I love the brothers being together, but Jared has also said in an interview that he wants Sam to be evil for the duration of the show and he prefers it when the brothers fight. Maybe that’s what will happen and they will separate? I hope not but the show would be okay with Dean and then the supporting characters of Castiel, Bobby, and maybe some new people. I do want season 6!
“You had to make Eric to apologize for that”
That’s nonsense. Fans talked about the episode on message boards. Reviewers talked about the episode in their reviews. Kripke read the responses, as he always does, and realized that the message of the episode, which was meant to be significant foreshadowing, had been too lightly touched on. By comparison, something that was NOT meant to be significant, ie the dick comment, had been hammered so hard in the name of humor that it had eclipsed the real reason that Dean was the only one to get sick.
The writers were new, and they hadn’t gotten the right balance in order to show the audience what we needed to know. More than half of the reviewers at that time said in their reviews that Dean got sick because he was a dick and Sam wasn’t. Kripke was alarmed by the misreading, and corrected it.
No one “made” him do that. He felt like he should, because a large enough portion of the audience (ie, not just people who ordinarily love Dean, but people from all biases) had been misled by the episode, and would not be able to catch on to things that would happen later because of it.
If you have any evidence at all to back up your ridiculous claim of “forcing”, I’d like to invite you to submit it so that we can all examine it. Otherwise, continuing to make claims that you can’t back up is a surefire way to destroy your credibility.
Ali – Kripke, being the executive producer that okays all scripts, is evidence enough, don’t you think? Kripke himself read that script, okayed it and then fandom exploded and he bowed and assured everybody that Dean is a saint.
Kripke can blame only himself or that ‘mistake’, no one else.
Blaming the writers was when the man lost all my respect.
We need both boys to make the show work. I’ll cry so hard when its over. But lets end it on a good note with all the guys together (like maybe the end of Season 50…)
Ellie- no, not really. To prove “forcing”, you would need to have some evidence that fans have power over Kripke in some way… that there was a fan in charge of him who threatened his job, that someone went to his house and threatened his family, etc. Ie, you’d need to prove duress. Otherwise, all you’re saying is that Kripke issued a statement because fans reacted differently to the episode than he thought they would, and he needed to correct something in order for them to understand the story going forward. And that’s his decision, not made under any kind of force or duress, but because he thought it was something that he needed to do.
To Aly: I don´t know about the wedding date and until it is confirmed I am not sure about it. So I thought that when Jensen moves out (if he does) and Gen is on another filmset that it will be so quiet in the house and Jared though about it to sell it so that he will not feel lonely in it.
But my whole point for bringing that up in the first place was to show that there could be thousand other reasons for Jared to sell his house then that he leaves SPN.
Sorry I meaned Terry of course not Ali.
hello
je pense que si l’un des deux acteurs arrêt la série et qu’il y en a qu’un qui reste, ” ce n’est plus supernatural ” . je preferais qu’il n’y a pas de saison 6 que de continué avec l’un des deux et un autre acteur.
merci
bye
I’m not interested in season 6 despite how much I love these characters and the actors. Let it end on a high note (with the praise and recognition it is now getting) and give the guys a chance to do something different. This is the prime time for them to be in the producers thoughts, when the show is hot, and since they have both had to turn down opportunities for other work, I think they’ve had enough of SPN. Honestly, I think most actors want to be creative and work on something different. I don’t see much more development for either character on SPN, so the guys will only get bored and we’ll see that one screen.
As for one or the other leaving and I note you don’t mention Sam being the one to stay with another partner, but whatever: just NO! That would be a resounding ‘NO!” by the way: this show is SUPPOSED to be about the two brothers: anything else and I’m not interested. Of course Kripke and Ostroff are excited now: the show is getting recognized, but they’re not the ones working the long hours, away from home and their friends and family (which Jared and Jensen have bemoaned a lot). Considering how up and down the quality of the episodes this year have been, I dread to see what they might come up with for another season. Go out now on top Kripke and give that Ostroff a kick to the curb: she’s only ’supportive’ now that SPN is one of the few successes on her pitiful network. If you really want to continue on a bit, make a movie to end it – because that I would pay to see.
@ Leigh, J and Gina – Your’re welcome.
@Lynn
“Sometime I just very pity for Jensen, he means nothing but a so called ‘pretty face’ to his batshitty fans.”
So you don’t find JP attractive then? Sorry I have to disagree, I think he’s a very handsome man.
The funny thing is samfans get so annoyed when Jensen’s acting is complimented. It drives some of you to hysterics whenever Jensen’s performance gets a positive review and Jared is ignored. It seems to me if people only liked Jensen for his admittedly pretty face, all this would be a non-issue since I can only assume that the Jensen-hating samfans do actually find Jared more attractive.
“Thank god his ‘Ten inch hero’ didn’t release on screen, even though you still whine that this movie ruined your hero’s precious face. Maybe that’s why Jensen can’t earn a big success when he’s already 31!!!”
I don’t know a single Jensen fan that didn’t think he was super-hot in TIH. Do you have a link to these complaints or are you just pulling this out of your rear-end as well? Also for someone who complains about JP being bashed, you sure have no problems insulting Jensen. Have heard that one about the goose and the gander?
@Ellie
“Blaming the writers was when the man lost all my respect.”
Actually Kripke didn’t blame the writers. He said he took full responsibility for the oversight himself.
@Muse
‘Getting back to Jensen’s look. I understand how some people may think it is weird or creepy but not really.’
by angel d @http://loyalfans.net/j-forum/
some will like new things..others wont…but that does not look like Jensen to me lol! his hair..is blue..then black..but his sideburns appear to be brown..thats just plain weird…that look makes him appear so much older..
by island_chick @http://loyalfans.net/j-forum/
Oh, there is more, consider it’s a Jensen-Fans forum, did you really know nothing about that? Or you just choose to ignore it?? Oh, wait, they’re Jensen-hater~
I do think JP is attractive~ I also think JA is attractive, but not pretty, MANLINESS!!!
There is no one whine about JA’s performance, actually we think he’s better in SPN then before, and we also think JP is not mature enough to be a leading actor in the movie, he need more time~But face it, the first and only one who said bad word to those two actors is your ‘friend’ Leigh , go back to check her old comment~
Why would Jared wanting to sell his house in Vancouver and actively seek to move to LA be an indication of his not wanting to be part of the 6th season?
As I understand it, not only is the show looking for renewal but they are also possibly looking to have production relocated to Ontario Canada for the 6th season if Vancouver can’t or won’t match the tax credit. Jared would be smart to sell his house if he has to relocate to Ontario for 9 months to film the 6th season and posibly final season. After that 9 months he has money to invest in other property and he has a home base in LA from which to meet with producers and actively seek work after Supernatual has finished it’s run and I have serious doubts that the show could run for seven, but it might.
Also if it’s only for 9 more months then I could see both he and Jensen justifying going back to living in a hotel and starting to make plans to gear their lives back towards LA and other projects. The only downside I see is Jared might find another starring TV role and end up it films in Vancouver too.
@Lynn That’s not a forum I go to very often but even so, I’m not sure I understand your point. So you went trolling and found a couple of fans who weren’t crazy about his look in one movie. What does that prove? Did they stop being fans because he had a mohawk? If so, who cares? How does that reflect badly on Jensen? OK don’t answer that. I really don’t care. This whole conversation is ridiculous.
“But face it, the first and only one who said bad word to those two actors is your ‘friend’ Leigh , go back to check her old comment~” LOL! Good one. Did actually read the whole thread? Again, rhetorical question so you don’t need to answer that.
And really this whole comment thread is ridiculous. Poor Cynthia was just idly speculating…presenting a what if scenario and the sam fans instantly went crazy and started attacking her as if she had deeply insulted Jared. She didn’t and neither has anyone else who suggests that one or both of the boys may not want to do a season 6.
If one of them wants out and the CW still wants to do the show, Kripke will have to find a way to make it work and all kinds of alternative scenarios will be tossed around. That’s all that was going on here but naturally it’s so much better to start screeching about how everyone is mean to their favorite actor. It’s ridiculous and it’s why it is impossible to take anything in this fandom seriously.
@Muse: That’s not a forum I go to very often but even so, I’m not sure I understand your point.
“I don’t know a single Jensen fan that didn’t think he was super-hot in TIH. Do you have a link to these complaints or are you just pulling this out of your rear-end as well? Also for someone who complains about JP being bashed, you sure have no problems insulting Jensen.”
I think you know what my point is. If you are not sure about something, don’t curse people like you know everything. And stop whining like everybody owes you, try grow up and take some responsibility. Your word may be spreaded as rumor!!
Someword goes to Cynthia
I don’t think that I’d watch if either Jared or Jensen left. Their chemistry and the brother relationship is what drew me to the show. I don’t really care all that much about the mytharc. If I did though, I’d rather Supernatural continue on with Sam, rather than Dean. Dean has been the vicim of his own popularity: Over exposed and over developed. There’s not much more to develop with the character, IMO. Dean with a brand new “protege” would be nothing more that trying to recreate the brother relationship of the early years and would be boring to me. Sam, on the other hand, has been so neglected by the writers that he’s still pretty much a blank slate and there’s lots of ground to cover.
Really, though, I doubt that either Jensen or Jared would be interested in continuing beyond their contract and as you said Cynthia, they look ready to move on. Your artice serves nothing but to inflame the fandom.
@Lynn
Ah I got you now thanks. Sorry to imply that you were making things up. I had no idea such quotes existed or that you kept them in your, er, trunk. Though I am kind of intrigued at why that would be so. Are Sam fans now trolling for negative comments on Jensen fans sites and if so, to what end? That is what I don’t understand? What are you trying to prove?
You don’t like Jensen. I think we all get that loud and clear. But are you suggesting that Jensen fan sites are filled with people who don’t like him anymore because he had a Mohawk and piercings in a movie? Even if it’s true, who cares? Do you think every single Jared fan likes and approves of every single thing he has ever done? Oh wait, I guess they have to otherwise they will be drummed out of the very special Sam Fan Martyr Club.
Also I think the whining crack is rather amusing coming from your side of great divide, as is the demand that others take responsibility. The level of entitlement exhibited just in the comments to this article are quite telling. But since you think you’re the only ones who have a right to express any sort of opinion and that you can tell everyone else how to think and what to post, I suppose there isn’t much point in continuing this discussion.
@Muse
Now, I sincerely worry about your ‘Reading Comprehension Ability’.
But Yes, you are right. This is no meaning to continue this discussion. Because for your people, if you don’t like Jensen, so you must hate him!!
Sorry Muse, unlike you. I may be not that into Jensen, but I don’t hate him. Frankly, I feel nothing about him. Just an actor on TV!!
@Sylvie
I laugh every time I read that Sam is “underdeveloped” or a “blank slate”. Sam fans continuously bemoans this, yet he’s been developed plenty, we’ve seen show his psyche PLENTY. You just don’t like what you’ve seen.
You don’t like that we’ve been shown a selfish, power-hungry Sam; a Sam who was so desperate to be the hero and be more special than his brother, that he convinced himself that Dean was weak. He needed to see Dean as weak to justify himself and finally feel superior to his brother. He not only fed on demon blood, but psychologically fed off his brother’s trauma after Hell to realize this need for power and superiority. So maybe one shouldn’t blame you for being in denial!
@Muse
Brilliant posts. I literally LOL’d at that first one of yours.
I wish a licensed psychologist would come to this board and read these posts. She/he would have a field day trying to analyze all the conflicting viewpoints and hateful attitudes and words being thrown about.
[b]Cynthia[/b], isn’t it time to call an end to this? Nothing is being served by continuing the comments area of this article. ‘
@ Lynn said:
“Sorry Muse, unlike you. I may be not that into Jensen, but I don’t hate him. Frankly, I feel nothing about him. Just an actor on TV!!”
Really Lynn, just “another actor” on TV that you happen to keep quotes about ready to whip out when the opportunity arises? LOL! If you have no interest in Jensen, then why are you wasting your time here discussing him, i.e.:
“Sometime I just very pity for Jensen, he means nothing but a so called ‘pretty face’ to his batshitty fans.”
Batshitty fans? Really? So not only do you have to bash Jensen but you have to bash the fans as well?
So, safe to say that you’re a SAM girl, huh Lynn?
@Diane
Your analysis of Sam pretty much proves my point about the character being underdeveloped. Sam says very little most of the time, and we’re left with filling in the silences with how we percieve him. You obviously see a Sam with no redeeming qualities whatsoever, who doesn’t love his brother and felt no grief for his death or no guilt for not getting his brother back from Hell. I’m 100% sure that the writers would tell you you’re way off base. But Sam never talks about what he felt last year, so you can make up whatever you like.
Just catching up and as usual, the fans of this show do themselves so proud.
So basically some of you are saying that if one of the show’s co-leads wants to leave then the other lead actor and his fanbase should be punished by ending the show even if they are still enjoying everything. Even if the rest of the cast and crew want to keep making the show to the best of their abilities, the actions of that one actor should determine whether or not the rest of them can continue to earn a living.
Thanks for that.
Remind me to never watch another show with an active fanbase. I really don’t want to know what kind of small-minded people are out there.
@Sylvie
I saw those redeeming qualities you mention – at FIRST. That’s why Sam turned to Ruby while Dean was in hell. He was overcome with grief and he wanted revenge for Dean. I understand that. However, he then became addicted to the power (as highlighted by everyone from Chuck, to War (in season 5), as well as in his hallucinations) and in the process treated Dean like scum. He used Dean’s suffering in hell to justify himself as being NEEDED to be the strong one. He continued on his road to breaking the last seal, because he couldn’t give up the power and control he had. Not to mention how special he felt. These things were clear as daylight during his hallucinations and his general treatment of Dean, including mocking him that the angels could possibly think Dean’s the one for the job.
THESE are the things that Sam fans are in denial about. His motives started out noble, but became reprehensible; and with that his behavior towards Dean. That’s where his terrible betrayal lies as well, NOT in breaking the seal.
@Sylvie
Just to add. This comment by you: “I’m 100% sure that the writers would tell you you’re way off base” is way off base. Or did you miss the interview where Kripke said that Sam broke the last seal due to selfishness and pride?
@Sarah: “I wish a licensed psychologist would come to this board and read these posts. She/he would have a field day trying to analyze all the conflicting viewpoints and hateful attitudes and words being thrown about.”
Ain’t it the truth! And a shame. Over a TV show and fictional characters.
Be that as it may, if there is a Season 6, I hope Kripke will right the wrongs he did with both characters. Redeem Sam and let him and Dean have a grown-up, mature brotherly/friend relationship. Get back to basics, saving people, hunting things. Heck, let Castiel have his own seat of honor in the Impala! Just stop with all the damn angst and gleeful (on Kripke’s part, per his own words at the beginning of S4) division of fandom. I so miss Season 1, 2, and 3 when it seemed everyone was on the same page and loved both Sam and Dean. This disdain and hatred toward him is disturbing. Not to mention the hatred that spills over to Jared by virtue of his playing the character (not here, but other boards I have read). Stop the insanity! LOL
You do realize that the gossip about Jared wanting to leave is just that Cynthia – gossip. Its from a GOSSIP site and I am surprised you would repeat it here. Its shameful the amount of crap Jared has received from this fandom, this fandom has become a disgrace and I am surprised you would invite the insanity here with an article that seems designed to rile up fans.
Me and my husband just love Supernatural, we both watched season 1 till 4, and after every season we wait in patient for the next season to come out on DVD, we buy it by internet and then we just watch episode after episode. We’re from Belgium, and supernatural was only 1 season on TV. Our friends watch our DVD’s and also friends from work watch it. We all think the story is great, it’s exiting, surprising, romantic sometimes and the 2 brothers play there role excellently. It feels like we understand every emotion there going true. Jensen is great, Jarid is great and acting together as brothers they are perfect! It would be a shame if 1 of the boys would go. Because supernatural was also about family and brotherhood, so if 1 of the boys go… then it’s different.
But if the story is still great and the actors are as good as Jensen and Jered. We would still watch it I guess. But it won’t be the same, that I know.
Now I’m just counting down until we can buy season 5 on DVD…
Supernatural a 6 Season would be great I love Supernatural and a lot of other people do in my Country austria it would be unfair for us fans not to have a 6 season of Supernatural we have just stated season 3 what because they have to translate it in German. Jensen and Jared are great actors well they are both engaged now an they have a lot of things to do but I think no one can play Dean and Sam as good as they can Supernatural woudn´t be Supernatural without them I am a huge fan of them and I can´t emagine Supernatural without them they are meant to be on this show ! I am now 2 years in youtube and because of Supernatural I have a lot of Friends there they are in youtube because of Supernatural can´t emagine how it would be to tell them there won´t be a 6 season that would be horrible as they are already guessing what will be in the next season I just can say one thing I love this show and It would be awsome to have a season six of the best show ever !!!!!
It’s just a tv show, people! It’s one thing to enjoy watching something worthwhile like Supernatural, but then some of you make such harsh personal attacks against people you don’t even know. Grow up! Some of you seriously need a reality check.