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The Supernatural spin-off will have Chicago roots.
The potential offshoot, which is still in the early stages of development, will be set in Chi-town, TVLine has learned — and it seems all is not peaceful there.
The project will explore the clashing hunter and monster cultures in the Windy City.
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As TVLine previously reported, the planted pilot will air as an episode of the long-running CW series in the spring and will feature several new characters.
Supernatural‘s Season 9 premiere airs Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 9/8c.
Supes fans, what do you think of the spin-off’s location and premise? Sound off in the comments!
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I feel like a lot of the success of Supernatural is thanks to the relationship between Dean & Sam (& Cas sometimes). Would a spinoff work as well? Meh, probably not. Would I still watch it? You bet!
I don’t know if I’d watch or not, i watch Supernatural for Sam and Dean, the idea actually scares me because a show I loved, Stargate Atlantis had a spin off created in their 5th season and then they killed my show and the spin off was HORRIBLE!! But agree with the above comment, it wouldn’t be as great as Supernatural cause it’s the guys that are acting that I toon in for. :)
Considering that SGA was itself a spinoff of SG1, and the two ran concurrently for three seasons, I really don’t think you can blame SGU for SGA’s death. If anything’s to blame it’s MGM’s bankruptcy.
No, but I can blame SGA for SG1’s death.
SGU was a big factor in SGA’s cancellation, and SGU’s failure helped the decision to not make an SGA movie, because the fans clearly weren’t interested. They didn’t take into account that we weren’t interested because SGU sucked.
totally agree :) Thats why I’m sooooo scared. :(
Personally I blame the ORI….
Um. Syfy was willing to let SG1 go another season. Michael Shanks and Amanda Tapping didn’t want to renew their contracts and TPTB felt that after losing RDA, losing both of them would have killed the show. They felt that they had ten successful years and it was time. SGA did not kill SG1.
I welcome an SPN spinoff. Honestly people, try something new once in a while.
To WinJennster. Source that for me please. I read Gateworld religiously and they put everything Stargate related up and that never happened. Syfy cancelled SG1, not for SGA, but because it was 10 great years. I agree with everyone that if they wanted to continue they should have, but it was done in the eyes of the execs. This is why they did the movies. Season 4 of SGA had Amanda Tapping in it because her Season 10 SG1 signing was for two seasons. No SG1 she got bumped over to SGA.
Stargate Atlantis was in fact cancelled for SGU. Studio Execs say, its either SGU or SGA, and the creators decided SGU. Joseph Mallozzi posted about it in his blog way back when how dissapointed he was in the decision making of that.
SGU did poorly for many reasons, first season was too slow paced, it felt like Walking Dead season 2. However Season 2 of SGU was amazing, but it was already to late. The other issue was cancelling of SGA was very well known as Stargate had a very hardcore fan base and many were pissed about the decision making of cancelling SGA before its time. Especially on such a unique note of what they did with Atlantis. So many fans abandoned SGU and didn’t even give it a chance.
To whomever mentioned the MGM bankruptcy, that did not cause the end of SG1, SGA or SGU. It did however cause the death of direct to DVD movies for the Stargate franchise and thus ended the Stargate universe as we know it. Whomever picked up the franchise rights made an announcement saying that Stargate was done, which is weird because it was somewhere in their top five highest grossing franchises. I think the Bond films or something was the only one above them. I don’t 100% remember.
In some of these cases, my mention of Syfy can be replaced with MGM as I do not remember which one had a hand in one, and vice versa.
Universe did not run congruently with Atlanis, it came on the year that they cancelled Atlantis I used to chat with one of the writers and he was upset like many that were on the show because they were loosing a show that they all loved. Atlantis ran 04-09 and Universe ran 09-11. Stargate and Atlantis did run side by side and were equally given the love, but they got Uni and Atlantis that still had so much live was pushed aside for space sex and OMG moments. BUT my point of this whole example wasn’t to argue SG but to say that I am VERY worried that the same thing will happen to OUR show. Supernatural, whether we are Sam fans, Dean fans, Cas Fans, Bobby fans, or John fans ( which there aren’t many :)) we all have one thing in common and that is that we love the show and want it to be given the time it deserves and the attention it has earned. They tried to take it down a few times, but we, the fans, wouldn’t let that be done. They moved it from one day to another day to another day to Friday. They put it up against other more popularly rated shows on major networks and we wouldn’t let it die. We got it as the first TV guide fan favorite cover, we got them to give us H-Hall at Comic-con and I just hope that the powers that bee don’t forget the love that is deserved for that little show!! :)
But Atlantis was a spin off itself, so I agree with writing my own way. Not sure you can blame it’s spin off for it’s demise, but more the company that made the shows and produced them.
Allen92909 – Yes your right Atlantis was a spin off and I gave it a shot while still watching Stargate, but the difference with which I was trying to point out was that SGU was given all the love, attention, and time and Atlantis that had just received a people’s choice award was left on the sidelines and not given the attention it needed to keep being the success it was, as chosen by the fans with the peoples choice and I’m very scared that a spin-off for Supernatural would go down that avenue. I don’t want the producers to forget about the show that got them to the place they are just because they have a shiny new toy to play with. At least with Stargate and Atlantis they gave each show attention, then they let the first show go, which it was it’s time, but Atlantis had more life, it just stopped getting the love it needed to thrive and all the attention was put into a show that just didn’t have the chops to be given all that attention. I WANT supernatural to succeed and it would be wrong and a shame for something new to be given all the attention. If they want to spin off fine but don’t forget your older child just because you have a new baby! :) I’m team Sam and Dean all the way and I’d love it if Bobby was thrown back in the mix, he’s not the staple Jared and Jensen are but he is somebody I miss pushing the two of them and guiding them.
If I like the backdoor pilot, I will watch the new series, plain and simple. I watch Supernatural mostly because I fell for the great chemistry and interaction between Sam, Dean, Bobby and Cas. That’s what carried me through season 6 & 7. I enjoyed season 8 much more than the previous two, even with the growing pains it went through. And now that we’re going to get to see Bobby again this season (hopefully in a better written story than the seriously rushed clunker he was in last season), I’m hoping for a multi-episode arc. Maybe we can see Benny again too, sometime. I grew to really like him. His death was very well played (by both Ty Olssen and Jensen Ackles) and we never did actually see him get killed in Purgatory – so the door is open.
at least wait till you see it before judging it. if you go in with this attitude then you wont like it because of preconceptions.
The CW just likes to spin-off any show they find successful (remember the proposed Gossip Girl spin-off?). Lets just hope the pilot is awful and dies there.
‘Let’s just hope the pilot is awful and dies there.’ Nope, not me. Supernatural is my favorite show I watch most episodes over and over again because of the story not because of J2. I love the guys but it’s the mythology and folklore that grabs me. If the same ideas and themes are in the spinoff I will watch it.
Why not set it in the Afterlife or Limbo or something and have Jo and her Mum there as main characters. Other characters who have died could be there too. Especially, as they probably wouldn’t have gotten into Heaven with the bad things they’ve done. This new series has to have familiar people to link it to the original.
I read that sam and dean would still be in the show but not the main charaters like show would have family of monster and family of hunters and so forth
I say give Garth the spin-off!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is really gonna live or die on cast.. we don’t even know who they are yet? Unsure… I personally would after the last season of SPN have a Castiel spin off.
Agreed! A spin-off should feature someone we love from the original, like Cas or Charlie, not someone brand new that we’re not invested in.
I wish the spinnoff would be of Cas so he would leave SPN for good. The lenghths the writers go to keep that annoying character around is ridiculous. He makes the show so much worse.
They don’t go to any lengths to keep Castiel around. The writers of Supernatural have often tried to find away to get rid of him but it’s always caused a lot of trouble with fans.
Funny, I feel the same way about the uber annoying Sheriff Mills. It’s a completely useless character whom the writers give unbelievable abilities (like, really, someone else gets stabbed and dies, but Mills survives AND takes out a Goddess? Really?! Sorry writers, not realistic). The actress who plays her is sub-par (and rather obnoxious in real life) as well. At least Castiel can be entertaining. And Misha Collins does some good out there in the world. Now if they wanted to bring back Ellen (or Jo, Bela, Ruby, Sarah, Charlie, etc.) THAT would be good for the spin off.
I will give it a shot but if they are aiming for the chemistry they have with Supernatural, that is too big of shoes to fill. I hope they are calling it a spin off but are actually planning something altogether different.
I will definitely give the spinoff a chance.
How long will Supernatural is going to end and what are the chances?
I mainly watch Supernatural for the Sam & Dean relationship (Jared & Jensen’s chemistry) so I will be a bit weary watching a spin-off especially with new characters. (I hope Sam & Dean won’t be pushed aside in that episode with ‘several new characters’.
I TOTALLY agree it happened with another show that I loved and the writers and producers and everybody put all their energy into the new show and my beloved show was cancelled. This scares me a great deal. :(
Huh. Honestly, Supernatural works and is as beloved as it is because of the relationship between Sam and Dean. The relationship between Sam and Dean is such a joy to watch because of the relationship between Jared and Jensen. I want this to work, if only to not tarnish Supernatural in anyway, but I just can’t imagine all the pieces lining up so perfectly again. The casting of Jared and Jensen together was lightning in a bottle, and I will be shocked if they can make that happen again with another pair of actors.
Beautifully said!!!! I couldn’t agree more!
Totally agree with this. Doesn’t mean I won’t give a new show a chance, it’s just that I don’t think they can get that wonderful chemistry again. Well said.
It sounds like it’s the same show as Supernatural but with different characters… what’s the point? If you had Bobby alive and spun him off with occasional drop in with the Winchester boys. But to have pretty much the exact show… it’s not really worth it. I watch for Sam and Dean and the connection they have.
NCIS:LA, Mayberry RFD, CSI:Everything, Law & Order: Everything, All spin-offs with great success working a basic formula. Relax and give the show a fair shake. If it’s no good, then don’t watch, but you’re making guesses based on a small fragment of information. Just wait.
Exactly! Shows can have effective spin offs around the same plot. I would like to see them working off another hunter. Or maybe they bring in the kids from season 8 cause they would make a great spin off. Or perhaps Garth?
I definitely agree, bring the kids back in form season 8. I’d definitely watch that. They have a lot of potential to make another show great!!!!
Not looking forward to this. I watch for Sam and Dean and without them my interest is just not there. Plus the whole thing sounds dead boring and uninteresting to me so far. I might check out an episode and will watch if Jared and Jensen make appearances but knowing me the way I do, I don’t think this will thrill me at all. I’d rather a spin off of John and Mary and then John alone raising the boys in the life pre-Supernatural.
Supernatural: Chicago coming in 2014
….and in 2016 comes….Supernatural: Miami!!
Oh Heavens that would be a nightmare on my street! I agree with what everyone has said in that Supernatural is what it is because of the brothers.I will watch the beginning of the spin-off, but don’t really have a lot of hope that it will fly. I never liked CSI Miami and only watched CSI NY for a short time. Supernatural is ,in my opinion,a one of a kind endeavor and can not be re-invented.
I think it will be fine. I would love for them to entice a few old favorite guest stars to actually star in the premise. Nicki Aycox, Tricia Helfer, Traci Dinwiddie, Lindsey McKeon, Fredric Lehne, Charles Malik Whitfield, Hal Ozsan, Chad Everett, The list goes on. They can make this work and work well. The show won’t be Supernatural of course, but it will be a supernatural show NOT embracing the vampire craze.
Didn’t Chad Everett die in the past year or two? Plus he played rapidly aged Dean, so unless we’re time traveling I doubt he’d be back either way ; -)
They would have to bring all of these characters back to life. Even for Supernatural, that’s a bit too much.
Spoiler alert – in case you arent caught up, don’t read!!
my one concern about the spinoff is with the tablets and such it seems like they are headed in the direction of sending all demons back to hell – I assume Supernatural is nearing the end of its run, so if this Spinoff, which would begin when Supernatural is in its 10th season, ran for, lets say, 6 years hypothetically, doesn’t that rule out the ending of all demons being sent back to hell? They wouldnt be able to have a spinoff with no demons and i doubt supernatural will go for 15 seasons. Obviously this is speculation and a lot of what ifs and there are lot of ending options for the show, but that was just the first thought to pop in my mind
Actually, it doesn’t. Even with all demons gone, there are many monsters that would still be on the earthly plane. Supernatural started out with a “monster-of-the-week” formula that the Chicago show could start out with. Also, the Winchesters tended to deal with monsters in remote areas (small towns, etc.) so dealing with the monster culture in a big city would work. As long as they do a better job than Syfy did on the Jim Butcher novels about Harry Dresden.
I’m glad I’m not the only one disappointed by Syfy’s Dresden Files! My problem is with having it set in one place. I mean really, how long can you go without people catching on that something’s weird? Even the other police officers who aren’t ‘in the know’ on Grimm have started catching on that something’s not normal about crime in Portland. And I’m so tired of everything falling back on police officers and police procedures.
According to Carver and Jared, with the new story arc they’re setting up this year, it could run long past S10 (which has always been my guess as to when the series would end, not because of a lack of story lines but because J2 are both fathers, Danneel and JJ live in LA while Jensen’s in Vancouver, Thomas will be nearly school-age, baby Padalecki will be like 2 years old…plus the fact that J2’s contracts are up at the end of S10.)
With them popping out babies left in right they will need SPN more then ever. 3 Million a year I will take it:)
considering supernatural has gone to the trouble of setting up ghosts, vampires, werewolves, wendigos, faries and a few other things they dont really have a problem with that. throw in some episodes every now and then were the bad guys are just really screwed up humans like supernatural does and some episodes like the wishing well one and you have more than enough to go on. plus it would be really great if they got away from the angels and demons stuff so they can differentiate themselves from the original a bit.
Look, they did a great job casting Jared & Jensen, maybe lightning will strike twice. Think happy little thoughts, guys…
It sounds like Supernatural is coming to an end. I would like to see a spinoff with Benny the vampire and the taxi driver who took Sam to purgatory working together to free good souls that are in purgatory. I will not be interested in watching a spinoff if Benny doesn’t get his own show
Like some of the others have said, I watch SPN for the chemistry between Jared and Jensen as Sam and Dean. That’s what makes this show work. I’ll give the pilot a try, but only if Sam and Dean are in it a good part of the time (I don’t want another version of Bitten, thank you.) I don’t want SPN to end just to have the spin-off focused on. That’d make me have to boycott CW.
Nowadays I only watch Supernatural for Castiel, and for any Dean-Castiel interactions. So the spin-off is not of much interest to me.
I feel kinda shaky on the whole spinoff thing. I, like everybody else, am happy with the Sam and Dean characters. I would give it a shot…just wouldn’t bank on loving it. Better chances of survival for it would be to spinoff on an already known and loved (or hated) character, but I hear the spinoff character gets introduced at the end of the season. I would suggest…Bobby, Cas, Garth…etc for main characters for the new show.
I hope they don’t jump the shark with introducing so many new characters this coming season. 8 seasons with Dean and Sam (later with Bobby and Cas too) didn’t succeed for no reason.
Chicago . . . supernatural . . . Dresden?? It would be so cool if the spin-off was a new Dresden series.
Exactly what I’m hoping. The Syfy series from 2001 was OK, but it didn’t do the books enough justice. I would love to see a backdoor pilot where Harry teams up with the Winchesters to fight monsters!
damn that would be great but a lot of the lore on the show doesnt match up with the lore of the dresden world so i wouldnt want another in-name-only adaptation like the last one.
By the sounds of this it seems like they are going to end the show soon like they are intending which I’m glad (don’t get me wrong I adore this show and am going to hate when it ends but it’s better than bleeding it dry). Hopefully the spin-off will fill the void, so long as it doesn’t ruin the mythology or try to have replacements/rip-offs of our favorite characters ~
“The project will explore the clashing hunter and monster cultures in the Windy City.”
Sounds like Angel if it took place in Chicago instead of Los Angeles.
I was thinking the same thing! I’ve also been thinking that The Originals seems like it is going to be the Angel of The Vampire Diaries. Which makes me conclude the CW just needs to bring Angel back. (I say that half in jest, but I’ve never gotten over losing it prematurely.)
If Supernatural was going to do a spin-off, they should have done it with Bobby, Jodi and Rufus or Castiel, Kevin and Garth or even the ghostfacers but starting with a bunch of all new (except for this one special episode) cast that probably won’t have the same chemistry as the ones from Supernatural do isn’t the best idea, in my opinion.
I honestly don’t want it. Think about it? Every time a show has a spin off, the show is let behind so everyone can make the spin off work. Supernatural is not monsters or horror. It’s the love and chemistry of family..of Dean, Sam, Bobby, Cas..and those who have died and I miss so much. It’s the drama, the comedy, and then the horror. Jensen and Jared know how to do it right. They make it work. You can’t just write it, direct it, and think any actor can do what they have done. No. I don’t think so.
No spin-off! When Supernatural ends, it’s world should end with it. No, I don’t mean the apocalypse but I mean I don’t want to see their world without the brothers. They are what makes that world work. And yes this does spoil the whole return the demons to hell thing.
Honestly after continuing it past the planned 5 seasons, I just wish they’d respect the world. This season was great. Let the Supernatural world to before tarnishing the history. When the brothers go, the book is closed for me.
Same here. Actually..when one or both J2s go, that’s it for me. No one else can play Sam or Dean except Jared and Jensen, and I don’t want something like Adam and Sam hunting while Dean goes off to an apple pie life. No way. It’s J2 together in Supernatural or no Supernatural.
I’m actually looking forward to seeing what they end up doing with this spin off. It has a lot of potential to expand the world of Supernatural in ways that they aren’t able to do right now. Will it be a “hit or miss”? Sure. As is any new show.
It will be set in a Chicago-based school that sits over a a portal to hell, otherwise known as a Hellmouth.
and the main character will be called muffy simmons.