#Kripke is the showrunner

[plaid-castiel]

Wait now Alex is in The Boys spin off show? This entire series is a supernatural reunion tour and I love it so much

[sapphireisverygaymydudes]

Why is not one talking about how Kripke just ripped off his shapeshifter from season one of Supernatural for 04x07 for The Boys? Like the peeling of the skin and the eyes being weird? I’m watching the episode and just going man you’ve done this before what the hell (not a criticism or anything just funny to me)

[wherethestoriesare]

KRIPKE: I’ll give a perfect example. The residuals I get are from its airing on TNT, which you know, it gets a couple hundred thousand views. The Netflix streaming of Supernatural is consistently in the Top 10 for billions of minutes streamed. Part of that is because there’s so many episodes, but still, if you just go by how many people are spending minutes watching that show, it blows away Squid Game and blows away things that are massive hits, and I’ve gotten a total of zero residuals for that. No one should cry for me. I’m doing great. I’m not asking for any sympathy for that. I’m just pointing out the inequity. Then when you think of all the writers on my staff, who really could use that money, are in between jobs or something, that’s significant. The fact that [streamers] can just live in this sort of new media disruptor black box and not pay what other networks are paying doesn’t seem fair

[twochildreninamoteldemo]

We should make a compendium of famous wincesties

[monstermoviedean]

the thing with dabb is i only have two questions. 1) do you even like supernatural? 2) what do you think dean deserves?

[monstraduplicia]

what do you think about Castiel?

i think he very quickly went from boring with moments of humor to violently annoying and unnecessary. he should have stayed dead when they killed him off the first time. I hate looking at him

[townhulls]

sam's uni timeline is really interesting not just for the inconsistencies but for the way those inconsistencies can be interpreted -- sam has been at university for four years. that's not a question. he's 22 years old, he's taken the lsat, he's applying to grad schools. but when dean references the 'almost two years' since he's seen sam, that can mean one of two things -- either dean's forgotten how long it's been since sam left, or somewhere around the beginning of sam's junior year, something happened that stopped them talking to each other.

both are fun to think about -- in the case of the former, to me it has less to do with dean's memory and more to do with the diminished importance of sam's college experience to the show itself. the show isn't interested in accurately tracking sam's university timeline, because that's not what the show is about. in fact, the more time the show spends on sam's uni, the more legitimacy they lend that period of time, the more time they spend on something that is in direct conflict with what the show WANTS to say. the show wants to emphasize how the inevitable choice (and debatably perhaps the correct choice) for sam to make is to abandon all hope of a normal life and to embrace hunting once again, and spending time carefully and consistently referencing sam's university experience undermines that by presenting it as an equally real, equally valid period of his life that he could plausibly return to.

but if the show muddies the waters -- if dean confuses the timeline, if john didn't really mean all that about staying gone and in fact welcomes sam back into the family in 1x16 shadow -- then the fever dream of sam's time at stanford diminishes in realness and in plausibility. it's more of a vaguely remembered farce than a real place he can return to; whereas the Family, and Hunting, and Hunting With the Family -- those are real, and they are current, and they are carefully and meticulously portrayed as the only real place sam has ever been or will ever be.

[manichewitz]

my hottest of hot supernatural hot takes is that i don't even consider cas's love confession canon because in my mind dean and cas have been canonically and lovingly suckin and fuckin since at least season 5. it was just happening offscreen

[mybrainproblems]

brain is just mii waiting room music as i consider where i've ended up in my supernatural fandom journey

[spn-etc]

Me, after finding this absolutely bitchin' pen: so I will be a writer for spn 16, right?

Magic 8 pen:

[pollsnatural]

Imagine that a Supernatural sequel and its showrunner have been announced. Spin the wheel, find out which writer is the showrunner, and answer the question:

If you want to know/remember which episodes your writer wrote, you can follow the links below.

Eric Kripke

Sera Gamble

Jeremy Carver

Andrew Dabb

Ben Edlund

Cathryn Humphris

John Shiban

Raelle Tucker

Robert Berens

Buckleming - Brad Buckner and Eugenie Ross-Leming

Adam Glass

Robbie Thompson

Charmelo&Snyder - Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder

Steve Yockey

Davy Perez

Meredith Glynn

Jenny Klein

Ryan Murphy - he's the creator/writer of Glee, 9-1-1, American Horror Story, etc. He's never written anything for spn, he's just here for the joke (and for me to see if there are people who would watch Supernatural, written by the creator of Glee).

[positivexcellence]

Jared Padalecki Joins ‘Fire Country’ For Guest Arc That Could Lead To New Franchise Offshoot

EXCLUSIVE: Jared Padalecki is returning to series television. The former Supernatural star, coming off a four-season run as the lead of Walker, has been tapped for a three-episode arc on the upcoming third season of CBS‘ hit drama series Fire Country, headlined and executive produced by Max Thieriot.

He will play Camden, a SoCal firefighter and maverick with a surfer swagger who is a force to be reckoned with and immediately recognizes Bode’s (Thieriot) raw talent.

The deal with Fire Country producer CBS Studios is strictly for the recurring role, sources said. Given Padalecki’s status as a popular leading man with two hit series under his belt, I hear there is a possibility for the guest stint to lead to a new spinoff headlined by him that would join the upcoming Sheriff Country.

Sources stress that the idea is still in its nascent stages. And similarly to the NCIS franchise, which originated on CBS and has generated four domestic offshoots on the network but has also expanded into streaming with the latest spinoff, NCIS: Tony & Ziva (as well as the streaming/broadcast NCIS: Sydney), a new Fire Country spinoff could be for broadcast or streaming. Reps for CBS and CBS Studios declined comment.

Fire Country, which was the most watched new broadcast series in its freshman season, was quickly identified by the CBS leadership as a potential franchise anchor that could spawn multiple spinoffs.

“We are focused on mass-appeal franchises,” CBS President and CEO George Cheeks said in June 2023. “This season’s number one show was Fire Country, which completely lends itself to building out a whole new universe… It became very clear that not only was the show special, it really felt like this could be a great example of us building together a franchise from scratch.”

The first Fire Country spinoff, the Morena Baccarin-starring Sheriff Country, which started off as a planted spinoff episode on the mothership series this past season, was recently picked up to series for 2025-26.

Keeping Padalecki in the fold has been a priority for CBS Studios following the end of its CW drama Walker, on which he was star and executive producer, leading to creating the opportunity for him on Fire Country. Walker was canceled for financial reasons despite being the network’s most watched series.

Fire Country averages more than 10 million viewers per episode in multi-platform viewing. (Live+35-day on Paramount + and CBS TVE)

Season 1 became available on Netflix in the US August 1 and has already reached #3 in the streamer’s daily rankings. This is an additional domestic streaming window for Fire Country whose first two seasons are on Paramount+. It is designed to give the show additional exposure ahead of its Oct. 18 Season 3 premiere on CBS.

From creators and executive producers Tony Phelan, Joan Rater and Thieriot, inspired by Thieriot’s experiences growing up in Northern California, the series follows Bode Donovan (Thieriot), a young convict seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence by joining a prison release firefighting program in Northern California, which sends him back to his hometown.

Billy Burke, Kevin Alejandro, Diane Farr, Stephanie Arcila, Jordan Calloway and Jules Latimer also star. Tia Napolitano, who also serves as showrunner, executive produces alongside Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed of Jerry Bruckheimer Television.

Since the end of Walker, Padalecki also has discussed a role on the upcoming fifth and final season of Prime Video’s The Boys, developed and executive produced by Supernatural creator Eric Kripke. He is repped by UTA, Industry Entertainment and Fuller Law.

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[justjensenanddean]

"But it seems like the two will bury the hatchet in season 5 as, despite getting off on the wrong foot on their last meeting, Homelander and Soldier Boy do share a common enemy: Billy Butcher. "Soldier Boy is really driven to kill Butcher after Butcher betrayed him in season 3," reveals Kripke. "So he's just an excellent antagonist, to switch sides and basically, you know, to be with the supes." (gamesradar)

The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke on why he is bringing back Soldier Boy as next season's extra antagonist

[dotthings]

Some reminders:

Misha turned down a good role because he would have to spend too much time away from his kids (as reported from a m&g. We have no further detail than that)

for Gotham Knights, Misha had the Harvey Dent role pitched to him. The producers wanted Misha specifically

Misha turned down doing a Castiel spinoff on the CW

Kripke and Jensen talked about a cameo role for Jensen and Kripke was the one who said no wait I have something more substantial for you. Jensen then had to go through a rigorous audition process to impress the suits at Sony TV and the other actors in consideration for Soldier Boy were much bigger names.

Jensen's role on Big Sky (which Jensen said was a "favor for a friend") was custom written with him in mind

Jensen's role on Tracker, same showrunner as Big Sky, was custom written with him in mind and lead and producer Justin Hartley specifically wanted Jensen

[alsaurus-loves-dean]

the article tho lmfaoooo

"KEI Announces 2025 Series Reboot for Netflix

by Becky Rosen, Variety

A reboot of the long running CW series Supernatural is moving forward at Netflix, slated for 2025.

Creator and showrunner Eric Kripke of Kripke Enterprises Scrap Metal & Entertainment. Inc. announced the series Supernatural: Resurrection will be a "reimagining of the fan-favorite show which is currently the longest-running US sci-fi network television show in history.

"The original 15 seasons were basically shot as a proof of concept more than as a real series. By the end we realized this show's strength is in its world-building and the actors, essentially replaceable. This reboot of Supernatural will be a bold take on the series, featuring an all-female cust. Samantha, Deanna, and Cass will be supported by their friends Alexa and Bobbi. It'll basically be like the Ghostbusters female reboot, bat in the Supernatural universe-very on-trend for today's audiences.

I've had multiple conversations with Jensen Ackles about this new direction. We didn't see eye to eye at first, but I'm the creator and that makes me essentially god in this scenario so I decided he was going to be completely on board' with this adaptation. I've even offered to pay him scale for a cameo, with a stipulation in his contract requiring more nudity than in The Boys, so that'll be a nugget for the eagle-eyed fans.

I've also decided to innovate a whole new approach to scripting by utilizing A.I. for all characters aside from our leads. This cost-cutting measure has been lauded by every stadio head I've spoken to as 'the future of television, and will more than make up for the fact that I got screwed out of residuals from the first show."

Variety reached out to stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki for comment. Padalecki couldn't be reached as he was "out riding the range, and Ackles said simply, "Eric Kripke has my unwavering support in all matters."

Misha Collins was eager to offer a full interview, but our editors declined because of his recent public promotion of hate groups and conspiracy theories.

When asked about Misha Collins' potential involvement in the new show Kripke, replied, "Misha who?"

Supernatural: Resurrection is slated to move into production April 1, 2025 with Bob Singer and Eric Kripke to executive produce."