At Comic-Con, Glee Redacts Old Rumors, Starts New Rumors
Remember that time Ryan Murphy told The Hollywood Reporter that Lea Michele, Finn the Lesbian and Chris Colfer would leave Glee after Season Three because their characters are going to graduate high school and probably go backpack Europe, join the cast of Logo’s Hit Series The A-List, or sign up with The Peace Corps?
Well, the biggest not-story of the year has been officially redacted! See, this is what happens if you plan your life out too far in advance.
Glee Panel - July 24th - Photo Via Wireimage
In her Hollywood Reporter Round-Up of Glee Stuff from July 24th’s Glee Panel at Comic-Con in San Diego, Glee Expert Lesley Goldberg reports that producer Brad Falchuk denied that information, insisting that “they are not done with the show after this season.”:
“Because they’re graduating doesn’t mean they’re leaving the show. If you have Lea Michele under contract, you don’t just say, ‘We’re going to let you go.’ ” Falchuk noted that there are a number of Glee kids, with some seniors and some juniors – like Jenna Ushkowitz – and a “number of original people are not graduating.”
“It was never our plan, it was never our intention to let them go,” Falchuk said. “They are not done with the show after this season.”
What a relief!! Phew! Now, onto the lesbian parts. Did you know that the entire cast are”Brittana fans”? I think I did already know that, but it’s nice to hear it again:
“Santittany is so much funnier,” co-creator/EP Ian Brennan joked of the couples’ shipper name. The exec producers also noted that they discovered at the same time as the rest of the country what big talents they had in both actresses.
“We started getting into that story line almost as a goof at first,” Falchuk said. “As we started taking some time with it, we realized that there was a group of people we weren’t representative of … this lesbian and bisexual community. … We’re fortunate the network wasn’t resistant of it and let us try it out and it became something much deeper.” Added Brennan: “America watched us realize that we had two incredible talents on our hands that we didn’t realize.”
Other tidbits from THR: Coach Beiste is returning for Season Three, there are no current plans for a spinoff and Mercedes will be getting a new boyfriend but it won’t be Trouty Mouth. Kurt and Blaine will continue to be happy and in love but “Falchuk noted that with two stars in a relationship together, there would be some competition to come.”
Darren Criss & Dot Marie Jones at Comic-Con
According to Queerty, “Darren Criss revealed that his character, Blaine, and Colfer’s Kurt will be “in the honeymoon phase” and about to take the next step in their relationship.” As we all learned on The Real L Word, “the next step” is either “sex” or “moving in together.”
The Washington Post reported that we’ll be seeing a lot more about Mike Chang’s relationship with his parents, “who might not be super-supportive of his interest in dance and music.” Seriously if we meet Mike Chang’s parents and not Rachel’s Two Dads, I’m going to flip out.
Panel attendees were also treated to a trailer from the Glee 3-D movie, which Lesley Goldberg describes as “The Heather Morris Show.” If only the entire series could be described as “The Heather Morris Show.” That would be such a good show!
