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Jared Padalecki “gutted” he wasn’t told about Supernatural spin-off

By Dan Selcke

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 21: Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki speak at the "Supernatural" Special Video Presentation and Q&A during 2019 Comic-Con International at San Diego Convention Center on July 21, 2019 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 21: Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki speak at the "Supernatural" Special Video Presentation and Q&A during 2019 Comic-Con International at San Diego Convention Center on July 21, 2019 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) /
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Supernatural vet Jensen Ackles will produce a narrate a spin-off called The Winchesters, but apparently no one told Jared Padalecki. “I’m gutted.”

The good news: Supernatural is getting a spin-off! Variety reports that the long-running horror drama is getting a prequel series called The Winchesters, all about the parents of brothers Sam and Dean Winchester. So we’ll be following the exploits of a young John and Mary Winchester (played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Samantha Smith in the original series) as they hunt monsters and take names. And the whole thing will be produced and narrated by Jensen Ackles, who played Dean. Ackles’ wife Danneel is also involved, through their Chaos Machine Productions banner.

The bad news: there’s already drama surrounding the series. Shortly after it was announced, Jared Padalecki (who played Sam), congratulated his onscreen brother, but also revealed he hadn’t heard anything about this spin-off and had to learn about it from Twitter like the rest of us plebs. “[I’m bummed that Sam Winchester had no involvement whatsoever.”

Some fans thought this might be a joke, but Padalecki later confirmed that it’s not: he really was kept in the dark about this, which seems like a big oversight on the part of The CW given that he was one of two guys who held down the show for 15 straight seasons.

Supernatural has always had a close-knit fanbase that appreciated the family-like atmosphere promoted by the cast, crew and network, so this may feel a bit jarring.

And also Misha Collins, who played the angel Castiel on the main show, would like in:

The Winchesters will premiere in…well, let’s see if it can get over this hurdle first.

UPDATE: After another twist in the road, Padalecki said that he and Ackles talked things out and they’re cool:

Up and down with this show.

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