GLEE AT COMIC-CON (Spoilers of course)
Live from Comic-Con: Glee Tackles Britney Spears, a New Love Triangle and...a 3-D Movie?!
Ready to get your
Glee on? We just got to chat with
Ryan Murphy and his always fab
Glee cast, and of course hit up the panel session here at Comic-Con to soak up as much
Glee scoop as humanly possible. Here's what you fans absolutely must know...
Unfortunately
, Matthew Morrison,
Jayma Mayes,
Lea Michele,
Cory Monteith,
Mark Salling,
Dianna Agron were not at Comic-Con, so there was no talk about those particular love triangles. We know, we can hear your cries of frustration from San Diego. Lucky us, tons of other cast members were there, and we have plenty of other
Glee goodies for your perusal! Here are your highlights:
New love triangle! Ryan reveals that Tina will fall out of love with Artie and start falling in love with Mike Chang. Commence gasps of shock and betrayal.
Britney! The
Britney Spears episode, called "Britney/Brittany" will be airing in September and will consists of six songs. "We're doing it in a very funny way. We're doing it in a fun, hallucinogenic way," Ryan reveals. Since Matt Morrison publically voiced his objections to a Britney-themed episode, Mr. Schuester will spend the whole episode refusing to do Britney songs. Ha! Awesome, right?
Glee in 3-D! No, seriously! Ryan was asked to do a
Glee movie, but he declined. He did say if he were to ever take
Glee to the big screen, he'd want to do "a 3-D concert version from Radio City." Shall we start that campaign now?
More mama drama. Ryan confirmed that
Idina Menzel will be back for season two. Holler!
Not bringing sexy back. The rumor of
Justin Timberlake appearing on
Glee was again squashed by Ryan, but he did think that if he were to come on the show, he'd be perfect as Will's younger brother.
New couple alert! Kind of. Currently, the writers are toying around with having Brittany and Santana kiss. Naya Rivera was also kind enough to drop their fan-given couple name: "Santittany." Titillating!
Less music? In the second season, Ryan and Co. will be focusing more on characters and their stories and less on musical numbers. He guesses season two will average about five numbers an episode as opposed to last season's eight. But rest assured, Ryan did promise that some episodes would get music-crazy.
Geek-splosion! Ryan announced they will be doing a
Rocky Horror Picture Show-themed episode.
Season opener. The first half of the premiere episode will be catching up with everyone and what they did on their summer vacation. Ryan plans on starting the gang at "ground zero," as he calls it. "They start the year as bigger losers than they were last year because of their very public third-place finish."
Praise Jebus! Ryan revealed an upcoming episode theme to be religion. Songs to be covered: "Losing my Religion" and "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" Also, Mercedes will be taking Kurt somewhere special: her church! We already have goosebumps forming in anticipation of that gospel number.
Super Glee. We know that the precious time slot following the Super Bowl will be filled by
Glee, but Ryan revealed it will be a tribute episode, though he can't tell us who they will be honoring.
Friend forever. Amber Riley told the crowd she loves Mercedes' relationship with Quinn and that she hopes it continues.
Home life. We are going to get glimpses into the home lives of New Directions. Ryan is interested in meeting Artie's mother, Rachel's two gay dads, and he also believes that Brittany has a "really smart older sister."
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Extra info from hitfix.com -
1:58 p.m. "Every day I get thousands and thousands of emails and Facebook messages and Twitter replies... about how much that scene effected them," Colfer says of the O'Malley (Kurt's dad) scene, calling O'Malley "flawless."
2:00 p.m. "I felt like I was doing something bad. I was like 'I need to get back in the chair,'" recalls McHale of the "nervous energy" that came from the Artie Dancing scene.
2:01 p.m. Jenna Ushkowitz loved shooting her scene pretending to be a vampire and says that she's personally a "Vampire Diaries" fan, not that she'd name a favorite character on that show.
2:02 p.m. Heather Morris' favorite Britney lines include "gay sharks" and "there was a mouse in mine."
2:04 p.m. Ryan Murphy says the Madonna episode went over budget early on and that it took 12 or 13 days to shoot it., four or five days more than the usual episode. His words of inspiration, "Do it for Madonna." He calls it the most fun they had all season.
2:05 p.m. Favorite moments? Riley says "Bad Romance." McHale praises the KISS episode ("I've never been taller in my entire life").
2:06 p.m. Murphy says that the show will be concentrating on the characters and possibly smaller stories in Season Two, calling it more "intimate." He says there will be "a couple tribute episodes," promising maybe five musical numbers per episode instead of eight. This is *exactly* the opposite of the change they meant last season.
2:08 p.m. A reference to singing Justin Bieber songs gets boos from the audience.
(haha)
2:09 p.m. "I want to do 'The Time Warp,'" Colfer says and Murphy tells him that they will, indeed, be doing a "Rocky Horror" episode. Woo!
2:11 p.m. The Kurt-and-Finn relationship will continue to be explored in future episodes. A questioner calls Kurt's behavior to Finn "creepy" and Ryan Murphy says he disagrees. The Mike O'Malley/Kurt/Finn triangle will continue to be important. "It gives us a platform to discuss things that people don't really talk about on television," Murphy says.
2:11 p.m. Naya Rivera and Heather Morris are aware that there's a fanbase that supports the Brittany/Santana relationship. Murphy says that they're writing an episode and debating whether or not the characters should kiss.
2:13 p.m. There's agreement that they were more scared to meet Oprah than President Obama.
2:14 p.m. Much love for Chris Colfer. He's asked about the differences between Chris and Kurt. "I had no idea who Marc Jacobs was before we shot the pilot," says Chris, who calls himself a huge, huge nerd. "I'm very awkward and Kurt, he just thinks he's superior to everyone around him and what's not to like about that?"
2:16 p.m. Many people apparently have pet peeves involving Amber, including a weird vocal exercise with her tongue.
2:17 p.m. Jenna was the only castmember to be in an actual glee club in high school. Ryan Murphy was also in glee club.
2:19 p.m. Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth will both be back this season. Colfer says he got their blessing for his version of "Defying Gravity."
2:21 p.m. Time for details on Kurt's upcoming boyfriend: "We're definitely going to do that," Murphy promises. Murphy wants Kurt to have the high school experience that he never had. He wants Kurt and his boyfriend to be Prom King and King. "We're going to definitely do that in the second season. I think that's an important thing to put into the world," Murphy says.
2:22 p.m. Heather Morris' favorite part of the season was when she got to wear the cone bra.
2:23 p.m. Murphy is trying to capture the feeling of being an Outcast Family that he had in his own glee club days.
2:24 p.m. Murphy expects we're going to meet more of the characters' families. He really wants to see Rachel's gay dads. And maybe Brittany's family. "I imagine my parents work for NASA," Morris says.
2:25 p.m. "This is a show about why the arts matter," Murphy says, adding that he loves the feedback they've gotten from teachers and people involved in the arts.
2:27 p.m. Folks also love Riley. Does she have any solos coming up? She doesn't know. "Yes," Murphy answers. He promises that in an upcoming episode about religion, they'll go with Riley's character to her church. He says that Colfer's character will also go to church, leading to a funny uncomfortable reaction.
2:28 p.m. Having musical experience isn't required for directors, for logical reasons, though Joss Whedon's musical experience was part of what made him attractive to Murphy. He adds that most of their directors are huge movie musical fans, so they get to tap into their inspirations.
2:29 p.m. Are we going to get any older musical theater songs? Murphy welcomes suggestions for Golden Age musicals they can use, including "Guys & Dolls" and "Carousel." He says they're just getting started and he looks forward to doing those numbers as fans.
I'm so excited
ONTD LJ