Jensen Ackles Talks The Winchesters‘ ‘Vintage’ Look, Bringing Back Fan Faves and Angels’ Involvement in Prequel
Dean Winchester might not be the only familiar face from Supernatural to grace the upcoming prequel series The Winchesters.
Executive producer Jensen Ackles appears in and narrates a trailer for The CW‘s new fall drama (airing Tuesdays at 8/7c), which chronicles the love story between young John (played by The In Between‘s Drake Rodger) and Mary Winchester (American Housewife‘s Meg Donnelly) — and the door is open for other fan faves from the mothership series to make an appearance.
“The great thing about this world is that nothing is off the table. We have ways of bringing back fan-favorite characters and the actors that played them,” Ackles told TVLine on the red carpet at The CW’s annual Upfront presentation on Thursday. “We also have ways of bringing back younger versions of those characters.”
In telling the story of hunter Mary and Men of Letters legacy John, one can’t ignore that their union was in some ways destined by higher powers on Supernatural. So will angels play a role in the prequel? “Ooh, that is a really good question, and TBD,” Ackles replied coyly with a laugh.
As for how The Winchesters compares to Supernatural, Ackles noted that “there’s plenty of ties to the original show,” but the offshoot will have its own feel. “It’s going to be a period piece, it’s in the 1970s… so it’s going to have a different look,” he explained. Whereas shooting in Vancouver, Canada, gave Supernatural “this beautiful grey-blue kind of feel,” the spinoff pilot was shot in New Orleans, Louisiana (and will continue to film there), giving it “a whole different tonal quality. It’s more ambers, which gives it that vintage look.” Ackles’ wife and fellow EP Danneel Ackles added that the series will also take a cue from Supernatural and make use of classic rock n’ roll music.
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This looks good.
When I heard the music I felt connected to Supernatural immediately.
Thought I saw Mark Sheppard??
I’m Looking forward to The Winchester’s to air this fall. Supernatural was my Favorite of all show’s on TV. I can’t believe how many tv lineup’s that CW has cancelled! Like Legacies, is CW. You guy’s are cancelling Everything! Why? I’m asking because I’m a huge fan of all witch, vampire,
I’m Looking forward to The Winchester’s to air this fall. I love
Legacies, and can’t believe its cancelled. CW changed TV. It’s like going to the movies in your own Living room! Beautiful! ❤️ I hope to see more vampire 🦇 like series as well ❤️🩹
I still have my doubts about how they can make this mesh with what we know of John and Mary’s history, most importantly that John knew NOTHING of the supernatural before Mary’s death. But Jensen says they found a way to make it work, so I’ll give it a chance, but they really have to make that make sense!
I agree. I assumed the information we were given was enough to understand, and I was fine with it. Just as you mentioned is that John knew zero about monsters and what????? I’m hoping it’s not another spinoff you watch for one season and never a moment longer.
I have a theory about dean ‘s scenes in the Winchester s ‘s trailer: he’s not just telling the story about his parents, he is driving around in heaven looking for cas.