The Castle panel that took place earlier today was, by far, the most entertaining panel I attended during the entire Con. Although we didn't have the presence of the entire cast - Stana Katic and Susan Sullivan couldn't make it to the panel today - the fans had the best time with everyone else. They proved to be such warm and friendly people - joking around with each other and with the fans - that the hour flew by and before we knew it, it was over.
We got a chance to watch the first couple of minutes of the season 4 premiere and, let me tell you, that episode is going to be amazing. According to Tamala Jones, it is very emotional and the outcome will be even more epic than the finale. If the entire episode is as good as those first few minutes, I am willing to bet that we are in for quite a ride.
About upcoming episodes, they revealed that there is going to be a Halloween episode this season (with a ghost buster theme), along with a Superhero episode (4.02, title still unknown). We will also revisit the 3XK storyline. Seamus Dever revealed that this is episode number 4 in their shooting schedule, so it looks like we are going to see it pretty soon. In this episode, (SPOILER ALERT!) Ryan's stolen gun will be involved in the murder of the week.
Something that was also really interesting was that there might be plans to explore Castle's past this season, starting with his unknown father. The cast discussed who they would want to play his father and the general consensus was Christopher Walken.
Some other highlights of the panel:
- Since Stana couldn't make it, they had a girl from the audience read the introduction of the show with Nathan Fillion up on the stage.
- Molly Quinn was wearing a Captain Mal Reynolds costume and Nathan's reaction to her outfit was hilarious.
- They gave out several signed TV Guide magazines with the Castle cover.
- There was a fan dressed up as Captain Mal and Nathan gave him the disguise he had worn while checking out the Exhibit Hall the day before.
Don't forget to check out the photos from the panel in the gallery below. Stay tuned to TVOvermind. The interview videos will be posted really soon.
My vote to play Castle's dad is Jason Bateman in prosthetic makeup to age him. They [Bateman and Fillion] have often told stories about how people constantly confuse them for each other. This could really screw with people’s heads. :D