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Inside Teen Wolf’s Final Wrap Party
We saw another week of final goodbyes for the Teen Wolf Family. While workers are still cleaning out their studio offices in Chatsworth, cast and crew met on Sunday for their final wrap party at a bowling alley in West Hollywood.

Lots of Familiar Faces
The party brought out some familiar but seldom seen former Teen Wolf cast members. Eaddy Mays (Victoria Argent), Maya Eshet (Meredith Walker), and Crystal Reed all made an appearance.

The Venue
Each season Teen Wolf celebrates the end of principle photography at a different location. They’ve partied everywhere from David Arquette’s iconic Bootsy Bellows nightclub to a somewhat mundane Dave and Busters. This year they decided to go bowling. Lucky Strike Lanes in Hollywood is part of a nationwide chain of upscale bowling alleys/bars/restaurants. It was the first in the chain - opening in 2003 at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue – so that kind of makes it cooler I guess. The venue featured in the first season of the HBO series Entourage, but its real Hollywood connection is to the film The Big Lebowski. The Jeff Bridges cult classic filmed at the iconic Star Lanes, which was torn down in 2003 to make way for an elementary school. Before bulldozers destroyed that important part of movie history, the guys from Lucky Strike salvaged much of the custom neon signage and all the wood from one of the lanes. They incorporated the pieces into the décor of Lucky Strike where it remains today. Star Lanes also served as a template for all the other Lucky Strike locations that subsequently opened around the US.

Posey’s Speech
As you might expect, there were speeches from creator and executive producer Jeff Davis and Teen Wolf star Tyler Posey. As the night wound down, several members of the crew and some of the actors trekked over to Posey’s house for an after party featuring salsa music and some dancing.

Another New Face in Beacon Hills Pictures from the wrap party also drew our attention to another new face coming to Beacon Hills in upcoming episodes. Actor Lucy Loken joins the cast for at least a couple of episodes in the new season. Loken is a relative unknown with just a handful of credits since her debut in a Hallmark Channel movie in 2013. According to her bio, she’ll be playing “Quinn” in episodes 614 and 615.

Teen Wolf Season 6B: Everything We Know So Far

Teen Wolf’s final season will include the return of several fan-favorite former characters and a plot right out of HP Lovecraft. It promises a super-creepy summer for fans. In all the emotion and excitement we felt during the official end of Teen Wolf production last week, it’s easy to forget that we still have 10 new episodes — chock full of wolfie goodness — still to come.

In a series of interviews with executive producer Jeff Davis, I picked up several details of what you can expect once the final episodes begin airing. If you are spoiler-averse — or just want the estimated debut date — I recommend that you jump to the last section now.

Which 'Teen Wolf' Characters Are Coming Back?

In the seven years the show’s been in production, several members of the Teen Wolf family moved on to other gigs. Jeff Davis says he wanted the final 10 episodes to be a family reunion of sorts.


 * “I will tell you that more people than I expected are showing up to say goodbye to the show. I had a list of people I wanted back, and I’m getting far more than I expected. It’s really nice, kind of a testament to how much everyone enjoyed being on the show that they all want to come back.”

<p class="MsoNormal">MTV won’t let Davis tell us exactly who will return, but other sources on set were more forthcoming. <p class="MsoNormal">Fans spotted and filmed Derek Hale (Tyler Hoechlin) on set during February. We can only confirm he was on location for one filming day, but it’s expected he’ll have a sizable role at the end of the season. We last saw Derek in Season 4. Unfortunately, since it appears his return will be brief, we don’t expect to get much detail on where he’s been.

<p class="MsoNormal">Stiles Stilinski (Dylan O’Brien) was also there and ended up on that fan video, but Teen Wolf News learned of his return weeks before from a highly-placed source within the MTV production. Originally, O’Brien wrapped up his time with the show back in December with the completion of Episode 610. <p class="MsoNormal">In January, after most of the second half of the season was already filmed, the production cut a new deal to bring him back for a few more episodes. His role will be limited, but we expect to at least “see” the character in three of the final ten episodes.

<p class="MsoNormal">We’ve also confirmed Gerard Argent (Michael Hogan), Peter Hale (Ian Bohen), and Scott’s Dad (Matthew Del Negro) will be back. <p class="MsoNormal">We can’t confirm the return of Jackson Whittemore (Colton Haynes), but we do know both Haynes and Jeff Davis wanted him to return. “All I can say is yes, we’re talking,” Davis told Teen Wolf News back in January. Again, MTV placed a gag order on Davis and others to keep them from talking about actors returning.

<h3 class="MsoNormal">The Summer Of Lovecraft

<p class="MsoNormal">Davis seems very excited about the primary plot of the final episodes. He promises a gory horror show, unlike anything the series explored previously.


 * “6b is very much a story of the outsider. Scott and his friends become pariahs once again in Beacon Hills. It is about the rise of new hunters. It is also a season that is sort of inspired by HP Lovecraft. It’s definitely a season of very dark horror. We have some of our grossest stuff coming your way.”

<p class="MsoNormal">If you’re unfamiliar, Lovecraft excelled with tales of mad cults worshiping otherworldly gods and created a grotesquery of monsters to haunt and feed upon an unsuspecting human race. There’s a lot there with which the Teen Wolf writers can work. We’ve already seen at least one example of what’s to come. <p class="MsoNormal">This image of “skinless man" was leaked from the set during production. Also, during my visit to Teen Wolf headquarters back in October, I learned of another creature they’re calling “The Faceless,” its skin appears to be melting.

<p class="MsoNormal">The promised “rise of new hunters” is exciting for fans since they were Beacon Hills’ original bad guys. Over the years. two main groups of werewolf hunters appeared. There were the Argents, all of whom either turned good or died (or both). Then we had the Calaveras who hunted down in Mexico and adhered strictly to the “werewolf bad” philosophy. It appears these “new hunters” will include some younger members.


 * “We have several new kids that we’re really excited about who are both good guys and bad guys that step into the story in big ways.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Among those joining the cast are Andrew Matarazzo and Froy Gutierrez. Benjamin Wadsworth will also appear in a “key role” in the finale.

<h3 class="MsoNormal">When Does 'Teen Wolf' Debut?

<p class="MsoNormal">MTV announced new episodes of Teen Wolf will begin airing “this summer.” The network steadfastly refuses to give an exact date. As it turns out, that may be because the show’s return date already changed once as Jeff Davis explains.


 * “There originally was a plan to air all 20 episodes back to back. When new MTV president Chris McCarthy came in, he said, ‘Why are we doing that? Let’s not do that.’”

<p class="MsoNormal">The push to summer places Teen Wolf back on familiar ground. Seasons 1–3 debuted in early June. Seasons 4 and 5 came near the end of June. While MTV remains mum on the exact date, if they follow tradition we can expect to see new episodes in June. <p class="MsoNormal">There is one other possibility. The very first episode of Teen Wolf — way back in 2011 — debuted after the MTV Movie Awards. If the network suits are feeling nostalgic, they might try to recreate that magic by pairing the two shows again. It would certainly boost the number of eyeballs watching the first episode.

<p class="MsoNormal">If that is the case, we could see new episodes start on May 7. While that’s not technically “summer,” it’s close enough. It’s more likely the network will use their Movie Awards to promote the series in some way. We expect at least a teaser trailer to air at some point during the May 7 broadcast.

<p class="MsoNormal">Until Teen Wolf is back on TV, you can get caught up on the show via MTV.com, the MTV app, iTunes or Amazon.

<p class="MsoNormal">This story first appeared at https://creators.co/@paulvrea/4228661

<h2 class="MsoNormal">The Assassin in September

<p class="MsoNormal">We’ll find out just how good of an actor Dylan O’Brien has become in September. CBS films plans to release American Assassin on September 15. That puts it up against the Finn Wolfhard-starring adaptation of Stephen King’s IT which will be in its second week of release. There’s not much else in the way of real competition at this point, but more movies may yet be announced for the period.