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 Teen Wolf News 071316


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 Fandom Misled about Dylan O’Brien

MTV and Entertainment Weekly are both guilty of misleading fans about Dylan O’Brien’s current status. He is not “back” as was widely reported this week.

As Teen Wolf News first reported exactly one year ago this week, Dylan O’Brien will be in Teen Wolf Season 6. (http://bit.ly/TWNews071415) As Teen Wolf News first reported back in February, Dylan O’Brien was filming scenes for Teen Wolf Season 6. (http://bit.ly/TWNews022416) Somehow those previously reported facts became the big “exclusive” news of the week after MTV and Entertainment Weekly published pictures, taken in February, of O’Brien on Teen Wolf set.


 * EW wrote - “Dylan O'Brien's officially back in season 6”


 * MTV wrote - “STILES STILINSKI IS BACK — AND APPEARS READY TO TAKE DOWN EVIL”

These headlines, while technically accurate, are misleading (and insensitive) considering O’Brien’s long absence from the public sphere after his accident on the set of The Death Cure. To say the actor is “back” suggests he’s returned to work which he has not done.

MTV then deepened fan confusion with a tweet reading "Did you hear the great news? @dylanobrien is headed back to Beacon Hills."

While he may indeed be "headed back to Beacon Hills" at some point in the future, he is not heading back to work immediately or even soon really. EW further muddied the waters in the first line of their story. “It’s official: EW can exclusively reveal that Dylan O’Brien will appear in Teen Wolf’s sixth season. Despite suffering injuries while filming Maze Runner: The Death Cure, the actor will still play a crucial role when the show returns this fall.”

That phrasing, “Despite suffering injuries …” more blatantly suggests that all of this is referring to his post-accident status.

To their credit, EW does mention (further into the piece) that the image they have was actually shot before the accident. MTV gives no such caveat. They don’t even mention the fact that their “first look” pictures were taken five months ago. All of this was misreported by other sources as well and, within an hour of those reports, Teen Wolf Wikia began to see numerous posts like these.


 * Bansheemoon01 - Omg! Guys im soooo happyyy!!! I just read that Dylan 'O Brien is back! He is ok and teen wolf is safe!!!!


 * Scaliaisgood - I DONT KNOW WHO KNOWS, BUT DYLAN HAS BACK TO FILMING TODAY, MTV HAS ALREADY CONFIRMED.

It’s hard to say if this is the type of misunderstanding that the network wanted. It is far more likely it comes down to ignorance on the part of the writers and editors of the pieces in question. They may simply be unaware of the considerable fan turmoil surrounding O'Brien's health.

Either way, Dylan O’Brien will be in Teen Wolf Season 6 but he has not returned to film anything since his accident.

LINKS –

Entertainment Weekly - http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/15/teen-wolf-dylan-obrien-season-6

MTV News - http://www.mtv.com/news/2905159/teen-wolf-dylan-obrien-season-6-first-look/

<h2 style="padding:0.2em 0.4em; margin:0 0 -20px 0; font-family:Century Gothic,serif; color:#778899; font-size:100%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left;"> MTV Plans Comic Con Surprises

<p class="MsoNormal">MTV remains silent on their plans for this year’s Comic Con event in San Diego.


 * We know they’ll have their regular booth on the convention floor.
 * We know Shannara is coming and SCREAM is not.
 * We know “the cast of Teen Wolf” will meet representatives of the press on Thursday starting at 1:30 p.m. for one-on-one interviews and round tables. (Usually the network would at least tell the media who they’ll have an opportunity to interview. Not this time.)
 * We know the Teen Wolf panel will be in Ballroom 20 on Thursday starting around 4:30 p.m. PT (7:30 p.m. in the Eastern US, 12:30 p.m. in the UK and 1:30 p.m. in Western Europe).

<p class="MsoNormal">That’s all they’ve said so far. MTV is keeping everything else a secret for now. They usually release a list of who’s coming but haven’t as of this publishing (see below for a partial list of which cast members we know will be in San Diego this week for another event). <p class="MsoNormal">MTV seems to want everything related to the event to be a surprise this year. From a marketing standpoint it’s brilliant because TWN and other fan sources are writing twice as much about what they’re not saying than we would about any official announcement.

<p class="MsoNormal">The downside of their scheme is that the silence has led many to speculate. The big rumor right now is that the convention will mark Dylan O’Brien’s return to public life after his accident. MTV stoked this baseless speculation by timing the release of those BTS pics of Dylan, taken during filming in February, just a week before the event.

<p class="MsoNormal">As of now there is no indication that Dylan O’Brien will be in San Diego this week. It is just wishful thinking but Teen Wolf News is crossing its proverbial fingers right along with you that it will happen.

<h2 style="padding:0.2em 0.4em; margin:0 0 -20px 0; font-family:Century Gothic,serif; color:#778899; font-size:100%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left;"> Cody Coming to Comic Con? We Don’t Know and it’s Driving Us Nuts

<p class="MsoNormal">Is Cody Christian coming back to San Diego Comic Con this year? We have two generally respectable sources with conflicting information. <p class="MsoNormal">With the bad information about Teen Wolf on the internet multiplying exponentially, Teen Wolf Wikia is often called upon by fans to debunk the latest nonsense. A question about Cody Christian this week sparked a confusing string of tweets and TWW’s attempts to sort it all out only resulted in creating more confusion.

<p class="MsoNormal">It began with a tweet from ‏@laydenmoroles on July 15.


 * @TeenWolfWikia is this true?

<p class="MsoNormal">That was companied by an screenshot of an article in French that claimed “Holland Roden, Tyler Posey, Cody Christian, Khylin Rhambo and Dylan Sprayberry will be present at Comic Con in San Diego.”

<p class="MsoNormal">The initial reaction was that this was just last year’s list of Comic Con panelists, minus Dylan O’Brien and plus Khylin. It didn’t seem likely that Cody would be there because IF his character is to return in Season 6 his presence on the panel would be a major spoiler. @TeenWolfWikia responded with that information.


 *  @laydenmoroles I have nothing to confirm that. It sounds like a guess really. That's the list from last year plus @KhyRhambo.

<p class="MsoNormal">That response sparked a tweet from @xTearsOfLovex the next day.


 * @TeenWolfWikia @laydenmoroles @KhyRhambo the list are the people going to the Nerd HQ panel, not necessarily the Comic Con panel.

<p class="MsoNormal">A quick check of the “Nerd HQ” panel listing showed this was not the case. Pointing this out to @xTearsOfLovex resulted in another tweeted image, this time from a site called sdccblog.com which did indeed show Cody listed on the Nerd HQ panel.

<p class="MsoNormal">If two sources conflict, TWN will usually go with the “most official” report in determining the facts. In this case the “San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog” says right there in their name that they’re not the official source. The official Nerd HQ ticketing site did not show Cody therefore Teen Wolf Wikia and Teen Wolf News could say officially that Cody Christian is not on the Nerd HQ panel.

<p class="MsoNormal">Then things got a little more complicated.

<p class="MsoNormal">Khylin Rhambo weighed in via twitter as well with a what must have seemed like a definitive answer to him at the time but, in the context of the entire conversation, added to the confusion.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">@KhyRhambo - @TeenWolfWikia @xTearsOfLovex everyone listed is actually gonna be there

<p class="MsoNormal">Which list? Does he mean the original list visible on the tweet thread? Does he mean the official Nerd HQ list which is also visible on the tweet thread? He has not responded to our requests for clarification.

<p class="MsoNormal">These questions sent us back to sdccblog.com to see when and where they got their information about the panel. Their article still shows Cody Christian as a panelist as of this publishing. They have a close relationship with Nerd HQ and appear to have gotten the information directly from the organizers. They published the article on July 16 and had the latest updated information about which panels were already sold out. While they are the “unofficial blog” of SDCC, they’re still journalists and strive to publish correct information.

<p class="MsoNormal">Was the original list of panelists different from the “official list” now? Was it a misprint? Is Cody coming and they just removed his name because it was supposed to be a surprise?

<p class="MsoNormal">This leaves us right where we started. Two reasonably reliable sources with conflicting information and no clue which one is right.

<p class="MsoNormal">LINKS –

<p class="MsoNormal">sdccblog report - http://sdccblog.com/2016/07/nerd-hq-announces-2016-conversations-for-a-cause/

<p class="MsoNormal">Official ticketing site - http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2581523

<h2 style="padding:0.2em 0.4em; margin:0 0 -20px 0; font-family:Century Gothic,serif; color:#778899; font-size:100%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left;"> Detoxing Posey

<p class="MsoNormal">Tyler Posey says he’s in detox. He announced on his podcast Saturday that he's taking a break from smoking pot. <p class="MsoNormal">Anyone who keeps up with Tyler Posey’s off-camera life knows the actor enjoys marijuana. He’s not shy when sharing about his frequent use. “I was like 15 I think when I started,” he recalls. “Then I didn’t really get into it until I was probably around 17 and then it’s just been kind of a daily thing from then on.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Posey is not the anti-drug PSA version of a “loser pot head.” He has a successful acting career and he’s a producer on Teen Wolf. He’s a prolific song writer and musician. He works all the time and the work is good. But Posey says he believes his work and his life can be better sober. <p class="MsoNormal">“One of the things that made me want to quit, I saw there were two versions of me. The guy that was looking down on the pothead and saying ‘What are you doing with your life?’ That person that I want to be was basically talking down to the pothead version, I want to be that guy. He’s this reader. He’s this smart dude and getting shit done. I am that person but sometimes I get a little too stoned and motivation dies a little bit. Then I get depressed.”

<p class="MsoNormal">That depression over drugs led to what he hopes will be a life-changing decision; he stopped drinking alcohol and smoking weed a little over a week ago. “It’s really nice being clear headed but, at the same time, I’ve come to realize I’m a little nervous.”

<p class="MsoNormal">The nervousness he’s experiencing now that he’s sober is impacting his music mainly. Posey says he feels like he’s not a very good musician when he’s not high and that he’ll have to relearn how to be creative while sober. “As much fun as weed and alcohol is, it messes with you big time,” he says.

<p class="MsoNormal">He’s encouraging other frequent users to join him. “If there’s anybody out there that likes to partake in some weed and you’re feeling a little weird about it and not quite in the right headspace and maybe it gets you down… …and you kind of get into like a weird overthinking paranoid place in your head, take a little break. I feel f*cking incredible.”

<p class="MsoNormal">The newly-sober Posey is currently training with an MMA fighter and says the workouts are “Pretty f*cking gnarly.” He’s also reading more, something he couldn’t focus on while still partaking.

<p class="MsoNormal">LINKS <p class="MsoNormal">Doing it Raw Podcast - http://mixlr.com/doin-it-raw/showreel/