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Dylan is Done with ‘Teen Wolf’

Almost seven years after he first stepped into the role of Stiles Stilinski, Dylan O’Brien filmed his last scene as the iconic character on Thursday, December 22, 2016. His exit from the cast after six seasons was met with laughter and tears on the Teen Wolf set as crew members, past and present, celebrated their time with the actor. Set costumer Adam West was joined by former set costumer Lori Rozzi and former production assistant Kara Ebensberger who returned specifically to celebrate Dylan’s series wrap. “The OG base camp party crew on the last day of shooting with Dylan. @l_rozzi and @karaberger stopped by too!” West wrote.

Costume supervisor Daniel Flores also posted a goodbye to Dylan, though he had to take it down after being slammed by irate fans. “Work finish on this guy right here. :_( Thanks for the memories and a wonderful 6 season run. #teenwolf #lastseason #stilesstilinski”

While both crew members later clarified what their posts meant, their clarifications conflicted. Flores explained that he was talking about “6a” work finish while West said the production had completed scenes for several episodes during the time Dylan was back on set.


 * “’Last day filming’ literally tells you nothing about content,” West wrote in a DM to fan @DylanObryan. “He shot three weeks in February and two weeks in December, all of which is known. In the last two weeks alone we have shot content for 8 different episodes including episodes for 6a and 6b.”

Factually, those “two weeks” amounted to about 8 days of work. Some of them were very long days, but it wasn’t the full 14 days of a calendar week or even an average 10-day workweek on set.

In another twitter message, writer Will Wallace did not attempt to clarify if Dylan would be in the second half of the season. Instead he justified O’Brien’s limited role in Season 6.


 * “Keep in mind IF Dylan is not in 6b, that decision wasn’t made lightly.” He said to a fan named Danberry. “Sadly, the world doesn’t revolve around Teen Wolf and its fans, though I wish it did. Remember, Dylan was in a terrible accident that disrupted a lot of schedules and plans that were already in motion. Because of that, the fate of thousands of jobs and millions of dollars came into question. Contracts were already signed and start dates had to be amended. Because of this, schedules also had to be amended, but once the train is in motion, it cannot stop. Sadly, our corporate overlords always see to that. IF Dylan isn’t in 6b, it’s not because we made a flippant decision, it’s because the wills of three giant corporations had to be placated and this is how it all panned out.”

After all this explaining and deletion of posts and backtracking, fans know just one thing for sure, Dylan is finished with his work on Teen Wolf. As Dylan fan @DylanObryan put it, “Everyone is confused though. Because Daniel Flores tried to save himself and said Dylan only finished 6A. Then we got Will's message which heavily implied he wasn't in 6B (ong we can't assume) and then we got Adam's. So people are like, ‘When he says 'we,’ does he mean including Dylan or are they trying to pull a fast one?”

While TWN has no reason to believe that anyone is “trying to pull a fast one” it remains unclear just what Dylan filmed in his days back in Beacon Hills. We know he had to film all the scenes for Episode 610. In years past it’s taken about 7 days to film a full episode. However, as I learned while on the Teen Wolf set in October, the production can get a lot done by running two units simultaneously. This means scenes for two different episodes can be shot simultaneously but even the simplest scene still takes hours to complete and the same actors can’t easily work with both units at the same time. At this point, there's just no way of knowing exactly what was done by whom during Dylan’s days at Teen Wolf. And like so much other stuff some fans are desperate to know, we'll just have to wait and see.

Hoechlin Reached New Career High in 2016
Tyler Hoechlin had a very good year. Critics have nothing but praise for the actor’s post Teen Wolf work thus far. Specifically, his short stint as Superman on the CW’s Supergirl turned heads among even the most ardent comic book fans. Comics Alliance writer Kieran Shiach singled out Hoechlin’s man of steel as one of best performers in a screen adaptation of a comic book in the past year.

<p class="MsoNormal">“When it comes to onscreen Supermen, the last three live-action portrayals have pretty soundly missed the point, but Tyler Hoechlin in Supergirl gets it right on the money. Superman is Clark Kent at all times — even when he’s Superman — and Hoechlin plays The Man of Tomorrow with a sincere earnestness that has been missing since Dean Cain’s take in the ’90s, and makes us believe again that a man can fly.”

<p class="MsoNormal">LINK: http://comicsalliance.com/best-performer-screen-adaptation-2016/?

<p class="MsoNormal">Empire Magazine, which has heaped praise on Hoechlin throughout his career, singled out his super-stint as one of the best TV moments of the year.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Proving that — yes! – Superman is actually allowed to smile, Supergirl kicked off its second season by celebrating being allowed to use the Man of Steel with a delightful first appearance by Tyler Hoechlin's Supes. Not only does he pull off the ideal nerdy Clark Kent, but once he rips open his shirt to reveal that iconic logo and takes to the air, the joy level similarly soars. Channeling the spirit of Christopher Reeve while offering his own take, Hoechlin played perfectly off of Melissa Beniost, who in one short season has crafted an effusive, watchable Supergirl. It was exactly what you'd want from Superman, and they even managed to squeeze in hints of John Williams' theme.”

<p class="MsoNormal">LINK: http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-tv-moments-2016/

<p class="MsoNormal">More praise for Hoechlin - <p class="MsoNormal">The Daily Dot’s Gavia Baker-Whitelaw singled out Hoechlin for praise in her “7 Best Sci-Fi Shows on Television in 2016.”

<p class="MsoNormal">LINK: http://www.dailydot.com/parsec/best-science-fiction-tv-2016/

<p class="MsoNormal">USA Today’s Brian Truitt picked Hoechlin’s baseball movie Everybody Wants Some! for his top ten movies of the year list.

<p class="MsoNormal">LINK: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/12/27/arrival-best-movies-of-the-year-brian-truitt/95846164/

Teen Wolf Returns January 3
<p class="MsoNormal">Buckle up folks, we’re in for a bumpy ride down to Canaan when Teen Wolf returns on January 3. The episode Ghosted will introduce a new Banshee and a trip through the looking glass into the past for Lydia. <p class="MsoNormal">The official synopsis doesn’t tell us much about what else our intrepid pack will find on their road trip.

<p class="MsoNormal">Scott, Lydia and Malia search for clues about the Wild Hunt in a mysterious place called Canaan while Liam and Hayden resort to drastic measures in the fight against the Ghost Riders. <p class="MsoNormal">The name of the town Canaan may be significant. Biblically the name is often synonymous with “promised land” because that’s where Moses was leading the Israelites when they escaped slavery in Egypt. As to what that real-world history might have to do with Teen Wolf’s Canaan remains to be seen.

<p class="MsoNormal">As for Liam and Hayden, they plan to catch a Ghost Rider. I can’t wait to see what kind of Rube Goldberg plan they have for that!

<p class="MsoNormal">Ghosted is Episode 6 of Season 6 and will air at 9pm Tuesday January 3 on MTV and the MTV app. You can also get new episodes of Teen Wolf on iTunes and from Amazon Video.