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 Who Came Back – Who Didn’t in Week One

As is always the case when we start a new season, folks want to know if their favorite cast member is returning. MTV officials remain mum on who all is coming back for Teen Wolf Season 5 saying only that “casting is often last minute and sometimes comes down to if the actor is available at the time.”

That means we have to use set photos and other means to confirm who is actually working on the show this season.

Here is a rundown of the actors Teen Wolf News can confirm on set for Teen Wolf Season 5.


 * Tyler Posey as Scott McCall – Posey’s been all over the place in set photos and a video from MTV official from the first day. We’ve even got some images that purport to be his Season 5 werewolf makeup but Teen Wolf News CANNOT CONFIRM their origin.


 * Holland Roden as Lydia Martin – We’ve seen no images of Holland from set but Linden Ashby reports he worked with Holland on February 10 – “Worked with her last night. She looks GREAT!”
 * Linden Ashby as Sheriff Stilinski – Lots of images of the Sheriff this week mostly on Tuesday.
 * Melissa Ponzio as Melissa McCall – We’ve not seen Melissa but she’s posted a number of images from the set throughout the first week.
 * Arden Cho as Kira Yukimura – Arden was everywhere in photos the first couple of days. Later in the week we didn’t see her but she did report she was working some late nights. “Happy Valentine's Day!!! My date is MTVteenwolf Good morning! I'm still on set!!!! #TeenWolfSeason5 #latenightfilming”
 * Shelley Hennig as Malia Tate – Shelley was on the hospital set with Tyler Posey and Dylan Sprayberry on the first day of filming (see video). She was never far from Dylan O’Brien during filming at Pacific Palisades Charter High School during the rest of the week.
 * Ryan Kelley as Deputy Parrish – Most of the images of Deputy Parrish are from early in the week and all seem to be at Teen Wolf HQ in Northridge.


 * Tom T. Choi as Mr. Yukimura – Choi was filming on Friday (into Saturday) at Woodley Park.


 * Dylan Sprayberry as Liam – We saw a lot of Dylan Sprayberry early in the week. Mostly pictures and a video on the hospital set at Teen Wolf HQ.


 * Cody Christian as Theo – Cody has yet to show up in images from the Teen Wolf set but according to Tom Choi, he’s already working there. “What a great guy this @ReallyCody is. Really enjoyed our talks on set and looking forward to more. Welcome to #teenwolf”

Here is a rundown of the Teen Wolf Season 4 actors we've yet to see return to set for Teen Wolf Season 5.


 * Khylin Rhambo as Mason – dropped off twitter in October and hasn’t instagrammed since December. There is no indication he has returned to Teen Wolf.
 * Cody Saintgnue as Brett Talbot – very active on social media and had lunch with the actor that plays Satomi this week but, so far, we’ve no confirmation that he is working on Teen Wolf.
 * Lily Mariye as Satomi – says she expects to return “See you on @MTVteenwolf xo”
 * Meagan Tandy as Braeden – is not on set. From her tweets it seems she doesn’t have a contract for Season 5 and has, as yet, not been approached for a guest spot. "Missing the teen wolf fam so much. Braeden is ready when they are!"
 * Matthew Del Negro as Agent McCall – very active on social media but says “looking forward to working on it. I know NOTHING about it at this point.”
 * Jill Wagner as Kate Argent – not on set
 * JR Bourne as Chris Argent – not on set
 * Orny Adams as Coach Finstock – not on set
 * Seth Gilliam as Dr. Deaton – not on set
 * Ian Bohen as Peter Hale - not on set
 * Tamlyn Tomita as Noshiko Yukimura – not on set
 * Ivonne Coll as Araya Calavera – not on set
 * Susan Walters as Natalie Martin – not on set

 Fashion Week’s Cutest

After spending just one day at Teen Wolf HQ in Northridge, Tyler Hoechlin jetted off to New York for Fashion Week.

He caught the eye of Cosmopolitan Magazine’s “The Fug Girls” who wrote up a piece for Valentine’s Day called And the Award for Cutest Couple at Fashion Week So Far Goes To ...

Hoechlin was there with Pitch Perfect 2's Brittany Snow. The writers found the couple “just adorable.” While most of the reporters at the Monique Lhuillier show seemed to focus on Snow alone – The Fugs decided to talk to Hoechlin about being a heartthrob and what he thought of fashion week.

Check out full article for that and a funny story about Tyler Posey in a cab being chased by fans on foot.

 End of an MTV Era

Van Toffler is leaving MTV after 28 years and it’s most likely a good thing for Teen Wolf.

You’ve probably never heard of Van Toffler – there’s no reason you would have really – but at MTV, Toffler is the man in charge. He oversees all of VIACOM’s music channels, MTV, VH1, and CMT as well as the LOGO network.

Toffler is one of the originals at Music Television, joining the company in 1987 when music videos took up 90 percent of MTV’s airtime and “scripted content” was something only Kurt Loder had to worry about on the news.

His exit marks the departure of the last of this “old guard.” Media industry observers say it was inevitable] as part of VIACOM’s shaky transition from the “music/reality channel” into the “we do actual dramas and comedies like a real network” channel.

The PTB at VIACOM are eyeing a company-wide initiative to focus on more and better original programming from which they can profit across all the various types of screens. For MTV that means more dramas like the soon-to-debut horror show SCREAM and fantasy epic Sword of Shannara. During Toffler’s reign, with the exception of Teen Wolf and a few of the animated offerings, most all MTV’s scripted programming inspired a lukewarm response.

It’s expected Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman will replace Toffler with someone closer to the world of scripted programming. The trick, for whoever gets the job, will be to maintain MTV’s standing as the most valuable youth media brand in the world while fully realizing its new, scripted, identity.

 Dylan as Spiderman would Conflict with Teen Wolf Filming

With the recent reports that Dylan O’Brien is being considered for the reboot of the Sony Pictures’ Spiderman franchise, questions arise about how this might change his role on Teen Wolf.

The short answer is – drastically.

The plan currently is to have whoever they cast as the new webslinger appear in MARVEL's Captain America: Civil War. That movie begins filming in Atlanta, GA in April, right smack in the middle of Teen Wolf’s Season 5 filming schedule.

Depending on how big they make the Spidey role in CA:CW, the commitment could range from weeks to months meaning whichever actor they picked could be locked in from April to August.

The good news – Dylan has not officially been offered the part.

The bad news (for Teen Wolf) – he is one of only two actors the studio is said to be sizing up for the Spiderman tights.