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For all our Behind the Scenes Pics and Updates all in one place, check out our special Teen Wolf Season 3 Behind the Scenes Page.

Most recently we added details and pictures of a big dramatic night shoot outside Beacon Hills Hospital.

Plus you'll find a full chronological listing of the filming of Teen Wolf Season 3 right from the start.

 Mama McCall’s New Gig

On the Season Finale of AMC’s The Walking Dead, a familiar face was among the survivors after the fall of Woodbury.

Karen, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to Melissa McCall of Beacon Hills, survived the Governor’s massacre by hiding under a corpse.

While folks were rooting for actor Melissa Ponzio to make it back to the safety of the prison, her continued existence in the world of walkers creates a bit of a quandary for Teen Wolf Fans.



We’ve already lost two fan favorite cast members, Colton Haynes and Gage Golightly, since the end of Season 2. Both went to other shows and won’t be seen again in Beacon Hills in the foreseeable future.

Will Mama McCall follow them after Season 3?

Rebecca Pahle of The Mary Sue summed up the feelings of many fans –


 * …Karen, the Woodbury resident who got adopted by the prison crew in the finale. This one holds more interest for me, since Karen is played by Melissa Ponzio, who is also the main character’s mom on Teen Wolf. (I’m addicted. I’ll admit that.)
 * The Walking Dead and Teen Wolf both have pretty big casts; Ponzio isn’t in all the Teen Wolf episodes, and she probably won’t be in all the Walking Dead episodes, either.


 * Plus The Walking Dead airs in the fall and Teen Wolf in the summer, so their shooting schedules probably don’t overlap that much.


 * Don’t mind me, I’m just trying to talk myself out of panicking that something might happen to Scott’s mom because of Ponzio’s new gig. I would never forgive you, The Walking Dead.


 * Never.

Wishful thinking aside, we simply don’t know what the future holds for Melissa Ponzio and Teen Wolf.

There are only two actors who did recurring parts on The Walking Dead AND another show simultaneously.


 * Dallas Roberts, the Governor’s milksop of a minion Milton on TWD, also recurs in the CBS show The Good Wife as Alicia Florrick’s gay brother.


 * Lauren Cohen, tough girl Maggie on TWD, guest starred as Vampire Rose on The Vampire Diaries too.

In both cases TWD seemed to win out.


 * Roberts appeared in 6 episodes of TGW just prior to booking TWD. He’s shot just two episodes for CBS since.


 * Cohen did 5 before and was back for just one final Vampire episode after getting her new gig on Dead.

The sample is far too small to indicate a trend.

Maybe the writers of those other shows just didn't have anything left for those characters to do?

Or maybe the actors had to choose and picked the higher profile position -


 * Walking Dead is near the top of the most popular scripted television shows on any network.


 * On average, an episode of Walking Dead is seen by 6x as many people as an episode of Teen Wolf. (Teen Wolf 1.7 million - Walking Dead 11.9 million)

Geography may also play a role -


 * Walking Dead shoots in Atlanta, Teen Wolf is now in LA.


 * Ponzio works bi-coastally but Georgia is her home.

Barring any contractual issues, Ponzio’s fate rests mostly with the writers and producers of each show.

If roles are of equal size and she wants to continue to do both, each show would have to be willing and flexible enough to work around the other’s production schedule.

If they’re not, Teen Wolf would likely lose out to the more popular show and that could mean a much reduced role for Mama McCall in Season 4.

Can she do both - Absolutely!

Will she do both?

 Teen Wolf News Briefs

Teen Wolf’s Music Maker – Go behind the music of Teen Wolf with the Remote Control Blog’s interview with composer Dino Meneghin.

We Found the Song – A bunch of folks have asked about the song that was playing in the WonderCon teaser/spoiler clip. A Teen Wolf Wikia user found out it was Raveheart by Galantis by using the Shazam app on their phone.