First Look: Vampire Diaries Season 4 Promotional Photo

Thanks to Jarett over at The Insider, we have our first look at The Vampire Diaries Season 4 promotional shoot featuring our beloved trio. Above is a sneak peek and then head on over to The Insider for a better look and close-ups of the three. Also, here’s a tease from Julie Plec.

As for what the future holds now that Elena is “of the night,” executive producer Julie Plec teases, “All these things that she’s experienced with Damon and with Stefan will have different context for her as she’s becoming this new person. This circumstance, which is pretty horrific, is going to make them all care about each other even more deeply and argue even more intensely and fracture even more greatly and love as deeply as possible.”

Another Vampire Diaries Season 4 First Look! A Vampy Elena via TV Guide

Thanks to TV Guide we now also have a First Look at Elena for The Vampire Diaries Season 4 premiere “Growing Pains”.

Is someone trying to keep Mystic Falls safe from bloodsucker-to-be Elena or are her loved ones trying to protect her from danger?

Either way, it looks like the locked-up baby vamp isn’t feeding anytime soon. “She doesn’t want to eat people, so she’s hungry — and moody,” warns The Vampire Diaries‘ Nina Dobrev.

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Vampire Diaries Season 4 First Look! Bonnie and Jeremy Reunion!

Thanks to TV Line, we have our first look at The Vampire Diaries Season opener “Growing Pains”. Check out this photo of Jeremy and Bonnie! What could be happening here? Head on over to TV Line for more, and speculate!

Vampire Diaries Season 4: [Spoiler] Is Having “Hot Vampire Sex” !

The Vampire Diaries star predicted to E! Online that Elena would be ready, willing, and able to hop in the sack with Stefan and according to TV Guide, the new vamp is definitely going to be doing the deed with somebody. 

Vampire Diaries Season 4 Spoiler Roundup

We’ve got a roundup of the latest Vampire Diaries Season 4 spoilers from this past month via E!Online, TV Line, TV Guide, and the newest from EW.

Via E!Online:

Felicia: Needs me some Vampire Diaries information!

It’s flashback time, y’all! Episode four will feature the first flashback of season four and we’re going waaay back…to the 1100s! We’ll meet a vampire hunter named Alexander who was rugged, handsome and charismatic…as vampire hunters tend to be. (Miss you, Alaric!)

Christine: TVD scoop!

“There’s going to be a profound sense of guilt, but shadowing that is going be this overwhelming feeling of being loved. Matt hasn’t felt that kind of love since season one or if ever in his life,” Zach Roerig says of Mystic Falls’ resident human/busboy in the beginning of season four after he learns what happened to Elena (you know, the fangs and bloodlust). “Matt’s going to be guilty, but also because he’s been loved so much, earn his life everyday.” Roerig adds that Matt and Caroline share a scene in the premiere that is “not too emotionally charged” and was the actually the first scene shot of season four. “I was honored to start the year off.”

Via TV Line:

Question: What’s this I’m hearing about a big Vampire Diaries death? Any hints about the victim?—Clay

Ausiello: Stop asking yourself who dies and start asking yourself who does the killing. That’s what people will be talking about the following morning at the watercooler on line at Starbucks.

Question: I’ll take any Vampire Diaries spoiler you’ve got. I’m not picky. —Daniel

Ausiello: A flashback in this season’s fourth episode unearths a “big secret that will change the course of the season for everybody,” teases EP Julie Plec.

Question: Will Bonnie be at odds with group after what she did in the Vampire Diaries finale? —Tony

Ausiello: According to showrunner Julie Plec, she won’t suffer “friendship consequences,” but she will suffer “witch consequences.” Elaborates the EP: “She tapped into something pretty dark to do it, and she’s going to have to tap into that again in the first episode. It’s not going to be a walk in the park for her. She’s going to be struggling with her own darkness inside of her as Elena is starting to adapt to hers.”

Question: What will Meredith’s role on Vampire Diaries be now that Alaric is gone? —Tiffany

Ausiello: In a word, complicated. “Meredith in the beginning is just trying to keep her head above water, realizing that she’s found herself dropped into this supernatural world she never really meant to get involved with,” offers exec producer Julie Plec. “She has a choice to make: Does she want to dive in head first and embrace it? Or does she want to pull back and say, ‘Hey you know what? Why don’t you guys leave me out of it.’ We’ll be seeing a little bit of her in the beginning of the season.”

Via TV Guide:

Is there really a chance that The Vampire Diaries‘ Esther might not be the Original witch?—TJ

NATALIE: The mythology of the witches hasn’t been told completely. Executive producer Julie Plecexplains what’s left to uncover. “To clarify what I said [at Comic-Con] … when Esther used that spell to make her children immortal, which created the Original vampires, that spell existed already. So who wrote it? That’s the question that will remain a question in this season and possibly in the series. We dabbled with the Original vampires, but who were truly the Original witches?”

How long will it be before Elena starts embracing her vampirism on The Vampire Diaries? — Amy

NATALIE: Not long. Once the transition starts, there’s no turning back. Fortunately, she’s got a ton of friends who have already been through it themselves! In the season premiere, Stefan will have a heartfelt chat with Elena about her new strengths and weaknesses. He’ll also present her with her first daylight ring — made especially for her by Bonnie.

Via EW:

Hey, Sandra! It’s been WEEKS since Vampire Diaries scoop. So help a girl out. – Heather

While some of the gang might be looking to help Elena fight her craving for a kill, there’s one person who certainly will not: Damon. Vampire Diaries executive producer Julie Plec says the elder Salvatore is rooting for Mystic Falls’ newest vamp to give in to what he feels is certain to happen. “In his mind, there’s an inevitability to being a vampire that we should just get to and get past. [It's] the equivalent of kicking Elena out of the bird’s nest and letting her fall and see if she can fly.” What do we say gang? Fight or flight?

Vampire Diaries Casting: Secret Circle Alum Phoebe Tonkin Headed to Mystic Falls!

E!Online has gotten word that The Secret Circle’s Phoebe Tonkin has been cast in a recurring role for The Vampire Diaries. I am extremely excited about this news! Can not wait to see Phoebe in action and I have complete faith she will do an amazing job! Phoebe will be playing Hayley, a friend of Tyler’s. Check out the the scoop!

Secret Circle fan favorite Phoebe Tonkin has landed a recurring gig on The Vampire Diaries.
We’ve learned that Tonkin is set to take on the role of Hayley, a wild friend from Tyler’s (Michael Trevino), who is described as free-spirited and extremely sexy (obviously, have you seen Tonkin?!)
Tonkin will first appear in episode three of the new season when Hayley pays Tyler a surprise visit. Watch out, Caroline (Candice Accola)!

Vampire Diaries Season 4 Spoilers: Julie Plec Talks Love Triangles with TV Line

Julie Plec spoke with TV Line recently on the upcoming status of two of our favorite love triangles and more!

STEFAN/ ELENA /DAMON
Elena’s transition into a vampire – and the remembrance of all the memories Damon erased – will have big consequences for her relationships with both Salvatores. “All these things that she’s experienced with Damon and with Stefan will have different context for her as she’s becoming this new person,” previews Plec. “This circumstance, which is pretty horrific, is going to make them all care about each other even more deeply and argue even more intensely and fracture even more greatly and love as deeply as possible.”
TYLER/ CAROLINE /KLAUS
You may have heard that clothes will fly when Tyler and Caroline reunite. But will the hybrid actually be himself during the happy embrace, or will Klaus still be in possession of him? “You’ll just have to wait and see,” Plec replies coyly. “I definitely think that Klaus is going to unwittingly provide a little bit of mistaken identity hijinks in the first episode back.” Meanwhile, a fresh face who has “a history” with Tyler will arrive. “We’ll start to understand that this is a friend of his, who’s been very important to him in the past,” teases Plec. So should Caroline and Tyler fans be worried? “Any time a hot, new girl comes to town, somebody’s got to be worried about something. But Tyler and Caroline have a really solid bond, a really solid relationship. So it takes somebody really special to get in the way of that.”

Vampire Diaries EP Julie Plec Spills Season 4 Secrets

Julie Plec made her rounds speaking to various news outlets about the upcoming Vampire Diaries season recently. Check out what to expect when The Vampire Diaries returns for it’s 4th season October 11th. Also, E!Online reports on what CW President Mark Pedowitz had to say about The Vampire Diaries and confirms who’s blood sired Elena. Zap2It also has some exciting news The Vampire Diaries will be getting 23 episodes this season! Read on for scoop on TVD Season 4 and click each link for more!
Via EW

Klaus isn’t the only Original sticking around. We haven’t seen the last of Rebekah or her other brothers and sisters. “We’ll definitely get glimpses of the other Originals over the course of the year,” says Plec. The exec producer also hinted that we may learn more about Esther’s backstory. “One of the things that we’ve always said in the writer’s room is Esther’s creation of the original vampires was predicated on a spell that she already had, so where did she get that? And what does that mean?” says Plec. “Does it mean that there are vampires that pre-date the original vampires?”

Via THR

THR: A few new characters are coming into Mystic Falls, like a vampire hunter (Todd Williams) and a 16-year-old tied to the Gilberts (Grace Phipps). Who else can we expect?
Plec: We’ve got a new character named Hailey who will be showing up around the third episode, who Tyler is going to know from his own past. Bonnie’s going to find a new mentor in a professor at the local university, where her grandmother used to teach. For Bonnie, who has been absent with any good mentor figure, she’s going to connect with this guy. He’s going to be very, very, very, very brilliant and well-versed in the world of the supernatural. We haven’t cast Hailey or the professor yet.

Via TV Guide

Now that The Vampire Diaries‘ Elena Gilbert is turning into a vampire, there’s one question on everyone’s mind: How long will it be before she has some hot, vampy sex?
The short answer: You may have to wait a while. “I’m not going to say she’s not having loads of vampire sex off camera that we’re not showing, but we have not yet shot a complete sexual act this season between Elena and anybody,” executive producer Julie Plec tells TVGuide.com.

Via Zap2It

First of all, “Vampire Diaries” fans, allow us to give you some great news: Zap2it has learned that an extra episode has been added to the show’s Season 4 order, bringing it to a total of 23 episodes this year, as compared to last year’s 22. The first episode will premiere Thursday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. EST. (For the record, “Supernatural” also has a 23-episode order; all other returning CW series are producing 22 episodes.)
It’s safe to say that vampire Elena won’t be on the Stefan Salvatore bunny diet right away — and given Stefan’s ripper history, her consumption of human blood definitely troubles him. “He’s not going to have an easy time with it,” executive producer Julie Plec confirms. “This is a guy who can’t really get too close to human blood for too long without losing his mind, so it’s like he’s a guy who just got sober, and his girlfriend just turned 21 and wants to party. There are going to be some complications in their relationship as far as that.”

Via E!Online

The Vampire Diaries: ”There is always new cast members and those who are dead can always come back to life!” Pedowitz teases of the new season. “As you know, the season ended with Elena becoming a vampire and the goal is how she adjusts to being a vampire and does she follow Stefan’s path or does she follow Damon’s path? Does the vampire blood lust get her or not?” When asked who will serve as Elena’s sire, Pedowitz proved he does actually watch the show, explaining: “It’s Damon’s blood, which helped, but they never discovered who their sire was in any of the things. They think it’s Klaus, but they’re not sure.” Color us impressed by Pedowitz’s TVD knowledge!