Castle - Season 8 - Stana Katic Close to Returning; New Showrunners Named *Updated*

Update: 9th May Thanks to KBC1114 and Rash for the heads up.

Castle‘s behind-the-scenes shuffle isn’t over just yet.

Not 24 hours after it was announced that longtime Castle scribe Terence Paul Winter was stepping up as showrunner for the recently ordered Season 8, TVLine has confirmed that Castle alum Alexi Hawley is returning to the ABC drama, as co-showrunner — the same position he just got done filling on Fox’s freshly snuffed The Following.

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TV Line

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New Update: 8th May

Attention, Castle fans: Winter is coming.

Longtime Castle scribe Terence Paul Winter has been named the ABC procedural’s new showrunner, TVLine has learned. He will preside over the freshly-ordered eighth season.

After penning a couple of Season 2 episodes, Winter joined the show as a producer in 2011, rose through the ranks, and was promoted to EP in the middle of this season. Episodes he has written include “The Blue Butterfly,” “Veritas” and “Once Upon a Time in the West.”

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TVLine

Update: 8th May Thanks to Elhar for the heads up.

THR has changed the article: deleted the info about the new showrunner and changed the contract negotiation with Stana from done to expected.

The procedural starring Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic will be back for its eighth season. Fillion inked a new deal to return, and Katic — sources tell THR — is expected to close a new pact as well. Produced in-house by ABC Studios, Castle has been a sturdy performer for ABC on Mondays at 10 p.m. and still pulls 12.7 million viewers on a weekly basis. Rumors about the future of the series have swirled of late, with sources telling THR that the veteran drama from Andrew Marlowe could return for an abbreviated final season. While it's unclear if season eight will be Castle's last one thing is certain: showrunner David Amann, who took over for Marlowe in season seven, has exited.

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Hollywood Reporter

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Original Article

Thanks to rash for the heads up.

The procedural starring Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic will be back for its eighth season after the duo both inked new deals to return. While it's unclear if season eight will be Castle's last one thing is certain: showrunner David Amann, who took over for Marlowe in season seven, has exited. Procedural vet Barry Schindel (CAA), who returns to the drama after a brief run in 2009 and whose credits include Numbers, Intelligence, Unforgettable and Law & Order, will replace Amann and take over as show runner.

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THR

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