Seen here on Supernatural, Sam and Dean’s parents star in The Winchesters and have now been cast. Image: The CW
The whole Supernatural journey began with Dean and Sam, played by Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, learning about their parents. And though things went well beyond that in the decade that followed, a new show, The Winchesters, is bringing Supernatural back to those roots, and now the two actors playing those roles have been revealed.
Deadline reports that Meg Donnelly and Drake Rodger will appear in the pilot as young Mary and John Winchester, parents of Dean and Sam, in the story of how the lovebirds met and began their demon hunt that led to all that came after. The show is told in flashback while Dean (Ackles, who is also executive producer) narrates the story. In the original show, the roles were played by The Walking Dead’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Samantha Smith (Transformers).
Donnelly is probably best known to the sci-fi set as the main character Addison from the Disney Channel Zombies movies. She also appeared on the show American Housewife for five years. Rodger stars in a Paramount+ original film called The In-Between as well as an upcoming film called Quiet in My Town. In this series, Donnelly’s Mary has been fighting the forces of darkness for years in the family business. She is about to quit until she meets John. John has just returned from Vietnam and, after trying to find out more about his father, finds out that he was part of this very different world.
Running for a whopping 15 seasons and over 325 episodes, Supernatural was a massive, massive hit. That would suggest that this show, which should fill in some gaps in terms of mythology and motivation for this series, has similar potential. And yet it’s hard to ignore the odd fact that star Jensen Ackles never asked Jared Padalecki to be a part of it in any way. Just from a fan perspective, could it be difficult to stick to a show that’s about where Sam and Dean are from when Dean didn’t want Sam on board in the first place?
There’s no word on when The Winchesters will make their debut, but since the lead roles have just been cast, late 2022 or early 2023 seems the most likely.
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