Horowitz said the writers knew “there is so much we want to do with [Alice]” when they introduced Wonderland on Season 1 - and they didn’t want it all to take place during a single hour. Hence the new series starring actress Sophie Lowe, who was born in the UK but spent time growing up in Australia.
Kitsis added that the Wonderland series is “its own thing” and while it may be called a spinoff, viewers will not have to be viewers of OUAT to follow Wonderland. Still, Kitsis said characters from Once could crossover but “that is not the focus of the show. The show really is the focus of Alice and her journey.”
“There is no greater stake than that,” Kitsis said of love and romance being the core of Wonderland just in the way it is for Once.
John Lithgow is voicing the White Rabbit. Will we ever see the acclaimed actor in his own body? Probably not, Horowitz said. For now, we’ll get the fabulous Lithgow voice but that’s better than nothing, right?
As they’ve said before, the guys won’t be recasting the Mad Hatter even though actor Sebastian Stan, who played him on Once, is busy shooting movies (including the Captain America sequel with Chris Evans). There is an open invitation for the actor to don the Mad Hatter’s hat again if Stan can find the time, however.
“It’s one story pushing forward,” said Horowitz of how story will work in Wonderland. “But there will be bouncing back and forth to [Alice’s] earlier journey to Wonderland.” The producers also said we’ll also get backstory for Alice’s lost love Cyrus (Peter Gadiot) as well as The Knave Of Hearts (Michael Socha).
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UK Oncers, turn on your TVs right now! An all new episode of Once Upon a Time is airing now on Channel 5!
Mr. Gold finds an unwilling test subject to see if a spell he has concocted will allow him to cross the border of Storybrooke — without losing his memory — and go in search of his son, Bae; Belle stumbles upon a vengeful Hook in the Storybrooke harbor whose main goal is to eradicate Rumplestiltskin; and Mary Margaret and David go house hunting in search of a bigger place to live. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Belle meets Mulan as the two set out to slay a fearsome beast called the Yaoguai, who has been ravaging the land.
UK Oncers, a new episode of Once Upon a Time airs tonight on Channel 5 at 8pm. Make sure to tune in!
Mr. Gold finds an unwilling test subject to see if a spell he has concocted will allow him to cross the border of Storybrooke — without losing his memory — and go in search of his son, Bae; Belle stumbles upon a vengeful Hook in the Storybrooke harbor whose main goal is to eradicate Rumplestiltskin; and Mary Margaret and David go house hunting in search of a bigger place to live. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Belle meets Mulan as the two set out to slay a fearsome beast called the Yaoguai, who has been ravaging the land.
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Quick Update:
Hey, guys! So, you know how I keep saying I’m going to be answering the asks piled in my inbox? And how I’m going to have the OUaT Favorite Episode rewatch scheduled and a post set up? And how I’m going to update the spoiler roundup page with season three running spoilers?
Yeah, I’d like to get to that today. Heck, I’d love to. But because my life has to be so silly busy, it may take me awhile. Sorry for the delay! I promise I’m not ignoring you guys — it’s just that I’m trying to work with a life that thinks it has to overrun me with too many things at the moment. Thanks for the patience. :)
Does Once Upon a Time plan on telling the current stories of the characters in Storybrooke, or will Season 3 focus on Neverland and the Enchanted Forest? –Ellie
In case my previous scoopage on this subject did not reassure you that, as the headline said, “Storybrooke will not be forgotten,” I just confirmed that Emilie de Ravin is still a series regular for Season 3. Thus, it sounds like Belle will certainly have Maine events of her own to deal with back home.Will Once Upon a Time explain how Mulan and Aurora helped Phillip get his soul back from the wraith? –JJ
Series cocreator Adam Horowitz confirms that yes, that burning question will be addressed during Season 3 — and likely on the sooner side, I reckon, since Jamie Chung and Sarah Bolger have midseason pilots (NBC’s Believe, ABC’s Mixology) to get to!
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Allison Nichols: Anytime you think you know where it’s going, the show goes in a different direction
Edward Kitsis: That’s part of the fun is you are always trying to lead people. We wanted people to believe we were going to the enchanted forest. We wanted them to believe that Greg and Tamara had no, you know, I think one of the fun for us is that we knew we were going to Neverland, and so we wanted to introduce this home office and this secret organization, and people, you know had people believe it had nothing to do with our world or with the enchanted forest, and lo it behold, it turns out they don’t realize their boss is Peter Pan.
Most of the episodes it’s a flashback and then Storybrooke. Now you’ve got people on The Jolly Roger, Henry over there, Neal’s alive in the enchanted forest, and you’ve got Storybrooke. Do you have any idea of how you are going to set that up?
Adam Horowitz: Yeah we do, and it’s something we want to keep as a surprise as to how we unfold it, but what we can say to the audience is that we are taming the beast.
EK: You do not have to sit there with a chart and pause and go: “Wait a minute, where am I, which world?”
AH: Our conception is, and I hope we can succeed with this, is that the audience can tune in, and it will be very clear in a very linear way where we’re going, who we’re with, and what we’re exploring, so that it’s not a flow chart situation.
EK: The other thing that we’re very excited about, is airing the show in two segments, so for us, as writers, we’re really approaching this like two seasons. We’re going to show eleven episodes in fall nonstop, and then eleven in spring, and so for us, this first eleven is going to be really focused on our core characters and their journey, and really as Adam said, taming the beast. We’re not going to make it so crazy that you’re looking around for eight different timelines.
AH: There’s a fine line in complexity and confusing. We love the show to be complex, but we never want it to be confusing. We want it to be a story that is super engaging and that has different levels to it, and that is something that you can jump into it.
Do you have something that you are very excited about for next season?
EK: We’re really excited about Neverland. We’re really excited about the people that are on that boat that are now going to be forced to work together, and I think that, you know for us, there were a lot of things introduced in season two that we really get to explore. One of them was that Emma had magic, and so much was happening that she really didn’t get to stop and say, “Why do I have this? What the hell is going on with me, and do I even like magic?” Emma called Snow and Charming mom and dad when she thought her life was over. How does that affect everything? I think, for us, we’re really excited to have these characters dive into what makes them who they are, and you know, and I think this situation with Henry is going to force them to become who they are, you know? Now we’re going to need Snow to become Bandit Snow. She needs to be tough. Charming needs to whip the sword out. Emma needs to be the savior. Rumple, as he said, he’s going to go dark for this, which is why he didn’t want Belle to see what he was about to do, and Regina is a wildcard. We never know which way she is going to go.
AH: You know the show is ultimately about the characters, so we think what we’ve been able to do is create a situation where the characters who have always been in conflict with each other now have been thrown together in a way where we can delve deeper into them and into their relationships, and into who they are. That was one of the things we are most excited about with this season, really digging deeper and exploring these characters.
EK: You know for us it’s fun because of the eleven episodes. We’re going to tell you a journey. We can really tell you a condensed story with a beginning, middle, and end for the first eleven and for the second eleven, and we’re really excited to do that, and we’re really excited for the fans not to have the interruption. I know last year they would air five minutes and then not again for four weeks, so…that was fun.