Wetpaint and Celebified posted a funny interview with Joseph, Daniel Gillies and Arielle Kebbel, who talked the season finale at the CW Upfronts.

The Originals cast also discussed the upcoming spinoff and what we can expect from it.

And the third interview comes from E!Online. Joseph described the Originals show as “darker, a little sexier and edgier” and admits he was surprised to find out the child’s Klaus’.

“I hope with Charles as well as we can go for the Three Men and a Baby,” Morgan jokes of the baby plot on the new series, before Gillies adds, “I’ll be Tom Selleck, you can be Steve Guttenberg!”
Along with the fans, Morgan admits he was completely caught off guard by Klaus becoming a father, saying, “I knew it was going to be her baby and I still didn’t clue in that I was the father of it!”
And as for how The Originals will differ from Vampire Diaries, Morgan explains, “It’s going to be darker, a little sexier and edgier. Vampire Diaries was more about these kids growing up, a coming-of-age high school story; our show is more about creatures embracing their true nature and reveling in that.”

Watch the video here.

Joseph wants to thank all of you for the birthday wishes, donations to Positive Women and twitter worldwide trend saying Happy Birthday Joseph Morgan.

Joseph and Daniel share their biggest hopes for Klaus and Elijah in the video bellow.

First photos from The CW Upfronts, Joseph and his castmates attended earlier today, have already been added to our gallery.

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Appearances > 2013 > The CW Upfronts – May 16, 2013

We have a new, lovely shot of The Originals cast. Is it fall yet?

The CW’s press release is out and bellow you can read the official descriptions of The Originals and The Vampire Diaries Season 5.

The Originals:

Family is power. The Original Vampire family swore it to each other a thousand years ago. They pledged to remain together, always and forever. Now, centuries have passed and the bonds of family are broken. Time, tragedy and hunger for power have torn the Original Family apart. When Klaus Mikaelson, the original vampire-werewolf hybrid, receives a mysterious tip that a plot is brewing against him in the supernatural melting pot that is the French Quarter of New Orleans, he returns to the city his family helped build. Klaus’ questions lead him to a reunion with his diabolical former protégé, Marcel, a charismatic vampire who has total control over the human and supernatural inhabitants of New Orleans. Determined to help his brother find redemption, Elijah follows Klaus and soon learns that the werewolf Hayley has also come to the French Quarter searching for clues to her family history, and has fallen into the hands of a powerful witch named Sophie. Tensions between the town’s supernatural factions are nearing a breaking point as Marcel commands his devoted followers and rules with absolute power. For Klaus, the thought of answering to his powerful protégé is unthinkable, and he vows to reclaim what was once his – the power, the city and his family. While they wait to see if their sister Rebekah will leave Mystic Falls and join them, Klaus and Elijah form an uneasy alliance with the witches to ensure that New Orleans will be ruled by THE ORIGINALS once again. The series stars Joseph Morgan (“The Vampire Diaries,” “Immortals”) as Klaus, Daniel Gillies (“The Vampire Diaries,” “Saving Hope”) as Elijah, Claire Holt (“The Vampire Diaries,” “Pretty Little Liars”) as Rebekah, Phoebe Tonkin (“The Vampire Diaries,” “The Secret Circle”) as Hayley, Charles Michael Davis (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Switched at Birth”) as Marcel, Daniella Pineda (“The Fitzgerald Family Christmas,” “Homeland”) as Sophie, Leah Pipes (“The Deep End,” “Sorority Row”) as Cami and Danielle Campbell (“Starstruck,” “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection”) as Davina. THE ORIGINALS is from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with My So-Called Company, Alloy Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios. Julie Plec (“The Vampire Diaries,” “Kyle XY,” “Wasteland”), Leslie Morgenstein (“The Vampire Diaries,” “Gossip Girl”) and Gina Girolamo (“The Lying Game”) are executive producers. Plec wrote the pilot episode, which was directed by Chris Grismer (“The Vampire Diaries”).

The Vampire Diaries:

In the tumultuous fourth season of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, the world of Mystic Falls was turned upside down when the beautiful and compassionate Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) came face-to-face with her worst nightmare – life as a vampire. While Elena struggled to control her new powers and the overwhelming thirst for blood, the astonishing news that a cure for vampirism may actually exist reached Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan (Paul Wesley) Salvatore, the two vampire brothers who love her. Their search for the cure leads the brothers, along with Elena’s brother Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) and her best friends Bonnie (Kat Graham) and Caroline (Candice Accola), to a horrifying confrontation with the ancient and all-powerful immortal, Silas, who has been entombed with the cure for more than 2,000 years. But Elena isn’t the only vampire who longs to return to life as a human, and the question of who will take the cure is resolved in the heart-stopping season finale, along with moments of unexpected joy, unspeakable sorrow, and a confession of true love. The series heads into its fifth season with some characters headed off to college, a newly cured vampire trying to survive as a human, and a shocking Salvatore secret. Based on the series of books by L. J. Smith, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Outerbanks Entertainment, Alloy Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios. The series was developed by Kevin Williamson (“The Following,” “Scream”) & Julie Plec (“Kyle XY,” “Wasteland”), who serve as executive producers along with Leslie Morgenstein (“Gossip Girl,” “Pretty Little Liars”) and Caroline Dries (“Melrose Place,” “Smallville”).

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Photo credit: Jarett Wieselman

The CW revealed its 2013-2014 schedule. There are no changes for The Vampire Diaries, it’ll continue airing Thursday, 8pm. The Originals will air Tuesdays at 8pm, just before the Supernatural.

MONDAY
8/7c: Hart of Dixie
9/8c: Beauty and the Beast

TUESDAY
8/7c: The Originals (NEW SHOW)
9/8c: Supernatural

WEDNESDAY
8/7c: Arrow
9/8c: The Tomorrow People (NEW SHOW)

THURSDAY
8/7c: The Vampire Diaries
9/8c: Reign (NEW SHOW)

FRIDAY
8/7c: The Carrie Diaries
9/8c: America’s Next Top Model

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Here it is, new official poster for The Originals spinoff. It’s incredible, right?

Thanks to Jana for the heads up.

Warning: Please stop reading here, unless you’ve seen The Originals episode (aired April 25). Spoilers ahead.

Many fang fans stayed open-mouthed during the last episode. Zap2It talked to Phoebe Tonkin about the shocking twist.

Unbeknownst to fans, Phoebe Tonkin has been signed on for the spinoff since July, when she first joined “The Vampire Diaries” cast. “To finally have this episode air when it’s been talked about for nearly twelve months is crazy,” she says. “I’ve been dying to see it!”

But even as she made her appearances on “The Vampire Diaries,” the details of her role in the spinoff were kept strictly under wraps. She didn’t know that Hayley would be pregnant with Klaus’s baby until seven days before filming began on “The Originals.”

“It came completely out of left field,” she laughs. “No one knew anything. Even when Joseph and I were filming one of the other episodes — the episode where they conceive the baby — we didn’t know that we were conceiving a baby! So when Joseph and I were filming, we were like, ‘Maybe this happens, or maybe this happens,’ plotting out our spinoff ideas. We were way off base.”

When Phoebe finally got her hands on the script, her reaction to the big twist was… pretty much the same as our reaction to the big twist. “I’m reading the reactions on Twitter now, and I think I pretty much felt the same as everyone watching it,” she laughs. “I was like, ‘What!?’ — just screaming. Honestly, I think it’s a really cool twist. It’s something I don’t think people were expecting. People are tweeting me, and they think it’s a joke. It’s not a joke.”

The show has been billed as a darker, more mature look at the supernatural genre, and responsibility for a child certainly elevates that. “I was impressed that they would put something like this in a supernatural show, because it totally changes the tone; the stakes of the show, the tone of the show,” says Pheobe. “It puts it in more of an adult field. It’s less high school, and more about maturity, and the next step in your life.”

While Joseph discussed the episode with Digital Spy. He also revealed what we can expect for the finale.

It’s interesting you say there are no other love interests in Klaus’s near future, because Hayley’s in ‘The Originals’ and last time she was with Klaus they shared an amorous moment, shall we say! But there’s nothing going on with them?
“I can’t wait for you to see the episode – it’s going to blow your mind! Do you know what, it’s made reference to in the episode, what happened between them. I don’t think there’s a future in that way for those characters, but what we’ve done is given a complicated history to them so already there’s something between them, which makes things a little more complicated. I think it’s just making things a little more interesting – it’s stirring the pot a little more.

“And also I like that whole storyline. I feel like he is extremely flawed, Klaus, and the fact that he would sort of be keeping himself pure for Caroline – it’s not realistic in terms of the character. I think no matter how much he loves her he still makes huge mistakes and errors of judgement all the time – talk about not learning from the last thousand years! But yeah, I think it only serves to make things more interesting and make him more rounded as a character.”

We’re almost at the end of this season of The Vampire Diaries now – what hints can you give us about Silas and the cure in these last couple episodes?
“They’re actually shooting scenes from the last three episodes at the moment, filling in all the gaps, everything they missed. And I can tell you… I mean, when I read the finale the main thing I wanted to know is, ‘Who’s going to get the cure?’ That’s what I was the most excited about – who on Earth is going to get the cure? And I can tell you it’s not what you think. I can tell you that it’s going to be… I think it’s going to be a surprise for everyone. It certainly took me unawares. There’s also some appearances in the coming episodes which people should get very excited about. There’s some characters that people should be excited to see.”

Some familiar faces?
“[Ums and ahhs] Possibly some familiar faces, yes! I’m on the line now, you know what I mean?”

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