Ryan Murphy Reveals More Glee Project Mentors, What to Expect from Season 4

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GLEE: The glee club hang out in the choir room in the "Goodbye" season finale episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, May 22 (9:00- 10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Pictured L-R: Dianna Agron, Heather Morris, Naya Rivera, Chris Colfer, Amber Riley and Kevin McHale. ©2012 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Adam Rose/FOX

Last night at a TV Academy event for the Glee Project, co-creator, Ryan Murphy talked to reporters last night about what fans can expect from Glee Season 4.

But first–Ryan revealed some additional Glee Project  mentors.  Chris Colfer, Amber Riley, Darren Criss and Jane Lynch will appear, joining the already announced  Lea Michele (she starred in the premiere)  Cory Monteith and Naya Rivera .   Last year,  other than Darren, none of Glee’s heavy hitters were mentors.  Ryan says most of the actors turned down the opportunity to participate in Season1, but after watching the show, they were on board for Season 2.

As far as the future of Glee Project Season 1 winners, Ryan says he hopes to bring back some of them for Season 4. And he swears, there will be only ONE winner this year. Ryan had no idea there would be multiple winners until the day before the Season 1 finale, “I honestly thought there was a place for all four of them on the show.” he said.

Ryan was characteristically vague–and contradictory–when revealing plans for Season 4. First, he said of the graduates, only Lea Michele was guaranteed for 22 episodes. But when pushed to comment on the fates of Cory Monteith and Chris Colfer, Ryan backtracked,   “I think I have to talk to the actors and say, ‘What do you want to do?’ That’s how we’ve been dealing with that. I’ve only talked to Lea so far. So maybe yes, when I talk to them. That’s all happening in the next two weeks.”

And as far as Cory’s story line–we left Finn at the end of Season 3 joining the army –will the action follow him to boot camp or into combat? “That’s a big secret,” he said.

So…it sounds like Ryan still has no idea how Season 4 will shape up. This should be really interesting. If he attempts to stuff every single graduate into Season 4 storylines, plus add new members to the choir room, the cast is going to be even more unwieldy than it’s been in the past.

Glee writers are back at work crafting the season premiere, and I hear that production on Season 4 will begin mid-July.

Via TV Guide, The Hollywood Reporter

 
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  • Axxxel

    Rachel’s story is only interesting if there is an antagonist like Santana or even Kurt to ground her… and one visit from Quinn when Rachel is at her lowest point.

  • Axxxel

    Holy Klaine will have a multi arc with Blaine dealing with  a frustrated Kurt who is trying to get out of Lima . At the same time Blaine will have to deal with powerstruggle in the Glee club…

  • http://twitter.com/KariannHart Kariann Hart

    I have been a fan of Rachel and want a follow-up with her in New York, but not every week.  Maybe have several go visit her for Thanksgiving while she is doing a play.  Have her come home for Christmas.  Time to look for another Diva or two for the Glee Club.

    I wonder if there will be an episode with Congressman Hummel what with the national election in November?

  • http://twitter.com/KariannHart Kariann Hart

    Go ahead and tell me I am wrong…but I’d love to see one Idol alumni placed in the Glee cast.  S/he could be at another school or McKinley high.  Wonder if they have thought about that?  There are several that are still teens or low 20s.

  • Axxxel

    Yeah, at least in the Vocal Adrenaline part… just like Charice…

  • Anonymous

    A frustrated Kurt? A power struggle in the glee club? Oh, wow! We’ve never seen either of those before! 

    I’m sure there will be plenty of snuggling and “Kurt, you know I’ll do all I can to help you achieve your dreams. Don’t feel guilty about taking out your frustration on me” scenes since Blaine is apparently the perfect man. If there is actually any kind of decent drama between those two, I will be very surprised.

  • Axxxel

    Glee getting predictable.. History does repeat itself, in the episode and storylines… First episode will be about looking for new members… there will be lovetriangle, foes become friends and then rivals again…Christmas episode, valentine, prom, sectionals, regionals, nationals…

    Kurt is more interesting when he is frustrated than when he is happy… I would love to see Blaine and Sam Evans clash again, throw some ”angry Tina” in the powerstruggle …. Decent drama between Klaine, will happen eventually … I predict that Kurt will slowly lose interest for Blaine because he has so many other things on his mind while Blaine is still worrying about uninteresting things like homework and prom… When they eventually meet each other again, it feels like they are strangers to each other.  
    A bit like the “little purse coming out of Kurt’s mouth” scene… I know, deja vu. but that was also the beginning of the burial of the Kurt/Mercedes friendship.

    Klaine drama can be a way to write Kurt out of the story… once they have found a new interesting gay character to write for. And if they can’t find one, they can always use glennethph’s suggestion :-)

  • Anonymous

    I’m glad they gave Kurt a boyfriend, but I’ve found the Klaine stuff quite boring. I hope they move on from them during the next season. Heck, I was hoping that Kurt/Karofsky was gonna get together, because that would have been more interesting.
     
    I’m going to go into Season 4 with an open mind, but meh, not feeling good about what Ryan is hinting at so far. I’ve watched a lot of Ryan’s shows like Niptuck. He always does incredible first seasons then they start going down hill because he does the best stuff first. :(

  • Anonymous

    I’m sure there will be plenty of snuggling and “Kurt, you know I’ll do
    all I can to help you achieve your dreams. Don’t feel guilty about
    taking out your frustration on me” scenes since Blaine is apparently the
    perfect man. If there is actually any kind of decent drama between
    those two, I will be very surprised.

      There will be no drama between them, as they will be living 1000 miles apart. The geographic distance will also solve that whole “no gay pda” edict FOX seems to have handed down.

    And yes, I do think Kurt will make it to New York sooner rather than later. I mean, who else is going to play sidekick to Rachel, helping her to realize her dreams? Because that’s what really matters.

    The Finn army thing is just a ruse. He’ll flunk the physical, or something, and will end up in New York, back with Rachel before you know it, keeping the holy finchel intact.

    Glee writers: Lather. Rinse. REPEAT.

  • Anonymous

    Heck, I was hoping that Kurt/Karofsky was gonna get together, because that would have been more interesting.

      Can you imagine if one of the girls eventually hooked up with a boy who had emotionally and physically abused her in the past? It would never happen because it wouldn’t be tolerated.

    I don’t understand why that dynamic should be any different for gay male couples. Kurtofsky would just be gross and all kinds of WRONG at this point, considering their history. Gah. The whole Kurofsky in a gorilla suit deal in Heart had me barfing.

    Having said that, if Kurt is in NYC, I’d rather Klaine break up so they can both have romantic interests that are closer to home. If there is a season 5, and Blaine winds up in NYC, maybe they can get back together.

  • Anonymous

     I just meant dynamic wise. I understand Ryan liking cutesy Klaine being all perfect together. Being gay myself, historically you never saw gay couples being so strong like that (although these days you have other shows like Grey’s Anatomy too).
     
    Just for tension purposes, having someone like Karofsky with Kurt would have been more fun. :P
     
    Karofsky’s whole bullying-then-accepting storyline was weird in general, though. Made no sense at how fast he came around after threatening Kurt so vehemently.

  • http://twitter.com/KariannHart Kariann Hart

    I think Glee’s biggest problem may be replacing its’ Divas, Rachel and Mercedes.  These girls are so talented!  I will have to check out The Glee Project to see if there are any hopefuls there.

  • Anonymous

     I like this year’s hopefuls, but I don’t see any true powerhouse vocalists that can replace them.
     
    My favorite is Dani Shay, but she has much more of a twang in her voice.

  • http://twitter.com/KariannHart Kariann Hart

    I’m disappointed Damien and Samuel will be back they can’t act.

    I am not sure Damien’s character is really needed, and he can always go back home.  I think Samuel’s character fulfills a need for the show.  There’s so much they can do with his direction in the Glee club.  Temptations, for starters.   What happens when he has those stirrings of love?  I do believe he may have a following with Christian teens who may actually watch the show.

    The GreatXL,  I’ll look for Dani Shay.  Wonder if Holly Cavanagh can act?  She seems like she would be that “good girl” Joe could fall for!

  • Axxxel

    Yeah, I also think that Joe Hart can inspire a lot of storylines… I always thought that Rachel was still a kind of “good girl” and then she organized that “spin the bottle” party in her hideous dress… that was fun…

    Joe could also almost become a bad boy because he was emotionally hurt by  a bad experience and then he could at the last moment realize that he about to do a misstep…and go back on the “right track of life”…

    With Puck gone, we don’t have a bad boy in the Glee club. Damian’s character can be the bad boy/cutie pie  and then he uses his cuteness to his advantage to get (bad) things done… Remember him lying to Sugar and just having thoughts of just trying to get a girl in bed ? He may actually do mean things but people forgive him for it because he looks and acts cute. The thing is, can Damian act the part as well ?

  • Axxxel

    totally agree about the diva’s…. sigh sigh….

  • Axxxel

    I don’t think Karofsky came around that fast….He asked for forgiveness from Kurt in the prom episode (episode 20) in Season 2, and said that he started to like (love??)  Kurt after the First time episode (episode 5) in Season 3… so a difference of 7 episode and a summer hiatus… But then again, does Karofsky really love Kurt ?

    I think he just wants a close friend…after some failed attempts to get a lover (see e.g. Sebastian)…  Hope there is closure on the Karofsky storyline sometimes in Season 4.

  • Anonymous

    I totally agree about Karofsky. He and Kurt should never be an item. Kurt was traumatize by Karofsky. That should be hard to forget even though he’s forgiven.

    I don’t mind a Klaine break up if they get together again within a season. I don’t think I can handle the stress of a break up crossing over 2 seasons. lol! Klaine has so much chemistry together and it made the relationship so special that I still feel it ever time I think of the first time they met. What can I say, I’m a hopeless romantic who like happy ever after endings. 

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