Due to an uncommon pilot season (courtesy of COVID-19 shutdowns) The 100 spin-off remains to be ready for The CW to determined whether or not it will likely be picked up or not. The backdoor pilot aired throughout The 100‘s seventh and closing season although, and it gave us some perception into what this new collection may appear to be.
The CW first introduced its plans to start out growing a spin-off of The 100 in October of 2019, and TV Information has been eagerly compiling any and all scraps of details about this potential new collection since then. From backdoor pilot spoilers to casting to pickup information, this is all the things we find out about this attainable collection.
It’s set previously. This potential spin-off could be set 97 years earlier than the occasions of The 100 pilot, occurring through the time interval when a nuclear apocalypse worn out nearly the entire planet’s inhabitants. It’s going to depict the delivery of the tradition The 100 followers know because the Grounders, as survivors of the apocalypse band collectively in an try to create a brand new society.
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There is not any title but. TVLine reported that the title for the backdoor pilot episode was “Anaconda,” however showrunner Jason Rothenberg clarified that it could not be the spin-off’s title. Proper now, followers’ favourite potential titles are The Second Daybreak and Praimfaya.
The backdoor pilot aired on July 8. Like so many different CW exhibits earlier than it, The 100 tried to launch its first spin-off with a backdoor pilot episode. The episode aired Wednesday, July Eight at 8/7c, and it gave the present a slight scores bump. In it, we noticed Becca’s (Erica Cerra) return to Earth and the creation of the primary Nightbloods when an rebellion occurred contained in the bunker of the Second Daybreak cult survivors after the bombs went off. The members of this rebellion escaped the bunker and had been capable of reside on the radiation-soaked floor due to their altered blood. The episode is at the moment streaming on CWTV.com.
Iola Evans and Adain Bradley, The 100
The leads for the brand new collection have been forged. Deadline introduced that the spin-off has forged a number of key leads roles for the prequel collection. Up and comers Iola Evans, Adain Bradley, and Leo Howard performed the core characters within the backdoor pilot and the potential new collection.
Evans is Callie, who’s described as, “whip-smart and passionate with a rebellious streak in addition.” Although she’s devoted her life to causes she believes in (even after they do not align with excessive expectations others have for her), Callie finds herself on the lookout for a brand new goal after the devastations attributable to the apocalypse.
Bradley’s character, Reese, is definitely Callie’s brother, whose spent his entire life in fierce competitors together with his beloved sister. He is described as, “hard-working and headstrong,” that are two belongings you undoubtedly need to be to outlive (and probably succeed within the aftermath of) the apocalypse.
Howard performs August, a “rebellious and passionate musician,” who additionally occurs to be a member of a radical environmentalist group. You understand, the type of people that have seen the top coming for many years now? August will discover himself slightly misplaced within the aftermath of the apocalypse, after the earth he is been attempting to save lots of has been destroyed.
Flashbacks would play a giant half within the collection. Rothenberg told TV Guide, “I do plan on utilizing flashbacks to the pre-apocalypse time very often.” He additionally revealed that in these flashbacks, we will count on to see Callie and Reese’s father, Invoice Cadogan (John Pyper-Ferguson).
We would additionally get the Ark’s origin story. Whereas the present would predominantly deal with the beginnings of the Grounder civilization, that is not the one group of survivors coming collectively throughout this time interval. The Ark was additionally being fashioned out of all of the worldwide house station survivors, and that story could be informed as nicely. “Someplace in Season 1, probably the start of Season 2, of the brand new present, I’d get us again to house the place we’d meet nice, nice grandpappy — Blake and Clarke’s nice, nice grandparents,” Rothenberg informed TV Information.
Iola Evans, The 100