Syfy’sSuperstitionstarDemetria McKinneyis the newest addition to The CW’sSupernaturalprequel about Sam and Dean’s familyThe Winchesters.
In 2020, after a decade and a half, the horror-fantasy seriesSupernaturalended with its 15th season. A year after, in June 2021, the spin-off series was announced withSupernaturalalum Robbie Thompson behind the script.The Winchesterswill also be seeing the eldest brother Dean (Jensen Ackles) returning to lend his voice and perspective as the narrator.
The show will be set before the hunter brothers were born, in the 1960s, and will center around their parents, John and Mary, who were respectively played byJeffrey Dean MorganandSamantha SmithinSupernaturaland will now be played by the recently announcedDrake RodgerandMeg Donnelly. At this time, Mary is 19-years-old who has had to fight back against evil forces since she was a young child but is now considering giving up the family business, whereas John is a soldier who just returned from Vietnam and finds a new mission back home.The Winchesterswill be unveiling the untold love story of these two hunters and how they not only managed to save their love from the forces threatening it but also the entire world.
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According toDeadline, McKinney will be playing Ada Monroe in the show, a smart bookstore owner who also has an interest in the occult and its mysteries. McKinney is known for the sitcomTyler Perry’s House of Payneand the soap operaSaints & Sinners. The actress is joining other series regulars who have been announced in recent weeks like Donnelly, Rodger,Nida Khurshi,Jojo Fleites, andBianca Kajlich.
The Winchesterscomes from CBS Studios and Warner Bros. TV. Thompson is also executive producing along with Jensen andDanneel Acklesvia their Chaos Machine Productions. The pilot episode will be directed byGlen Winter. The series is The CW’s current third attempt at producing aSupernaturalspin-off.
As of right now, there is no prospective date for when the filming will begin, and we might still be seeing new additions to the cast in the coming weeks.
