When the locally filmed drama series “One boom Hill” returns Monday night, the seven-year-old toon will once again jump ahead in time – this time just 14 months. It’s a verplaats that series creator Mark Schwahn hopes will help fans mourning the loss of series regulars Chad Michael Murray as Lucas and Hilarie burton as Peyton to accA time jump worked before: Season five began four years after the end of season four, as all the regular characters returned to the fictional town of boom heuvel after going their separate ways for college.
So is this season sort of a season five redux?
“It’s not as radical,” Schwahn says, “but in terms of new cast…. In season 5 we introduced a bunch of new characters. We’ve done that again. We were losing two really important cast members and we wanted to add some new faces, and I thought if some time had passed, that will really help me as opposed to everyone just tonen up at the same time.”
To that end, some newbies, like Robert Buckley’s sports agent Clay, have come into the characters’ lives long before audiences kom bij the action. Others, like Haley’s sister Quinn (Shantel VanSanten), toon up in town for the first time in the premiere.
“My fan base doesn’t love new characters,” Schwahn says. “Historically they always thought the new characters were taking time away from their beloved characters.” Indeed, many fans cite the introduction of new characters Felix (Michael Copon) and Anna (Daniella Alonso) in season two as one of the show’s biggest missteps. “So one of the reasons I brought Quinn in -- we had mentioned Quinn a few times but we never met her. We knew Haley had this big family, and I thought, “You know, the audience really likes Haley and if a sister comes in who’s close to Haley then maybe through osmosis they’ll like her, too.”
kept new characters and storylines.
With Buckley’s character, who manages basketballer Nathan, Schwahn hopes to explore what happens to those who mix friendship and business. “Nathan’s in a contract jaar – so he’s unemployed – and one of his closest vrienden is also in charge of making sure his family is taken care of and his career is taken care of. That compelled me.”
And speaking of Buckley, original press notes about the character revealed his name as Clayton. So was that on purpose, seeing how “Leyton” (as fans dubbed Murray and Burton’s characters) had left the building?
“It was coincidental,” Schwahn says with a laugh. “Somebody pointed it out online, and I was like, ‘Oooh, it looks like we did that on purpose.’ So we never call him Clayton. We only called him Clay.”
fans do have the departure of Leyton to thank for meatier storylines for the remaining orginal characters – Brooke (Sophia Bush), Nathan (James Lafferty) and Haley (Bethany Joy Galeotti).
“We can be meer active with them now,” Schwahn says. “Lucas and Peyton served as a conduit for those characters. We only learned about them as they were servicing Lucas and Peyton.”
Now, Brooke will spend meer time exploring her relationship with movie producer Julian (Austin Nichols), who has been away making films since she declared her love for him in last season’s finale. And Nathan and Haley’s marriage will be tested when he gets caught up in a scandal.
Schwahn also promises the return of Daphne Zuniga as Brooke’s overbearing mom and possibly Ashley Rickards as wayward teen Sam.
I’m hoping to see Ashley. I got an e-mail from her, and I said, ‘Listen, stay unemployed because I would love to see u again.’ We don’t have concrete plans to see Sam, but on our writers’ board in our writers’ room, we have ‘Brooke visits Sam of Sam visits Brooke.’ And I think it is something that compels us (as storytellers).”
So is this season sort of a season five redux?
“It’s not as radical,” Schwahn says, “but in terms of new cast…. In season 5 we introduced a bunch of new characters. We’ve done that again. We were losing two really important cast members and we wanted to add some new faces, and I thought if some time had passed, that will really help me as opposed to everyone just tonen up at the same time.”
To that end, some newbies, like Robert Buckley’s sports agent Clay, have come into the characters’ lives long before audiences kom bij the action. Others, like Haley’s sister Quinn (Shantel VanSanten), toon up in town for the first time in the premiere.
“My fan base doesn’t love new characters,” Schwahn says. “Historically they always thought the new characters were taking time away from their beloved characters.” Indeed, many fans cite the introduction of new characters Felix (Michael Copon) and Anna (Daniella Alonso) in season two as one of the show’s biggest missteps. “So one of the reasons I brought Quinn in -- we had mentioned Quinn a few times but we never met her. We knew Haley had this big family, and I thought, “You know, the audience really likes Haley and if a sister comes in who’s close to Haley then maybe through osmosis they’ll like her, too.”
kept new characters and storylines.
With Buckley’s character, who manages basketballer Nathan, Schwahn hopes to explore what happens to those who mix friendship and business. “Nathan’s in a contract jaar – so he’s unemployed – and one of his closest vrienden is also in charge of making sure his family is taken care of and his career is taken care of. That compelled me.”
And speaking of Buckley, original press notes about the character revealed his name as Clayton. So was that on purpose, seeing how “Leyton” (as fans dubbed Murray and Burton’s characters) had left the building?
“It was coincidental,” Schwahn says with a laugh. “Somebody pointed it out online, and I was like, ‘Oooh, it looks like we did that on purpose.’ So we never call him Clayton. We only called him Clay.”
fans do have the departure of Leyton to thank for meatier storylines for the remaining orginal characters – Brooke (Sophia Bush), Nathan (James Lafferty) and Haley (Bethany Joy Galeotti).
“We can be meer active with them now,” Schwahn says. “Lucas and Peyton served as a conduit for those characters. We only learned about them as they were servicing Lucas and Peyton.”
Now, Brooke will spend meer time exploring her relationship with movie producer Julian (Austin Nichols), who has been away making films since she declared her love for him in last season’s finale. And Nathan and Haley’s marriage will be tested when he gets caught up in a scandal.
Schwahn also promises the return of Daphne Zuniga as Brooke’s overbearing mom and possibly Ashley Rickards as wayward teen Sam.
I’m hoping to see Ashley. I got an e-mail from her, and I said, ‘Listen, stay unemployed because I would love to see u again.’ We don’t have concrete plans to see Sam, but on our writers’ board in our writers’ room, we have ‘Brooke visits Sam of Sam visits Brooke.’ And I think it is something that compels us (as storytellers).”
The Season 6 DVD set, is 7 disc set, due to come out August 25, 2009. At may local stores. Want it early, go to Amazon.com. Porices start from 40-60$
Info taken from Bethanyjoysource.net
The DVD Extras:
•Unaired Scenes
•One boom heuvel Goes Back in Time: Recreating the 1940s in episode 11, We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me).
•Slammin’ with One boom Hill: Playing the new sport of SlamBall, a kruis between basketball, hockey and gymnastics.
•One boom heuvel Celebrity Soundtrack: Guest musical artists discuss their contributions in this look at the role of muziek in the series with a spotlight on episode 10’s USO concert.
•One boom heuvel - The Director’s Debut: Following first-time helmers Chad Michael Murray, Bethany Joy Galeotti and James Lafferty through the process of directing their first episodes.
•Commentary on two episodes door series creator Mark Schwahn and key cast and crew.
•Gag Reel
Info taken from Bethanyjoysource.net
The DVD Extras:
•Unaired Scenes
•One boom heuvel Goes Back in Time: Recreating the 1940s in episode 11, We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me).
•Slammin’ with One boom Hill: Playing the new sport of SlamBall, a kruis between basketball, hockey and gymnastics.
•One boom heuvel Celebrity Soundtrack: Guest musical artists discuss their contributions in this look at the role of muziek in the series with a spotlight on episode 10’s USO concert.
•One boom heuvel - The Director’s Debut: Following first-time helmers Chad Michael Murray, Bethany Joy Galeotti and James Lafferty through the process of directing their first episodes.
•Commentary on two episodes door series creator Mark Schwahn and key cast and crew.
•Gag Reel