Season Seven

Season Seven is the upcoming seventh season of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was announced on May 11, 2017. Filming began on July 6, 2017 and is scheduled to end on April 2, 2018.

Season Seven will premiere on October 6, 2017 with "Hyperion Heights".

Storyline Information
The following will be addressed/featured:
 * Whether Lucy's storybook given by Henry is his original book or a different book.
 * About Henry:
 * How he lost belief and faith.
 * Why his family needs his help, and what happened to them.
 * His age and "how [he] is as old as he is without everyone else".
 * His journey to "the place where the happy ending isn't written".
 * About the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Hook and Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold:
 * Their new "identities": Roni, Rogers and Weaver.
 * New and different relationships between them.
 * A new love interest for Regina's cursed persona.
 * Multiple new and different curses, and the identity of their caster(s).
 * New worlds, including a "new Enchanted Forest".
 * What the darkness that attacked Henry in the Enchanted Forest is.
 * More references to Disney property, fairy tales, and literature, including One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
 * Why Emma, Belle, Zelena, Snow and David are absent.
 * The reappearance of some of them.
 * More details about the time jump, which is longer than 10 years.
 * Different iterations of some known characters, like Cinderella.
 * If Hook and Emma have a child together.
 * A new Savior.
 * A prominent LGBT storyline.
 * Why Lady Tremaine became evil.
 * Different Authors and different books with their own mythologies.
 * The identity of the Witch.

New Characters

 * Alice/Tilly
 * Cinderella/Jacinda
 * Drizella/Ivy
 * Lady Tremaine/Victoria
 * Roni
 * Rogers
 * Tiana
 * Weaver
 * Witch
 * Eudora

Starring

 * Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina Mills/Roni
 * Colin O'Donoghue as Hook/Rogers
 * Andrew J. West as Henry Mills
 * Alison Fernandez as Lucy
 * Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold/Weaver

Guest Starring

 * Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills
 * Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan
 * Emilie de Ravin as Belle/Belle French
 * Giles Matthey as Gideon

Starring

 * Dania Ramirez as Cinderella/Jacinda
 * Gabrielle Anwar as Lady Tremaine/Victoria
 * Mekia Cox as Tiana/Sabine

Guest Starring

 * Adelaide Kane as Drizella/Ivy
 * Rose Reynolds as Alice/Tilly
 * Vladimir Ruzich as Unknown
 * Emma Booth as Witch
 * Kevin Ryan as Unknown
 * Robin Givens as Eudora

Lineup Changes

 * Ginnifer Goodwin is no longer billed as "starring".
 * Josh Dallas is no longer billed as "starring".
 * Rebecca Mader is no longer billed as "starring".
 * Andrew J. West is now billed as "starring".


 * Alison Fernandez is now billed as "starring".
 * Jennifer Morrison is now billed as "guest starring".
 * Emilie de Ravin is now billed as "guest starring".
 * Jared S. Gilmore is now billed as "guest starring".

Trivia

 * Unlike the past six seasons, Season Seven will air on Fridays at 8:00 PM, rather than Sundays at 8:00 PM.
 * The writing team considers this season to be a "requel" because it is "part reboot, part sequel".
 * According to Edward Kitsis, the "requel" has been planned since Season Four.