User:ONCEFanandHappyHippo/Season Eight

Season Eight is the upcoming eighth and final season of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was announced on May 19, 2018. Filming is scheduled to begin on July 5, 2018 and will end on April 1, 2018.

Season Eight will premiere on September 28, 2018 with "Happy Beginnings".

Storyline Information
The following will be addressed/featured:
 * More drama in the United Realms.
 * The focus of the season is to end the series, and will serve more as a final hurrah for the series.

New Characters

 * Zelena (Wish Realm)

Starring

 * Colin O'Donoghue as Hook/Rogers
 * Andrew J. West as Henry Mills
 * Alison Fernandez as Lucy
 * Dania Ramirez as Jacinda Vidrio
 * Mekia Cox as Sabine
 * Rebecca Mader as Kelly West/Zelena (Wish Realm)
 * Rose Reynolds as Tilly
 * Tiera Skovbye as Margot

Special Guest Starring

 * Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan
 * Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina Mills/Roni
 * Emilie de Ravin as Belle/Belle French
 * Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold/Weaver
 * Jared S. Gilmore as Young Henry
 * Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard
 * Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David Nolan

Guest Starring

 * Beverley Elliott as Granny
 * Lee Arenberg as Leroy
 * JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Ariel
 * Victoria Smurfit as Cruella De Vil
 * Kristin Bauer van Straten as Maleficent
 * Raphael Sbarge as Archie Hopper
 * Georgina Haig as Elsa
 * Adelaide Kane as Drizella/Ivy Belfrey
 * Robbie Kay as Peter Pan
 * Emma Booth as Gothel/Eloise Gardener
 * Sean Maguire as Robin Hood
 * Eion Bailey as August Booth

New Cast Members

 * Antonio Banderas as Zorro

Lineup Changes

 * Rebecca Mader is now billed as "starring".
 * Rose Reynolds is now billed as "starring".
 * Tiera Skovbye is now billed as "starring".
 * Lana Parrilla is now billed as "special guest starring".
 * Robert Carlyle is now billed as "special 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.