Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26159109-20170317173209/@comment-27060727-20170507072222

So we are now entering the week in which all the renewal/cancellation news should be released ahead of upfronts. It's been a long 4 months of speculation about the show/cast, but we've almost made it!

The latest report from Deadline (released 5/5): "Also expected to come back is veteran Once Upon a Time, which is in a process of negotiating deals with four cast members who would lead a planned reimagining, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Robert Carlyle and Colin O'Donoghue. The show also has been signing high-level writer-producers for next season."

The stuff about the 4 cast members might be old info, but if they're staffing for S7, that's a positive sign. (Along with Lana filming for upfronts a while back) Also interesting note, apparently ABC is reviving American Idol for March 2018 and the only timeslot they'd have for it is Sundays at 8, so that probably suggests a shortened final episode order for OUAT to run in the fall/winter unless they move it to a new timeslot for it altogether. I guess we'll see.