8/14/2006 - 19 New Minis; Taking Back Sunday; Movie

The Executive Producer Stephen Stohn posted yesterday with quite a bit of news. First off he says that the Degrassi Premier of Season 6 in the US will either be the last week of September or first week of October (TV Guide already announced it is the last week of September.) The biggest news though is that there will be at least 19 mini-webisodes this season, 4 of which are already filmed. He also mentions the episodes featuring the band Taking Back Sunday are indeed Craig-centric episodes, as was speculated.Also due to the delay the upcoming movie's script has been totally reworked. Lastly the next episode of Degrassi they will be filming is 611. Here is his post below:

"To answer a few question:

The Season 6 broadcast in the U.S. will likely be either the first Friday in October or the last Friday in September--no word yet on an exact start date for Canada, although the announced plan is to start in mid-November but running two episodes back-to-back each week...

Yes, Craig is featured in the episodes which have Taking Back Sunday in them.

We have already shot 4 new Minis for this season, and will be shooting at least another 15. One of the Minis also features Taking Back Sunday... and another features someone whose initials are HS!!

As most of you have heard, in place of the mall tours there will be one big event this year which will feature almost all of the Degrassi cast (and Linda and me) in one location in New York... have to wait for The N give out any more details...

As for the movie, we're still working on it, but because of the original delay we have to completely revamp the storyline....

Right now we are shooting Instant Star (Alexz is in the studio today recording tracks for the upcoming episodes--we shoot 303 of Instant Star this week, then 611 of Degrassi next week...."

Source: Degrassi.tv