ABC’s ‘Castle’ season 7 spoilers: Show boss on sticking to plans as contract talks loom

For a while this season, the contract situations of Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic on “Castle” were a lukewarm news item. Now, things are starting to come to a boil. The network upfronts are less than two months away, and when you consider that you really cannot have “Castle” without the two main characters, we figure that new contracts will have to be imminent before a renewal is announced.

Yesterday, we told you how Seamus Dever (who plays Detective Ryan on the show) still has yet to hear anything when it comes to contract discussions, and now, the current showrunner David Amann has also spoke out. He’s not really involved on that side of the coin, but he did tell TV Guide in a new interview that he is hopeful that everything will have a proper resolution in time:

“We’re hopeful that everything gets resolved … We have thought about a bunch [of] different scenarios, but our main obligation is just to our audience and delivering great shows. We’re just building the best end of the season that we can.”

Do we feel confident that everything is going to work out? Eventually, we do, but there are many different factors at play here. For example, you have the interest level of the cast, the amount of money that they want, and then the amount of money that the studio is willing and able to spend. Then, you also are going to have to consider the show’s ratings, and how many episodes all parties could want in another season. Ultimately, just remember here that a shortened final season is a possibility as much as anything else.

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