ABC’s ‘Castle’ season 7 spoilers: Latest on Stana Katic – Nathan Fillion contract negotiations

Does ABC want to bring back “Castle” for another season? We definitely feel confident at the moment that they do for a variety of reasons, with the most notable one being simply that cancellation-wise, they have so many other fish to fry. “Revenge” looks to be almost dead, “Secrets & Lies” is on its way out most likely, Tuesday nights are somewhat of a mess, and “American Crime” is almost certainly a goner. There are enough shows that need to be canceled elsewhere that there’s no real reason to end this one yet … provided that the contract crisis for Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic can be worked out.

So what is the latest on the situation? Ultimately, it’s not necessarily bad news, but it is not great news either. According to TVLine, the two are in “deep negotiations” right now on returning for another season, and this one could go “down to the wire.” This means to us that there are still some things that need to be worked out here, but the fact that there are negotiations at all means that all parties involved want to make more episodes of the show happen.

The vast majority of the time, cast negotiations do work out. Sure, there is occasionally a situation like Cote de Pablo and “NCIS,” but Thomas Gibson once signed on for more “Criminal Minds” days before production started. The cast of “The Big Bang Theory” employed something similar leading up to the start of this season before securing new three-year deals. If there is enough confidence that deals will be done, we imagine that a renewal will happen.

Hopefully, we’ll figure out some more information one way or another before the ABC upfront in May.

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