Rueben's Ramblings

Colin Morgan (Photo Credit: Jennifer Schadel)

On the last day of Comic Con last month, most of the cast and creative minds behind the popular European series Merlin – which airs on Syfy here in the States – visited the annual fete where they were greeted by a rousing round of applause from a packed and appreciative audience.

Led by moderator Jenna Busch, writer extraordinaire for outlets like Moviefone, AOL, Blastr and the Huffington Post (among many others), cast members Colin Morgan (Merlin), Anthony Head (Uthur), Katie McGrath (Morgana) and Bradley James (Arthur) as well as recurring cast member Santiago Cabrera (Lancelot) and executive producers Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy took the stage to enthrall fans with stories of filming the series, what to expect in the new season while whetting our appetite for what is ahead.

Katie McGrath, Anthony Head and Bradley James (Photo Credit: Jennifer Schadel)

Not only was a special sneak peek trailer from the upcoming season presented to the ecstatic audience but also a special recorded message from cast member Angel Coulby (Gwen) – who could not attend the panel – where she introduced a new recurring character for the upcoming season as well as a blooper reel from the past season.

Among the good news shared by the executive producers were that they are currently filming season 4, which is expected to air in 2012; new storylines for that season will be darker, have some interesting twists, will focus more on the knights of the round table and that Morgana will be even more powerful. Best of all, they shared that the BBC has ordered a fifth season of the series.

While a return date has not yet been announced by Syfy, fans can look forward to the magic of Merlin continuing for a while yet to come.