Merlin S5 | Filming news (Wales) + ep 05.01-05.03 news + S6 news

[gealach_ros]

Filming in Wales on Friday, September 7th.
I saw the posts re filming in France. Merlin was still being filmed in Britain on Friday 7th September - at [location spoiler (Wales)]Speech House Lake in the Forest of Dean, so it must be next week in France.
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[reveuse2]

Why would they kill Arthur off at the end of Season 5 and deny themselves the possibility of a Merlin movie? More likely, surely, that they will deal with the Mordred arc in as untraditional a way as they dealt with Lancelot/Guinevere? I'm personally hoping for Mordred vanquished/dead, Merlin's magic revealed in the process and Arthur at the height of his powers. I'd even stomach the biggest cliffhanger in Camelot (ie it ending on the magic reveal) if it meant they'd do a movie with this cast (and not, as had been hinted as by Capps, with a reboot cast). And I imagine Uther either comes back in dreams/memories or that he's conjured back in the same way Arthur's mother was. Anyway, for all its ups and downs I love the show, I can't wait for Season 5 to begin and I know I'm going to be so, so sad when it's over.

[kathyh]

THIS!! Those are my thoughts exactly. Whatever they do I don't think it will be anything that we expect, which is something I enjoy about the show. I can't wait for Season 5 either :)

[frances_veritas]

yes, thank you for saying this! for all the faults merlin has, i really love the show too. and i never once stopped loving it, or thought it was bad tbh. and i don't want it to end either. :( i want it to go another season at least. i feel like there's so much more story to tell. but if this is for sure the last season, i know i'm going to enjoy every minute of it and i'm going to be really really really REALLY sad when it's over. since merlin's been gaining more and more fans recently (like me) and it'd be a shame to see it end for us personally, so soon.

but anyway, thank you for this refreshing comment instead of the usual doom and gloom opinions i keep reading recently. :)

[doylefan22]

Tbh if they know the actors aren't interested in doing any more - and frankly if there is no s6 that is likely the case since the BBC would likely want more - then killing Arthur off makes sense to them. They'll want to finish the story IMO since they said they know how they'll do it.

[archaeologist_d]

I agree. I mean TPTB talk about knowing how it ends but people keep talking about Arthur's end and ignoring Merlin's. You know, the ending that would be about a show called - Merlin.

Merlin trapped inside the Crystal Cave.

Which would give them an out if another series or movies are commissioned.

To kill off Arthur at the end of this series is just not a smart move.