Comic-Con 2013: 'The Originals' Creator Julie Plec Reveals New
Twist to the Backdoor Pilot  The Wrap  View gallery   Julie Plec
is looking forward to writing for an audience beyond the teens
enraptured by its sister series, "The Vampire Diaries."  During
"The Originals" panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, Plec,
Joseph Morgan (Klaus), Daniel Gillies (Elijah), Claire Holt
(Rebekah), Phoebe Tonkin (Hayley) and Charles Michael Davis
(Marcel) discussed what to expect when the spinoff officially
debuts.  "It was incredibly difficult to figure out the concept
for," Plec said of writing the first episode.  Also
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Obama-Bloomberg Ricin Case  Since the show's backdoor pilot was
written for "The Vampire Diaries" and did a good job of setting
up "The Originals" world, Plec was excited to move on from
there. But the show's studio, Warner Bros. Television, felt that
the nine months between when it aired and when "The Originals"
returns in the fall was too lon