Nothing’s official yet, but
Vampire Diaries fans can take heart in knowing that everyone is trying to get
Nina Dobrev back in Mystic Falls for the CW drama’s upcoming eighth (and final!) season.
“There are discussions going on with Nina,” CW president
Mark Pedowitz confirmed to reporters Thursday during the Television Critics Association summer press tour. “We’d love to have Nina back. She was great for The CW. She was integral for
The Vampire Diaries.”
Of course, there’s also a back-up plan in place should Dobrev’s return prove impossible: “Hopefully she’ll be back, but should it not work out, Julie [Plec] has planned a great series finale [that will satisfy fans],” Pedowitz added.
As for the series coming to a close, Pedowitz echoed previous sentiments about it being a mutual decision between himself, Plec and Warner Brothers Television’s Peter Roth.
“We collectively came to the same place,” he explained. “Julie really got there before either Peter or I did, which was this was the right time to end the series, go out in the right way.”