'Modern Family' Season 8 spoilers: plot shake-up with addition of new faces, executive producer teases
A little more than a month from now, the eighth season of ABC's hit and award-winning comedy "Modern Family" will hit the television screen, and fans will see new dynamics and meet more new faces in the upcoming episodes, according to the show's executive producer.
In an interview with MovieFone.com, "Modern Family" executive producer Steven Levitan said the show's loyal viewers can expect more airtime for gay couple Mitch and Cam, who will have an additional person in their home.
"Mitch and Cam are taking in one of Cam's [football] players for a while, who has to stay with them for a while. So we're throwing another person into their little world," Levitan said in the MovieFone.com interview.
He also revealed that a good part of "Modern Family" Season 8's premiere will be shot in New York.
"We're going to start; the premiere will be in New York, or some of the premiere takes place in New York and we'll be shooting some of that in New York," the executive producer said.
In a separate interview with Entertainment Weekly, Levitan also said that "Modern Family" Season 8 will feature a Halloween-themed episode, and fans can expect it to be both crazy and controversial.
"Jay's big costume idea is him, Gloria and Joe are going to be Jesus, Mary and Joseph, and that leads to some problems," Levitan told EW.com. "Jay is going to be Jesus on Halloween."
As has earlier been reported, Levitan also confirmed that two new stars will make guest appearances in the eighth season of "Modern Family": Canadian-American actor Martin Short and "Castle" star Nathan Fillion.
Asked if he already has an idea on how "Modern Family" will end, Levitan said: To tell you the truth, I haven't really thought too hard about the ending of this show yet, because I don't even know where we'll be at that point."
"I think that that'll just come very organically at the time. I imagine it'll be some sort of an event, but I don't know what yet. There's a lot of people that will be thinking about that, and it'll be a big, big discussion on that year when we're finally wrapping things up," he added.
