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Chris Colfer has claimed that he was not made aware of his upcoming departure from Glee.

Show creator Ryan Murphy confirmed this week that Colfer, Lea Michele and Cory Monteith will leave Glee when their respective characters Kurt Hummel, Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson graduate at the end of the third season next year.

Despite being forewarned of a possible Glee shake-up, Colfer stated that he was not expecting to exit the Fox comedy so soon.

"I didn't necessarily know that it was going to be our last season next year," he told Entertainment Weekly. "I knew something like that was coming up eventually. I mean, we can't be there forever."

However, Colfer also told Extra that he appreciated the need "for a conclusion" to Kurt's story.

"Do I want to leave the show? Absolutely not," he said. "This is home for me. But I understand that there's time for a conclusion."

Colfer, who yesterday picked up a second Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Kurt, previously said that he would not have chosen to leave Glee.

Idina Menzel is set to return to Glee.

The Tony Award winner is in final talks to reprise her role as Rachel Berry's biological mum Shelby Corcoran in the upcoming third season, Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy told Deadline.

"I'm really excited that Idina is joining the family again. We missed her last year and we're happy that she is coming back," he said.

Idina, who first appeared in the first season as the coach of McKinley High New Directions' rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline, is said to be set for a major arc that could span as many as 10 or 12 episodes.

In the third series, Idina's alter-ego Shelby will return from New York to Ohio to join McKinley High as a new teacher. After adopting Quinn and Puck's baby girl, she is expected to complicate matters for her daughter Rachel (Lea Michele) and her former flame, Glee club leader Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison).


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Glee star Max Adler has revealed that he would love his character Karofsky to get some resolution.

In the second season of the show, Karofsky began to come to terms with the fact that he is gay.

Adler has now revealed that he is in talks to return for the third season of Glee.

"There have been discussions," he told TV Guide. "I can say, definitely stay tuned and please watch because it will be pretty neat."

Adler added that he thinks there is a lot more to explore in Karofsky's storyline, saying: "[It] wasn't completely resolved after the prom episode. I feel like there's more to look at and discover with him and his struggles. Is he going to overcome it? Or is he going to give up on himself and hide in the shadows?

"I feel like it would be nice for Karofsky to have a happy ending and a resolution. But at this point I don't know where they're going to take him. There could be a totally different lesson in there to be learned that I don't even see yet."

It recently emerged that Idina Menzel will be returning to Glee for the third season, which premieres on September 20 on Fox.

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Amber Riley has teased that she could be leaving Glee at the end of next season.

The 25-year-old expressed uncertainty about her character Mercedes Jones's future on the Fox comedy, following the announcement that Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Chris Colfer will all depart the show in 2012.

"I may not be coming back for a fourth season," Riley hinted to E!. "Who knows?

"Whatever happens, this third season is what happens, and I think everybody's okay with it... I love my job to pieces, but when it's time to go, it's time to go and, hopefully, there are greater things on the horizon."

Riley further admitted that she had not been forewarned of the Glee shake-up by co-creator Ryan Murphy, but was quick to play down the "scandal" sparked by Colfer's claim to be unaware of his axing.

"I found out about it like everybody else did, on the internet," she revealed. "But it's something that's not that surprising to us, and I think it's just more surprising to others.

"People think it's such a scandal when, really, it's not. I think it's smart to have new students come in... and I'm really excited."

Riley earlier claimed that Michele, Monteith and Colfer are "fine" about leaving Glee.

The biggest Glee news coming out of Comic-Con: Despite Ryan Murphy saying that Rachel, Kurt, and Finn will graduate at end of this coming third season, stars Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, and Cory Monteith will return for season 4.

At today’s panel in San Diego, Glee co-creator and exec producer Brad Falchuk told the audience that even though the three were set to finish high school, “because they’re graduating doesn’t mean they’re leaving the show. If you have Lea Michele under contract, you don’t say, ‘We’re gonna let you go.’”

“It was never our plan or our intention to let them go,” Fulchuk added. “They are not done with the show after this season.”

That’s a big about-face from what Murphy told The Hollywood Reporter: “You can keep them on the show for six years and people will criticize you for not being realistic, or you can be really true to life and say when they started the show they were very clearly sophomores and they should graduate at the end of their senior year.”

Murphy also said he made the decision in concert with Michele and Colfer. “I involved Chris and Lea and they thought that was a good idea,” he told THR. “They both trust the writing and trust me and felt that it would be great to have an open and closed experience for them to go out while they were on top.”

EW confirmed that all of the actors have signed traditional seven-year contracts so it’s not like their deals were going to expire after next season, though the studio retains the right to drop them year after year.

Chord Overstreet’s exit, however, is still a go, Falchuk said. In fact, he won’t return this fall for any episodes. Falchuk said Overstreet was offered a deal to return for 10 episodes with the possibility of becoming a series regular, but Overstreet declined in favor of other opportunities.

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Glee will add two new "mean girls" to its cast for the upcoming third season, it has been revealed.

The Fox musical series will welcome the controversial characters - named Sugar and Sheila - to McKinley High's already established cast this fall, reports TV Line.

Sheila has been described as "affluent, self-confident and a godawful singer", while Sugar will represent a "modern-day Joan Jett" and will have a bad-girl edge to her with a lot of tattoos and her own clique of friends.

Glee execs are also said to be looking to cast the role of Bubba, a linebacker who begins dating Mercedes (Amber Riley) during the summer break.

Arts-hating geometry teacher Nancy Bletheim will also join the cast, with actresses aged over 60 currently being considered for the part.

Glee recently expanded to the big screen with Glee: The 3D Concert Movie, which opens in US cinemas on August 12 and August 19 in the UK.

Glee is adding another new cast member to its roster for Season 3.
American Dreams vet Vanessa Lengies will recur on the Fox musical as Sugar, a spoiled new student described as a cross between a New Jersey housewife and former Glee guest star Molly Shannon, TVLine reports.
Although Sugar can't carry a tune, at least we know Lengies can move thanks to her three seasons on American Dreams dancing on American Bandstand alongside star Brittany Snow.
Lengies, 26, also plays Nurse Kelly Epson on TNT's HawthoRNe and guest-starred on Castle earlier this year. Her casting follows that of Friday Night Lights alum LaMarcus Tinker, who will play Mercedes' new boyfriend this coming season.

Glee star Lea Michele has teased some new details about the show's upcoming third season.

The musical series returns on Fox next month, and Michele revealed that she will share a lot of screen time with fellow Glee stars Chris Colfer and Darren Criss.

"I know that she's going to be in the school musical," she told The Hollywood Reporter, regarding her character Rachel Berry. "I have some awesome storylines with Darren Criss, Chris Colfer, and I'll be singing a lot of Broadway as always."

Michele added that the new season will continue to focus on the core group of students, in particular those characters that are in their senior year.

The actress also claimed that the show will continue to reinvent forgotten pop songs for a modern audience.

"In season one we did a lot of classic rock songs, or not even so much classic rock but songs you haven't seen in the Top 10 in a while," Michele explained. "I definitely think they're going to do more of that this year, taking songs that used to be incredibly popular and reinventing them."

Michele has previously admitted that she is not focusing on her character's potentially reduced role next season, but has said that she is excited about the possibility of a spinoff series focusing on Rachel and Kurt.

Glee will make its season three premiere on September 20.