Emma Swan in season 3

In two seasons of Once Upon a Time, Emma Swan has been through quite a transformation. While it wasn’t from an ugly duckling to a beautiful swan — she’s always been stunning — seeing her go from reluctant savior to realizing her powers has been fantastic.

It’s been a dramatic and crazy path, and now that we’re headed into Season 3, it’s only going to get more intense. So, what can we expect for Emma this fall? Read on to find out what she’ll be doing — and who it could be with. (Spoiler alert: she still thinks Neal is dead.)

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More flashbacks to “bounty hunter” Emma. We saw a glimpse of Emma’s past this season in Season 2, Episode 6: “Tallahassee,” but it’s been awhile since we learned about who she used to be. That will all change next season, though! Co-creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis recently promised we’ll “dig deeper” into who she was, with “a few more Emma flashbacks” that let us see “what made her tick.”

More Emma in general, too — including savior duties. In addition to learning about her past, the co-creators also said we’ll find out more about who she is now. This includes her diving deeper into magic, figuring out her abilities, and discovering what it means to be the savior.

She may or may not hook up with Hook. These two clearly have chemistry, as Captain Swan fans all know, but will they get together? Hook’s portrayer, Colin O’Donoghue, said that he could end up hooking up with Emma or Regina (he also suggested both), but she could also spend the season mourning Neal. Adam claims she “truly loves” Neal, but may be attracted to Hook, so anything could happen.

She also may team up with Regina. Though The Charmings probably won’t approve, Adam and Eddy revealed that the circumstances may call for Regina training Emma in magic! They did work together in the finale to save Storybrooke and have quite a “connection,” so Swan Queen fans are in for a treat in Season 3. We hope there are many more team-ups after saving Henry in Neverland.

RUFIOOOOOOOOOOO!!! (Casting spoiler)

For Once Upon A Time episode 3.01 and recurring in several episodes, the roles of Rufio and Thief are being cast. Rufio is in his teens, and is a mischievous and devious Lost Boy, and the Thief is in his 30s and steals magic from Rumpelstiltskin in order to save someone he loves!!!!

Script pics and story board...

Adam and Eddie have been hard at work these past few weeks getting scripts ready for episode 302 (episode 1 of season 3)

So much excitement!

I wounded which hero's are arguing.

Maybe its a lovers spat between Charming and Snow.

Or a disagreement between magical foes Regina and Gold.

Or maybe a squabble between future lovers Emma and Hook???

Let us hear what you think!

So as you all know...

Or if you don't know you should and you will after you read this...

Anyway.

So if you have or haven't heard Marvel is making a Once comics book.

I was doing some research and found these lovely sneak peek pictures of the  pages...

You can see Regina has a heart but whose?

Who is that little guy with the big nose that the huntsman is yelling at?

Red is there fighting along side someone. Could it be Charming?

There is a picture of Snow's eye with a sea horse on the bottom right corner.

And are those Mermaids???

Let us know what you're thinking!

Could there be a Captain Swan??

Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis have built quite a world in the past two seasons of their hit series Once Upon a Time.

And from what I gathered moderating a panel with the producers at the ATX Television Festival in Austin earlier this month, the guys have more up their respective sleeves than even the dastardly Rumplestiltskin.

Following a juicy Neverland-relayed cliffhanger to close out Once Upon a Time Season 2, Horowitz and Kitsis are just getting started on crafting Season 3, while also dedicating time to their much-anticipated spinoff, Wonderland.

Here are the high points of what I was able to get out of Adam and Eddy during our panel:

“I think you can say it’s pretty much a direct pickup,” said Horowitz of where Once Upon a Time Season 3 will start. “I think that what you saw at the end of the finale is the jumping off point.” Watch for our good and bad characters to have to work together to get Henry back in Neverland.

For the Captain Swan fans out there: is there hope for romance to blossom? “The thing I like about Captain Hook in the finale is he started to look back on his life and he was like, ‘maybe I’ve wasted it.” So here you’ve got a guy who wants a new chance,” Kitsis said, reminding us that - at least at the start of the season - Emma believes that Neal is dead.

Back in Once Upon a Time Season 1, it was established that Gold “is a difficult man to love and that is his character,” said Kitsis. “I think for all these characters, I know it was supposed to break the curse and return their happy endings [but] they’re still in search of their happy endings.”

Gold will still be torn between good and evil in the new season, Kitsis and Horowitz said, and that includes, perhaps, having to decide to do with his grandson, Henry, who he knows has been said to be his ultimate undoing.

“It’s going to be another challenge in their relationship,” Horowitz said of Gold being on the ship on its way to Neverland and Belle being left behind. Are all the magic beans gone now? Horowitz and Kitsis took a moment before answering with a simple “Yes.”

Will we see more of Emma’s magic? Horowitz joked that she’ll be getting a show in Vegas but “She’s going to ask the question, why do I have magical capabilities, what does it really mean to be the savior and we’re going to dive a lot deeper into Emma’s character and we’re going to see a lot more of her past like we did this year.”

“One of the things that we’re most excited about,” Kitsis said of the new season, “this year we’re going to do 11 episodes in fall and 11 in spring and we’re approaching it like two seasons.” The plan is to run each block of 11 episodes without a break or reruns.

One piece of trivia that came out during the panel: did you know the first TV writing job for Kitsis and Horowitz had together was the unsuccessful reboot of Fantasy Island on ABC back in 1998? They also wrote on Birds of Prey, Felicity and, of course, Lost, before launching Once Upon a Time in 2010

Great news for Onces own Sarah Bolger

Good news for Sarah Bolger (Aurora)! Variety reports that the Once Upon a Time star has snagged a role opposite Olivia Wilde and Mark Duplass in the upcoming film Reawakening.

The film is a sci-fi thriller about "a team of research students that discovers the secret to bringing subjects back from the dead — however, their actions result in a series of sinister consequences."

There's no news yet on what part Sarah will play. We know that Olivia Wilde and Mark Duplass, along with Community's Donald Glover and American Horror Story's Evan Peters, will be part of the ethically questionable team of researchers. It's possible Sarah will also be a scientist, or perhaps she will be one of their subjects — or maybe she'll have another role entirely!

Whatever her role, we're excited to see Sarah join what sounds like a pretty cool movie. And don't worry, Oncers, she'll be back on Once Upon a Time Season 3, too!

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Once Upon A Time In Wonderland - Latest from TV Guide - 3rd June 2013

What can you tell us about ABC's new Once Upon a Time spinoff, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland? — Emily, Provo, Utah

Some familiar Once characters will likely be crossing over into the new world. "I want to hang out with the caterpillar," says Josh Dallas (Charming). "You know, have some tea, have some mushrooms." Emilie de Ravin, whose Belle remains in Storybrooke while her friends are in Neverland, may also be given a ticket to Wonderland. "I'm totally intrigued," says de Ravin, who confirms she remains signed as a series regular to the original show. De Ravin just so happens to top the wish list of Sophie Lowe, who plays Wonderland's Alice. "I love Beauty and the Beast so much I named my cat Belle," Lowe says.

Of course, there will also be new characters. "I've heard rumors that we're going to bring in another very famous male Disney villain who hasn't yet been seen in the Once world," says Peter Gadiot (Cyrus). "He's not from Wonderland but shares a tie to my character." Considering Cyrus is a genie, Gadiot must be talking about Aladdin baddie Jafar. Give that man a flying carpet!