Glee producer Ryan Murphy has broken his silence since Cory Monteith's tragic death, after it was announced this week that the production of Glee's fifth season will be delayed until late August with a premiere date of Sept. 26. Ryan spoke to Deadline about the future of the show, saying, "We will begin shooting in late August the two shows we had already written, so that people can physically go back to work. We will then do an episode that will deal with the death of Finn’s character and follow that with a long hiatus. I don’t know exactly when we will come back, and we are trying our best with this attempt at damage control. We are planning a memorial for the cast and crew sometime this week on the Paramount lot."
In another interview with E! News, Ryan opened up about the recent loss of his friend and colleague, saying, "It's hard to even explain how personally upsetting it is," and, "His last words to me were 'I want to get better.'" Ryan also revealed that the future of the show rested on Lea Michele's shoulders: "Ultimately the person who made the decision was Lea, who felt that the best thing for the cast and crew was to be together and to get back to work and be together every day and talk about our memories of him." He added, "I've never met any 26-year-old person stronger than Lea. I think she's handled this with a great amount of decency and grace and privacy."
See more from Ryan on Cory's death and what's next for Glee when you keep reading.
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