The Vampire Diaries' Season 6 Release Date Announced, Several New Cast Members Added, See Who is Coming

By Matt Lloyd Jul 18, 2014 10:52 AM EDT

The Vampire Diaries' Season 6 Release Date Announced, Several New Cast Members Added, See Who is Coming

"The Vampire Diaries" Season 6 premiere is just a few months away and fans are looking out for any updates they can on the upcoming season. "The Vampire Diaries" Season 6 premieres Thursday, October 2nd at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.

The show has just announced that several new cast members are set to be added to the show. You can check out what people are saying about them.

Marco James: "Liam, an attractive and smart upperclassman at Whitmore College...cocky yet good-natured, he's a med student who comes from a family of doctors." (The Wrap)

Colin Ferguson: "Tripp...the head of a community militia who will do anything to protect his town." (TVLine)

Gabrielle Walsh: "Sarah, who comes to Mystic Falls with spunk, street smarts and a shady agenda." (Deadline)

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe: "Jo, a tough and accomplished doctor at the university hospital. She demands excellence from her students and has learned the hard way that there's no room for error in her profession." (EW)

Chris Wood will play the role of Kai TVGuide.com reports, "charmingly unstable newcomer with the unsettling ability to seem normal as the situation demands." Kai is described as the perfect mix of playful and obsessive.

Jayson Warner Smith has been cast in a recurring role, for at least two episodes, TVLine reports. He will play the owner of "a high-end hot rod shop."

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe will play Jo according to EW, "a tough and accomplished doctor at the university hospital. She demands excellence from her students and has learned the hard way that there's no room for error in her profession."

Previously reported new guest stars for Season 6 include Emily C. Chang as Ivy.

You can check out how all of the cast will pan out when "The Vampire Diaries" Season 6 premieres on Thursday night, October 2nd at 8/7c on The CW.