Exclusive Photo Gallery: Supernatural's Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki

Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki It has been a helluva summer time for Supernatural fans awaiting the seventh season of the much-loved series to start. Now, with only a couple of more days to visit before Winchester boys have returned - Friday at 9/8c around the CW - TV Guide Magazine includes a special treat. We have received a unique look at some formerly unseen gallery photos of series stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki. Click the link to determine allof theshots.For plot scoops, we have received very couple of specifics, that Dean (Ackles) and Mike (Padalecki) will face off against their most difficult threat yet. Everything begins within the season premiere, which opens a couple of minutes after last May's finale, once the brothers' ex-angel ally Castiel (Misha Collins) opened up the doorway to Purgatory, delivering the earth's monsters, whose souls he quickly absorbed before proclaiming themself a vengeful God. Because he alerts the boys, "I'm not the Castiel you understood.... Should you rise, I'll strike you lower." (Like that's gonna stop the Winchesters.)Much towards the dismay of his many fans, Collins continues to be reduced from series regular to guest star this year and it is to date guaranteed for just two episodes. Professional producer Sera Gamble confesses being "cagey" concerning the actor's future looks "for plot reasons. We all know the fans love that character a lot, but we do too,Inch she demands, revealing "the arc for that season evolves from what goes on with Cas within the first episode." Let us just state that in gathering Purgatory's denizens, Castiel may bite off a lot more than he is able to chew.Should you thought last season's Purgatory escapee, the murderous shape-shifter Eve, was bad, "these old animals which have been located in Purgatory are a whole lot worse,Inch Gamble alerts. And they would like to kill Mike and Dean. "These criminals know their methods, so they need to go deep from the power grid." Adds Ackles, "All the [gambits] the siblings accustomed to exist, credit-card fraud, gambling, individuals are actually methods to track them lower." Which could mean - horror or disasters! - forget about car journeys within their beloved '67 Impala. "It will likely be hard," states Gamble, "but putting Mike and Dean in boiling water brings about the very best inside them.Inch (Read our full interview with Ackles here.)Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!