Supernatural‘s fifth, and perhaps last, season premieres soon. Very soon. Sept. 10 soon, in fact.

There’s been lots of news tidbits here and there over the summer, but the most exciting of all, IMHO, came out of Comic-Con. Warning, there are some spoilers, but nothing that should spoil your viewing enjoyment, I think. Even so, be forewarned.

Sci-fi uber-site io9 talked to producer Sera Gamble and showrunner Eric Kripke at Comic-Con last month, and they confirmed that Season 5 is a big ol’ stew of apocalypse. We ended last season with Satan himself escaping from Hell, thanks to a completely duped Sam Winchester.

I would imagine, however, that the Devil is not quite as we might expect, given the twists SPN writers have given us on the angels and demons to this point. Though, to give Dean credit, Ruby was pretty much a horrible, evil demon who was using Sam. There is that.

Anyway, Gamble said Lucifer would be “very nice and likable.” Which actually makes sense. Because how else do you think he could get people to follow him? Through fear? It has seemed to this point that the God in the world of Supernatural is the one who rules through fear.

That’s not to say that the SPN team are Satanists, it’s just to say that nothing really is as  simple as it appears on the surface. And Lucifer was, once, an angel. (Reference point for nice demons: the late, lamented Reaper.)

Don’t expect all the battles to take place on screen, though. Kripke said, “We call it the Walmart apocalypse because of our budget.”

The four horseman of the apocalypse will show up, too. From io9:

Kripke said the four horsemen of the apocalypse will be introduced in different episodes throughout the season – Gamble is currently working on the first episode featuring one, called War. “He’s got great monologues,” Kripke said. “At one point he says, ‘I was in Germany. And then I went back to Germany. And then I was in Darfur. And then I got paged about coming here.’ Also, our horsemen won’t ride horses – they have muscle cars.”

Whether or not there’s another season is still up in the air, though they promised the apocalypse will be over by the end of this season. I’ve written previously about the likelihood that this would be the last season, and how that might not be such a bad thing. But it seemed at the time that Kripke wasn’t open to going beyond five. Perhaps things have changed?

Oh, and God apparently is missing. (And might not be a dude.) The archangels have started this apocalypse all by themselves. Nice. Just wait ’til Dad (or Mom) gets home!

Anyhow, lots more goodies are in the io9 article, so check it out if you want even more spoilage.

Anyhow, here’s a (veryshort) preview for Season 5:

Then, just when  you didn’t think things could get ANY better, we learn that none other than Paris Hilton herself is going to be a demonic creature, according to Watch With Kristin.

And Kripke told Maureen Ryan over at the Chicago Tribune:

“She’s flat-out awesome for playing along,” producer Eric Kripke says. “If you want to see a bloodthirsty Paris attack and kill somebody, this is your chance.”

And they created the part specifically for her after she agreed to be on an episode. She plays a demon who takes the form of Paris Hilton.

Look, I’m no fan of Paris Hilton, but given the goofy humor that’s always injected into SPN, I think this could be a giant mug of awesome. I trust them to do their job and do it well.