General Hospital LEAK: Cullum Marked for Murder – Jason’s Explosive New Storyline Begins!

General Hospital fans, we have got another rumor roundup for you from our inside sources, including a timeline for horrible Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) dying and finally going to meet his maker. Also, about what Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) does when he is back on the scene. In just a few weeks, we will also talk about what happens when Lulu Spencer finds out the truth about her lover.

And before we dive in, I always want to make clear, I like to clarify that when I do these rumor roundups, these are leaks. They are not official spoilers. We have a couple of sources. One has a really good track record. The other I will say is more like 70% accurate, but I love rumors.

General Hospital: Dominic Zamprogna Discusses Dante and Lulu

So, here we go. And in addition, a few bits of leaked info came straight from an actor at a recent fan event. So, let’s start with that. Then, we’ll get into the stuff from our behind-the-scenes sources. So, actor Dominic Zamprogna, who of course plays Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna), did a fan event recently with Alexa Havens, who plays Lulu. And then Dominic did an interview that with somebody different as well. So here’s what came out of all of that.

First, in the interview, he talked about Dante and Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) and seems to be very excited about them. He also confirmed there is no Dante and Lulu romantic reunion in sight. So even when she finds out about Cassius Faison (Ryan Paevey), she doesn’t turn to Dante.

And speaking of at the fan event, looks like Dominic talked about Cassius and Lulu. So reportedly, Dominic said that Lulu finds out that Cassius is not Nathan. So she slept with Cassius basically under false pretense, not knowing who he was. But Dominic said that Lulu is not angry, but she is hurt. And he said that Cassius does truly love Lulu and doesn’t want to see her hurt.

Dominic also said that Dante won’t be police commissioner for too much longer. When Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) is back, despite her mental breakdown, she is going to get her job back. Dominic also reportedly said that Ryan Paevey has wrapped his run. So if that’s true, that means Cassius is going to die or leave. It kind of makes sense because he’s a villainous henchman for Sidwell and Cullum. And Dominic also said that Dante admits to Anna that he got rid of the evidence about Cullum’s shooting.

General Hospital: Cullum’s Death and Serena Baldwin’s Return

And speaking of that very bad man in charge of the WSB, we’ve heard for a while that his counterpart Brennan was going to be killed off, but the powers that be might have changed their minds. So here’s what we’ve heard. Ross Cullum will be dead within the next two weeks. And I am totally down for that. That’s also right at the beginning of July sweeps. So it makes a lot of sense.

And there’s more WSB info from the leak. The chatter is about recast Serena Baldwin who’s going to be played by Kelly Krueger. She first airs in July. So, she’s rumored to arrive as a WSB agent working under Brennan. And rumor has it that Serena will investigate Cullum’s death. And Serena also reportedly helps clean up the mess Cullum left behind as well as working to address the power vacuum in the WSB that was caused by his death.

General Hospital: Jason’s Return and WSB Storyline Pivot

All right, let’s get into now this storyline pivot for Jason. When he returns, he’s back on screen in July. We heard backstage chatter for a while that the showrunner has wanted to pivot from mob stories and to get more into WSB stories. I don’t hate that. I loved back in the day with Robert Scorpio (Tristan Rogers) and Anna and Shawn Donnelly, all that international spy stuff in the 80s and 90s heyday. So, the rumor is Anna convinces Jason to join the WSB. Yes, you heard it.

So, we know, of course, that Brennan has wanted him and made efforts to get Jason to work for him, but he always refused. So, we’ve heard that Serena is assigned as Jason’s handler, and reportedly Frank Valentini is behind this. Word is the showrunner wants to make Jason and Serena into the next Robert and Anna, a super spy duo. And our source says that they sourced Serena, aged her up, and brought her back specifically for this storyline. She should be 33 and the new actress is 43. So, I don’t know if I’d even call that a rapid age-up. It’s not much of an age gap.

General Hospital: Serena and Drew Romance Ahead?

And just to spill all the tea, we had what may be a conflicting rumor from our other less reliable source that said Serena would be Drew Cain’s (Cameron Mathison) next love interest. The source said they screen tested four actresses with Cameron Mathison and chose Kelly Krueger. That does seem contradictory. However, given how much soaps love a triangle, it could be Serena is involved with first one brother and then the other. Wouldn’t be the first time Jason and Drew had overlaps in their love lives.

And I will say we’ve been hearing for a while that Jason and Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) won’t last. We’ve also heard that Jason was meant to join the WSB when Steve Burton first came back to General Hospital this go round and that was part of why he returned after his absence over the whole vaccine thing.

So, there was supposedly an issue with the recast of Jagger Cates, who was supposed to be Jason’s first WSB handler. We heard some backstage drama about casting that they didn’t get who they wanted in the role of Jagger. So, they went a different direction and kicked the WSB and Jason’s storyline down the road. But now that Steve Burton is back from hiatus, I guess we’ll see Jason soon and whether he joins the WSB or not.

General Hospital: Jason’s Indonesia Storyline and Rumored New Castings

Our General Hospital source also said Burton’s character will be on-screen but stuck in Indonesia for a month or so, which is where he is being held by the WSB now. So, the source also kind of called out the headwriters saying they don’t write returns very well. And if you remember last time Burton came back when he was patient six, I think it was about a month or more lag as well. First he was in that clinic where Ava Jerome (Maura West) spotted him and then it was like four to five weeks later Jason crashed through the ceiling of the Metro Court to save Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco).

So I totally believe that we get Jason back but not back in Port Charles for a while. Additionally, our source said there’s a major new female hire coming soon. However, that leak may be referring to hiring Kelly Krueger as recast Serena Baldwin. We’ll see. We’ve also seen several males recently hired. I’m just not sure Port Charles needs more citizens at this point, but we heard that one of these new men coming is a potential pairing for Brooklyn Quartermaine (Brook Kerr) because her marriage seems to be on a downhill spiral towards an inevitable split because of her lies and schemes and of course because of Chase’s (Josh Swickard) naivete when it comes to murderous Willow Tait (Katelyn MacMullen).

General Hospital: Cassadine Returns and Unconfirmed Rumors

That’s also a big problem. And then we’ve got stuff from the leaker whose track record isn’t nearly as good. So, these things I definitely take with a whole block of salt, not just a single grain of salt. One is that two Cassadines return this fall. Not one, but two. And they’re both supposedly old school Cassadines.

So, maybe Helena is back as someone’s nightmare. Maybe her son Valentin. You know, most of the other Cassadines are dead. Victor got nuked on that boat. Dante shot and killed Stavros. Then again, Cassadines are hard to kill. I do think it’d be super nice if we got Nicholas Cassadine back either with another recast new face or with Marcus Col or Adam Hus.

And we have heard that there’s a woman named Norico who was cast as a recurring nurse character. All right, that is the last of our rumor roundup. We’ll see how much of this manifest and how much was just idle backstage chatter.