TV Guide spoilers:
The premiere will be Elena’s 18th birthday
There will be a time jump from the season two finale to the season three premiere.
There will be some type of conflict so that the event doesn’t “reach its climax.”
Elena and Jeremy will be taking care of themselves now that they don’t need a guardian
“While Plec stresses she would never exploit her actors’ personal lives, she hints that ‘over the course of the season, Elena will be struggling with a deep, deep attraction toward Damon. That’s going to be a big problem for her.’”
“As will Rebecca, a yet-to-be-cast vampire from Stefan’s ‘darkest ripper days who loves that Stefan’s back to his bad behavior.’”