Thursday
Jun262008
Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 5:31PM Cancelled Series 'Jericho' Getting the Big Screen Green Light?
Even though attempts to keep the series alive on CBS didn't
work out too well for its fans,
Jericho could soon be headed to a theater near
you.
Two of the show's stars,
Ashley Scott and
Brad Beyer, have
gone on record saying that
there is movement toward a movie version of the show, which would pick up on the
events that occurred in a small Kansas town following a nuclear blast.
Says Scott, "We caught wind of a possible movie idea,
which we thought was really good. I think Brad had heard about it online the
other day, and I just heard tonight, and I thought that would be really
wonderful, wouldn't it? Kind of put a closing on it."
Beyer echoes Scott's calls for a fitting conclusion to
the storyline: "We kind of feel like it needs some closure, because it still
feels kind of weird. I mean, we didn't get to a whole second season. ... I think
you can do a lot more with it. I think there's a lot of different ways you can
go with the story."
Now, CBS brought Jericho back for a kind of
mini-season after its first cancellation, but nobody was really happy with the
short leash, and if a movie version could end what began so promisingly, I say
go for it. The story's readymade. It only needs a bigger, better finish.
Reader Comments (7)
Thanks for spreading the word about Jericho's possible future.
I've put a link and summary of this blog in our Jericho blog/news archive.
Gwen
http://www.jericho-kansas.com
Bring back the show and let it end in a more befitting fashion. CBS you let us all down. But you still continue with nitwit shows like Big Brother and numberous sitcoms. Give us the quirky unusal show that is different. Give it and the cast a proper ending or begining. Don't just let it hang.
I don't know who reads this. But if anybody from CBS does read this. You cancelled the show b/c the ratings didn't go up although you know that people watch this show in many different platforms. I think any Network that could get this show would benefit since there is such a loyal fan base. As well the writers strike would also have put a damper on the ratings. I find it so funny how this and other shows are constantly getting cancelled and other shows go on and on. I wish if there is going to be a movie that some one would officially announce it. This is the first time I have written anything like this I don't know why I just thought that this show was really good and can't believe it was cancelled.
Making a movie about Jericho, whether or not it's a sequel to the show or just a spin off, is not a good idea. They should just make another 14 episodes so that the 'third' season completes the second season, making a conclusion to the best series ever. It's definitely possible, the story's there, the actors are too, they just have to pick up where they left off. I really hope this happens, I really do.
"Making a movie about Jericho, whether or not it's a sequel to the show or just a spin off, is not a good idea. They should just make another 14 episodes so that the 'third' season completes the second season, making a conclusion to the best series ever. It's definitely possible, the story's there, the actors are too, they just have to pick up where they left off. I really hope this happens, I really do"
I agree and disagree! hehe
I AGREE that it would be much better to have MORE SEASONS on TV!
But I disagree that a movie is a bad idea. I would love to see this story continued. In fact, as concepts go, this is one of the first tv series that not only didn't feel 'stretched thin', but BEGGED for a continuation. It is EASY to see how to continue the story (the new civil war for example).
Personally, I was actually SHOCKED to find out this is a CBS show (I recently watched the entire series on DVD). CBS is a network that I almost never watch. But had they continued ' Jericho', I would pay more attention to CBS.
But CBS have just shown me they don't understand their own market. Networks are suffering 'growing pains' in two ways. One, they seem to forget to factor in that people watch shows in MANY ways now (TiVo, iTunes, etc.) Two, they have taken the old TV mentality of canceling shows before the story ends. This was fine when shows were episodic (i.e., each episode is stand alone and there is no story arc in the SERIES). But canceling shows with story-arcs befofe telling the whole story is tantamount to, in the old days, showing 2/3 of an episode and then not showing the last third. That would be ridiculous right? So is canceling a show before telling its WHOLE story.
They are losing audience confidence this way. In fact, the REASON I watch Jericho on DVD is I now tend to wait until I'm SURE the show has an end before getting vested in it. Thus, they have forced me to NOT watch it on TV, which lowers ratings, and it gets canceled sooner. So they are SHOOTING THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT, and this is what is known as a 'downward spriral' problem... oh well.. we ALL suffer from their ignorance...
A movie about the JERICHO concept would be outstandiing!!! In fact, I am sure it would get a response similar to what was done with the series X-FILES (and that went on for 10 seasons!... smart network.) Some of these actors such as BRAD BEYER, SKEET ULRICH, ASHLEY SCOTT, ALICE COPPOLA...etc... are very good and they were cast "just right". I can tell you that as former military (Special Forces) the plot lines/scenarios could be used as "training films" for what would happen in this country in the event of a national disaster of megalithic proportions.
C'mon Carol Barbee... kick butt and get a movie made like Joss Wheddon did with SERENITY when Fox canceled the FIREFLY series... another historic debacle by the so-called TV executives of America.
Why would we want to watch something that is thought provoking? We want the MINDLESS DRIBBLE that CBS seems to thrive on. My family WOULD LOVE to have Jericho 'The Movie' AND/OR Jericho 'The Series'. We have both seasons on DVD and watch them all the time. We don't want reality TV, we want Jericho back..........