iFMagazine recently spoke with Jericho executive producer/director Jon Turteltaub, who dropped this bomb (pun intended): he’s currently developing a theatrical movie of the sci-fi show that CBS infamously canceled (twice).
Almost a year ago, I was blogging about the show’s untimely demise and hoping that Jericho could get picked up by SciFi Channel or some other cable network. But now it seems Turteltaub is ready to follow in Joss Whedon’s footsteps, who produced Serenity after the cancelation of Firefly. And I say, “Yeah baby!!”
“We’re developing a feature for JERICHO,” says Turteltaub. “It would not require you to have seen the TV show, but it get into life after an event like this on a national scale. It would be the bigger, full on American version of what’s going on beyond the town in Jericho.”
The ending of season 2 provided a sense of closure while still hinting at a coming new American civil war. Bring it on!
I spent a few months travelling around the Midwest and I have to say, the series probably portrays the most accurate representation of what may actually happen under similar circumstances.
It’s not ridiculous in scope like Mad Max or Æon Flux. But actually plausible as a future following disaster.
Ironically it’s also what prompted one of my former bosses to consider buying an old, decomissioned, underground missle silo for our datacenter.
I’m not kidding, there are people actually buying these for businesses and homes. Partly due to the uniqueness and partly to survive the unsurvivable.
Holy crap, a silo home?! Now that’s a true Nerdbunker! Thanks for the link, eksith.
Here’s a lovely fixer upper. And it could all be yours for a bargain price of $1.5 million
Great video– thanks dude! I wouldn’t mind seeing that silo turned into the world’s largest indoor rock climbing gym!
This is good news! After Battlestar Galactica, this was my second favorite show! Intelligent story-lines and well acted! I do not think the network gave it the chance it deserved, nor did they promote it well. Maybe a feature movie will bring this great story to the masses!