The Orville creator, writer and star Seth MacFarlane, offered an update on the fan-favorite sci-fi series and reveals that it’s not dead yet. During a recent interview with The Wrap, MacFarlane was asked about the future of the series and said:
“All I can tell you is that there is no official death certificate for The Orville. He is still with us. I can’t go beyond this at the moment. There are too many factors.”
MacFarlane’s co-star in the series Scott Grimes shared his thoughts on the possible fourth season saying that talks began even before the Hollywood strikes began. He said:
“I know we’re still talking about it. He is not dead in any way. It’s just a matter of when, where and how and reconstructing the material. I’m excited because it’s one of the coolest things to work on. So I just keep my fingers crossed. And I know Seth wants to do it and that usually has a lot of power. And I hope he succeeds because it’s one of his kids that he loves and it’s fun to work on.
This is a very different tone than we last heard from the series star Adrianne Palickio, who said it’s no longer part of the series. You also talked about how difficult it is to shoot a series. He explained: “I don’t know, really, the answer to that question. I think it talks about the fact that it might be something that some people want to do, but it’s a really hard show to shoot, man. We shot 33 episodes in six years. “
If the show were to change, Palicki will not be a part of it. It sounds like he was frustrating for her, and he shared, “It became a real problem because there would be so much time between seasons because Seth [MacFarlane] he wanted to write everything himself. So, it would simply take that long. At one point, we were like we should fight the studio to give us an equity fee or something. J. Lee at one point was eating pretzels and Gatorade because we couldn’t afford anything. It was horrible.”
Speaking previously about the future of the series, MacFarlane said: “My hope is that when the show comes out on Disney+, people who haven’t discovered it yet [The Orville] will suddenly give him a chance. This is a potential game changer for us. I think from a creative perspective and an audience perspective, when people sit down and give the show a chance, their expectations are upended. The biggest burden of the show is preconceptions. People think it’s one thing – there are people out there who think it’s a sitcom – and when they sit down and watch it, they realize it’s something completely different. Once you get people’s attention, the show does its job, it speaks for itself, and people tend to be fascinated by it.”
Do you want to see The Orville continue with a fourth season? MacFarlane obviously still has plans he’d like to pursue with the series. I guess if he goes on, he’ll take a while.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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