One flew over the spin -off series of the cuckoo’s nest will focus on the head

We are returning to the oppressive halls of the Oregon Psychiatric Hospital in A One flew on the cuckoo’s nest The Spin -Off series, only now, will history take place through the eyes of the man who saw everything but said nothing … Head Bromden.

Producer Paul Zaentznephew of the legendary Oscar winner producer Saul ZaentzHe dropped the news on the Indie Ck Café film podcast, revealing that a series of spin -offs is officially under development. The show will center the story of the character of the author Ken Kesey originally intended to guide the narrative, the boss.

“Just now, I signed an agreement with Ken Kesey’s widow to develop a TV series that we will do through the point of view of the head for the first season,” said Zaentz. “After the first season, we will see what happens to the head after it flees [from the psychiatric hospital]. “

Will SampsonPerformance like the American and half native patient towering in the film has become iconic, but the internal world of the character involving paranoia, hallucinations, deep ancestral pain, has been largely left on the page.

Now, that inner world is coming to life. There is still no attached writer and it is not clear whether a network or a streamer is on board.

While Zaentz put it in Ck Café, he is cautious in revisiting cinematographic masterpieces. “Not remake Psycho“He said, observing that a series, unlike a remake of the film, can allow a deeper exploration of the character. It is skeptical on some recent reinventing on a small screen as The coast of mosquitoes AND RipleyBut it clearly sees the potential in regreting the most layers of the Cuckoo nest, in particular with the head of the center.

It is also worth noting that this series is coming next to a great theatrical re -edition of the original film. Fathom Entertainment will screen him One flew on the cuckoo’s nest In the over 1,000 US rooms this month to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film.

The only other spin -Off that we have seen so far was RatchedThe Netflix 2020 series on the notorious nurse has affected the origin. He lasted only one season and, although Zaentz produced it, this new project seems to return to something more spiritually aligned with the material of origin.

Now the question is: who will interpret the boss?

Source: deadline