A Jericho-fan friend e-mailed me yesterday with the great news — a Jericho feature film is in development by Jon Turtletaub’s production company, according to an interview with Turtletaub in iF Magazine..
Turtletaub, of course, was an executive producer/director on our favorite post-apocalyptic wrongly canceled TV show.
That means we might see these gentlemen together again, but this time on the big screen:
I’d pay $12 for that.
He said the cast would definitely return for it if it gets the big green light, and whatever the budget was, it would be bigger than the show had, so they could do wonders with it. Turtletaub told iF:
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.
Sounds fan-frakkin’-tastic.
Re-runs are being shown on The CW on Sunday nights these days, and Turtletaub pointed out that those airings get more viewers than Mad Men, the critically acclaimed AMC show. He says that not to take away from Mad Men, which he called “brilliant,” but rather to point out the difference in expectations for ratings between cable and broadcast.
Turtletaub has a new horror/mystery series, Harper’s Island, which is set to premiere April 9 on CBS. It’s described thusly:
Scream meets 10 Little Indians. The central plot is a murder mystery. Friends and family attending a wedding celebration on a secluded island off the coast of Seattle begin dying one by one. The island was the scene of a famous murder 7 years prior.
I just might watch that, too. It’s different, at least. And Turtletaub’s work on Jericho earned some loyalty from me, even if CBS hasn’t.
My fingers (and toes) are crossed that this happens. Jericho was such a smart show and I miss it.
I still don’t understand why that show hasn’t been picked up elsewhere. Of all the huge disappointments in good shows being canceled, this might be the worst. Or maybe it was The 4400. I don’t know, I loved both of them. Ok, sorry for the tangent. I’d definitely go see the movie.
Yay, yay, yay, yay.
Development doesn’t mean done deal, but it is closer to more Jericho than we’ve had in a bit, so I am happy.
Yay.
What wonderful news!
Hi Amy,
SO great to see you writing on Jericho again, good times ahead.
I should have known that a Jericho post would get a slew of comments.
It’s nice to be writing about Jericho again – it’s nice to have a reason to write about Jericho again. The show really got a raw deal. It had decent ratings. It deserved far better than it got.
And Christine – I completely agree about The 4400. That was another travesty. They waited until the very last second and then, whammo! No renewal. It was really getting good then, too.
It is awesome to hear news coming out regarding Jericho again-especially potential REALLY good news! Obviously, I don’t know Jon Turtletaub or any of the other producer’s personally, but I do know how they feel about the fans of Jericho! I honestly don’t think he would have said anything unless he was fairly confident they’d be able to sell the idea. I truly believe this is gonna happen (hey it happened for Firefly, why not for Jericho?) At any rate, I’m excited and it’s so cool to see everyone who fought for Jericho excited again also! Woohoo! I agree, it’s nice to see you writing about Jericho again Amy (and Lisa!!). I also loved the 4400, so I’m in agreement about that being cancelled too.
Jericho Movie!
That is great news for the show that won’t stay dead.
Great news – Jericho will make a wonderful movie!
I’m glad I found your new home Amy.
Gwen
http://www.jericho-kansas.com