Succession creator Jesse Armstrong suggests possible spin-off, but HBO boss says unlikely
Succession creator Jesse Armstrong has suggested the HBO series could get a spin-off after the critically acclaimed series pulls out after its fourth season, but HBO boss Casey Bloys says it might not. happen.
Armstrong said the characters in the media empire drama could be forged “in an allied world” after the initial show ends, following its fourth season which is scheduled to begin airing next month.
Bloys Friday said Variety that his initial opinion was that a spin-off series would not be organic to the critically acclaimed series, as it would not “feel like a natural thing”.
Bloys said: ‘I don’t think so. I don’t think there’s anything in Succession where you’d say, “Let’s just follow this guy” or whatever.
Bloys said he wasn’t closing the door on a potential Succession spinoff: “I always say ‘never say never,'” he told the outlet, citing that committing to the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon was an unconventional decision. that there was its share of criticism within the HBO organization.
He said: ‘Some people internally were saying: ‘This is crazy. What are you doing?’
Armstrong said the new yorker last week that he was ‘conflicted’ over the end of the popular series.
The end is near: Succession creator Jesse Armstrong, 52, (left) has suggested the HBO series could get a spin-off after the critically acclaimed series pulls out after its fourth season, but HBO boss Casey Bloys says it might not happen.
And he hinted that the show’s main character, Logan Roy, will die this season, telling the magazine: ‘You know, there’s a promise in the Succession title. I never thought it could last forever.
“I feel sad, and I have the feeling that the circus has left town, that everyone understands that they are working on a production that is good, and this one in particular,” Armstrong said. I imagine I’ll be feeling a bit lonely and wandering the streets of London depressed.
The creator of HBO’s hit series Succession announced that the upcoming fourth season will be its last in a new profile in The New Yorker article, saying he wanted fans of the show to know the finale was coming, coming before the premiere. on March 26 of the show’s fourth season.
He added: ‘The ending has always been on my mind. Since Season 2, I’ve been trying to think: Is it next, or is it next, or is it next?’
In January, the cast, including Logan himself, played by Brian Cox, was filmed filming a funeral in New York. But fans have questioned whether the disease-ridden Waystar mogul Royco will die himself.
The Sex and the City spin-off And Just Like That filmed fake scenes with Carrie Bradshaw’s doomed husband Mr. Big to mislead viewers to the scent of his shocking death from a heart attack in the first episode of the reboot.
Armstrong met with his fellow writers before they began writing the fourth season around November 2021 and they pitched the idea of ending the series.
‘I kind of said, ‘Look, I think this should be it. But what do you think?’ And we played various scenarios,” Armstrong said of the decision to bring the show to its conclusion. He praised the fourth season’s plotlines as “muscular” and mocked a great drama for the rich but miserable Roy family.
Potential: Bloys, pictured last summer, said he wasn’t closing the door on a possible Succession spin-off
That’s it: Armstrong said he met with the writers before they started season four around November 2021 and pitched the idea of ending the series; the satirical black comedy-drama stars Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin (both pictured) and Jeremy Strong
Tough Talk: Armstrong let the cast know that he and the writers thought the show was coming to an end when they began filming the fourth season; In the photo, Matthew Macfadyen and Sarah Snook.
Acclaimed: Succession has won 13 Emmy Awards, including several for Armstrong for Writing and Drama Series in 2020 and 2022; Armstrong (center) is pictured with Matthew Macfadyen, Kieran Culkin, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, Brian Cox and Nicholas Braun in June 2022 in New York City.
“I like to operate the writing room by coming up with a kind of pitch and then really being open to alternative ways of doing it,” he shared.
He explained: ‘We could do a couple of short seasons, or two more seasons. Or we could go on for years and turn the show into something quite different, and be a broader, carefree fun show, where there would be good weeks and bad weeks. Or we could do something a little more muscular and full, and come out a little strong. And that was definitely always my preference.
Armstrong went on to tell the writers, “I think this is what we’re doing, but let’s also keep things open.”
Ultimately, the decision to end was solidified through writing, and the idea was then pitched to the cast as they began filming the fourth season. He said: ‘I told the cast, “I’m not 100 percent sure, but I think this is it.” Because I didn’t want to make fun of them either, ”he confessed.
HBO ended up confirming that the fourth season that will premiere on March 26 will be the last.
The succession follows a wealthy family that owns a major media conglomerate and struggles to maintain its power. It stars Brian Cox as the patriarch of the Roy family and Jeremy Strong as one of his sons, who conspire to succeed their father as head of the company.
The cast also includes the likes of Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook, Hiam Abbass, Nicholas Braun, Peter Friedman, Natalie Gold, Alan Ruck, Dagmara Domińczyk, Arian Moayed, J. Smith-Cameron, Justine Lupe, Peter Friedman, David Rasche and Fisher. . Stevens. The show has won 13 Emmy Awards so far, including several for Armstrong for writing and drama series honors in 2020 and 2022.
Along with Succession, Armstrong is also best known for co-creating the British comedy series Peep Show (2003-2015) and the British comedy-drama series Fresh Meat (2011-2016).