Jenji Kohan, the creator of Weeds and Orange is the New Black, wants to see fewer dystopian TV shows made.
And that includes a sequel to her hugely successful Weeds starring Mary Louise Parker, Romany Malco, Elizabeth Perkins and Kevin Nealon.
When she heard that Showtime and later Starz would develop a new version of the drug drama that would run for eight seasons, she had some pointed words.
I feel like weed is legal now [in many places] “I don’t really know if there’s more to tell,” she said.
“I think Weeds is over, and I think it would be a bit of a money grab, and I’m not involved in it,” she added. Term.
Jenji Kohan, the creator of Weeds and Orange is the New Black, wants fewer dystopian TV shows made, seen here in 2016
The veteran TV writer has worked on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Gilmore Girls, Sex and the City and the first season of Friends, among others.
“They can do whatever they want, but this wouldn’t be associated with the team that made it. And I think there are a lot more stories to tell.
“I think Weeds was a genre of its time and isn’t as relevant anymore,” especially since marijuana is legal in 24 states.
She added that she doesn’t own the intellectual property, so Showtime and Starz can do whatever they want.
Ultimately, Johan is simply done with dystopian views of life.
“Dystopia is bad for us, it sucks, it’s lazy, and I love saying, ‘Stop this f**king dystopia.’”
We are fed a diet of dystopia and then [over time] “We remember the idea that we’re given, which is that the future is a mess, and then we manifest that,” Kohan said.
She added: ‘I don’t think utopia is a bigger story, there’s not much happening. But there’s a new word going around – ‘protopia’ – where, basically, the future is flawed, but we’re moving towards something better.
And that includes a sequel to her hugely successful Weeds starring Mary Louise Parker, Romany Malco, Elizabeth Perkins and Kevin Nealon
When she heard that Showtime and later Starz were developing a new version of the drug drama that ran for eight seasons on Showtime, she had some pointed words
I feel like weed is legal now [in many places] that I don’t really know if there’s more to tell,” she said. Pictured here in 2008 with Mary Louise Parker
“I think Weeds was done, and I think it would be a bit of a money grab, and I’m not involved in it,” she added, via Deadline
‘Life has a lot of beautiful things in it, and it’s so easy and so destructive to say that everything is sh*t. I want to encourage everyone to let that go.’
She made it clear that this position does not always guarantee a happy ending.
“You’re always going to hate your mother-in-law, or you’re going to have bad sex, or you’re going to fight with someone, or you’re going to have a car accident, or whatever; the point is, there’s always conflict.
“But I think we have to recognize that there is also joy and hope in the world.”