TERRIERS Creators Tease a Possible Revival: "We Would Like to Make a Movie"
The 2010 FX series Terriers is one of my favorite shows, but it was cancelled after only one season because it was marketed terribly and couldn't attract a large enough audience to stay alive. But six years later, the show has become something of a cult hit thanks to people being able to stream it on Netflix, and at the ATX Television Festival, the creators teased a possible movie that would continue the story of down-and-out private investigator buddies Hank and Britt.
Addressing an audience from a panel on stage, Terriers creator/executive producer Ted Griffin told the crowd "We may have investigated" a reboot, and explained what he meant: “I think we would like to make a movie. And I think we have the idea sort of what we’d want to do, we just need to clear it with Fox.” Shawn Ryan, another executive producer on the series, chimed in: “There’s a couple of things we’d have to clear. Fox has the rights. This is the kind of show where I feel like if Donal [Logue] and Mikey [Michael Raymond-James] were up to it and Ted had the story he wanted to tell, this is the world we would definitely revisit, given the opportunity.”
If the rights situation can be worked out, I imagine a Netflix original movie would be the perfect way to continue this story. If only a few hundred thousand people were watching the show at its peak, it definitely doesn't make sense to make a huge Hollywood movie and put it in theaters nationwide, but a smaller budgeted direct-to-Netflix movie would be a nice way to give fans some closure and cap off the original thirteen episode run. I know I'd be thrilled to see that happen...how about you?
Other highlights from the panel:
Michael Raymond-James, who participated in the panel via Skype, joking about where his character Britt has been since the show's cliffhanger finale: "I’m Skyping you guys from some medium-security correctional facility that Britt’s been in these last six years."
Donal Logue on his experience making the show: “Michael and I talk about it all the time. It was the only job I’ve been on where I can’t really describe what it was like. I can’t distinguish myself from a character in this thing and a fan of this thing.”
The show is absolutely worth watching if you haven't seen it before. Here's one of FX's trailers, which doesn't even come close to showing the charm that the show possessed (again, the marketing was a big part of why nobody watched this show when it was on):
Quotes via Deadline