BLUE MOUNTAIN STATE Returning to Amazon With Alan Ritchson Saying "We Are Going to Make a Fourth Season Happen"
A year ago, news reports started popping up that gave fans hope of a return of the raunchy teen football comedy series Blue Mountain State. Now it looks like things are moving forward at Amazon Prime.
The sequel season to the 2010 comedy from Lionsgate TV will welcome back Alan Ritchson, who is set to reprise his role as Kevin “Thad” Castle. Amazon MGM Studios is home to Ritchson’s current series Reacher, where Ritchson has a first-look deal.
According to Deadline, development has been fast-tracked and is now in its final stages, with a greenlight decision expected within a month or two. Signs have been promising, and Ritchson, star and executive producer of the followup, has given the new installment his seal of approval, calling it “perfect.”
Ritchson said during a press conference at the Daytona 500 on Sunday:
“We’re actually setting it up with Amazon. We are going to make a fourth season happen; I’m trying to work it into my schedule. Honestly, I think it’s going to be the best season of BMS we’ve ever had. It is so damn funny, and it’s perfect, the way we resurrect the characters and bring them into the way that things are now.”
Created by Chris Romano and Eric Falconer, who also are believed to be back for the sequel, Blue Mountain State is about a fictitious university, Blue Mountain State, and its football team, the Mountain Goats.
It centers on three incoming freshman — played by Darin Brooks, Alan Ritchson and Chris Romano — who must quickly adapt to college life and juggle football, girls, classes and nonstop hazing. Ritchson’s Kevin “Thad” Castle was the ever-inspiring team captain of the BMS football team.
The original series’ co-leads Darin Brooks and Chris Romano also are expected to be back for the followup.
Following its original three-season run on cable network Spike, Blue Mountain State has found new audience on Netflix, cementing its cult status.
Funded by a Kickstarter campaign, a followup movie, Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland, was released in 2016 with Brooks, Ritchson and Roman reprising their roles.
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