Michael Chiklis Says a Reboot of THE SHIELD Has Been Discussed, But It Most Likely Won't Happen

In 2002 a crooked cop drama titled The Shield premiered on FX, and the show hooked me on that very first episode. It was such a damn good show!

Michael Chiklis starred in the series as Vic Mackey, “a rogue cop in an experimental division of the Los Angeles Police Department, willing to sink to the criminals' level in order to take them on -- but his misdeeds eventually come home to roost. He breaks the law to, in his mind, bring some semblance of order to a chaotic world.”

The series also starred the likes of Walton Goggins, CCH Pounder, Forrest Whittaker, and Glenn Close. The series ended on a high note, and I don’t think there’s any reason to revive the show because it had a fantastic seven-season run. But in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Chiklis revealed that there have been talks about a revival, but notes that it most likely won’t happen. He said:

"We've discussed a reboot, and I know it will probably make a lot of people sad, but it's unlikely. There have been ideas bandied about and maybe Shawn will wake up someday with a eureka moment. But it's so rare to have something go so well over seven years that it's hard to even contemplate. It would be a real bummer to revisit those characters and have it be subpar. I can't tell you how many fans have written me fan fiction of the way they see it. None of them know, but it's flattering that they're still questioning and guessing."

Series creator Shawn Ryan also weighed in on a possible new chapter for Vic Mackey, saying:

“I have some notions of where I might go if I spent a month trying to figure it out, but I don't know definitively what I would decide on, and so, therefore, I'd argue that no one knows for sure.”

So, with that, I think it’s safe to say that we will not see a revival of The Shield, and I’m ok with that. For those of you who have never seen The Shield, it’s a show that you should definitely check out!