When The CW canceled Legacies, there have been plans for a follow-up collection, Julie Plec revealed Friday on THR’s High 5 Podcast.
Legacies was canceled earlier this yr after 4 seasons, however the creatives have been nicely conscious that the looming sale of The CW difficult a renewal.
“For my part, The CW dealt with [the cancelation] in essentially the most elegant method you possibly can deal with a scenario like this,” she mentioned on the podcast.
“After they noticed the writing on the wall in regards to the impending sale and began recognizing that they could not have full management over all their pickups, they referred to as us all, any of us they weren’t 100% positive about, and mentioned, ‘Hey hear. You won’t make the minimize because of circumstances out of our management. So we’re letting you realize this so to create a collection finale that feels respectful to and honors the followers.’”
Certainly, followers acquired the very best wrap-up they may have hoped for, given the circumstances.
Legacies wrapped up loads of plots, and despatched the collection out with the sense that if it returned, it could be very totally different.
“We took them at their phrase and we went for it,” Julie added.
“It wasn’t like being on a present the place you’re in the course of a cliffhanger and abruptly prove the lights.”
“We did have a warning… Definitely I don’t suppose it was The CW’s determination to not preserve a Vampire Diaries present on the air…”
Plec was beforehand vocal in regards to the franchise not being over for lengthy, and because it seems, a fourth present within the franchise was in discussions forward of the Legacies cancellation.
“We had already been type of speaking about [another spinoff] very quietly contained in the partitions of our personal little author’s room,” Plec teased.
“We had an thought, prepping is a free time period… The studio knew that we have been pitching on an thought.”
“The community knew, it was not in any form of like, they hadn’t heard a peep about it.”
“They didn’t know what it was, however yeah, we had an thought. Brett [Matthews] and Kevin [Williamson] and I have been able to go together with it as quickly as we carved out a window of time to do it. [The cancelation] form of popped that balloon, I believe, for now.”
“Provided that we actually haven’t pitched it to anyone, however I believe Brett‘s partner, however no, sorry [I can’t share it],” Julie mentioned. “It’s not but shaped sufficient to be shared.”
Whereas Plec is now working beneath an total deal at Common, she has a clause in her contract permitting her to work on different initiatives.
“Provided that we actually haven’t pitched it to anyone, however I believe Brett‘s partner, however no, sorry [I can’t share it],” Julie mentioned.
“It’s not but shaped sufficient to be shared.”
It’s encouraging information for followers who need one other present set in that universe.
Within the meantime, Plec has one other vampire present for followers. Vampire Academy launched on Peacock this week with its first 4 episodes.
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