A ‘Big Bang Theory’ Spinoff About 12 Y.O. Sheldon Is Regrettably On The Way

 

Yep. It’s happening. 

A spin-off of ‘Big Bang Theory’ has finally passed through the layers of producers and television executives it takes to greenlight a television series, and somehow all of them said, ‘Yes, this is an extremely good idea. Let’s do it!’. Who are these people, you ask? Well, I daresay they’re probably Satan’s minions. Satan’s actual minions. 

The new show will centre on Sheldon Cooper as a 12-year-old, due to the fact that many of the characters quips are about his childhood. 

Jim Parsons reckons the decision to do it was a no-brainer (clearly):

“[The writers] have done, from the beginning, such a good job of building such a history and a layered nature to all these characters.

It just seems like a really wasted opportunity if you don’t decide to explore the origin story with that. 

I mean, they’ve layered so many things in there over the past decade that is already there to be drawn from. 

I’m really excited about it. I think it will be very different than Big Bang, but in a good way.”

Viewers will get to see a young Sheldon growing up on a farm in Texas with a “colourful” family. 

Obviously the show will have a new face as Sheldon, but Parsons will be an executive producer on the spin-off. He told the future Yung Sheldon™:

Hmm… probably best to familiarise yourself at least a little bit though, if you’re playing a written character in another time period. Continuity is a thing, y’know?

There’s no word on when the show will be hitting screens, but we’ll keep you updated.