Netflix absolutely bloody loves itself some original content these days, and they especially love it when that content stirs up bananas-level attention from a pre-existing rabid fanbase.
The launch of ‘Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life‘ last year was one of the streaming megazord’s biggest wins for 2016, garnering massive attention, huge amounts of analysis, and more than a little bit of grumbling after those much-vaunted “last four words” turned out to be some weak-ass pandering claptrap.
But, of course, you never leave something open-ended unless you intend to come back for another look. And if Netflix has their way, ‘A Year in the Life‘ will not be the last time we all get to visit Stars Hollow.
Netflix chief content officer (seriously, badass job title) Ted Sarandos stated that the company is in “very preliminary” talks with show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino to bring another new season to life.
Speaking to the UK Press Association, Sarandos noted that the weight of fan expectation hung quite heavily around the neck of the revival season, but the show managed to meet and exceed that for the most part. But even more interestingly, he hinted that negotiations have already begun about the possibility of another season, and one that would arrive in a much smaller amount of time than that between the OG series and ‘A Year in the Life.‘
“We hope [there are more instalments]. We obviously loved the success of the show, fans loved how well it was done, it delivered what they hoped.”
“The worst thing is to wait a couple of years for your favourite show to come back and for it to disappoint you, but they sure delivered and people were really excited about more, and we have been talking to them about the possibility of that.”
For what it’s worth, Sherman-Palladino stated back in November that they had a very specific journey in mind, and ‘A Year in the Life‘ covered that. What lies beyond the end of that series, however, remains up in the air.
“We really had a very specific journey in our minds and we fulfilled the journey. So to us, this is the piece that we wanted to do. And the whole thought about, ‘Is there more, is there more, is there more?’ — this has to go out into the universe now. We’ve got to put this to bed. And then whatever happens, happens.”
Now then, with all this said one final, vital question remains: Who exactly at Netflix do I need to email my pitch for a new season entitled ‘Gilmore Girls: Literally Me Sitting In Front of The Cast Explaining In Excruciating Detail the Many Ways in Which Dean is a Garbage Person for 8 Hours‘ to?
I don’t know much about the inner machinations of Hollywood, but I know for certain that that is money.
Photo: Gilmore Girls/Netflix.
