Month: February 2020

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Watchmen: Lindelof Won’t ‘Close the Door’ On a Possible Season 2

Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen sequel series was a big hit with both viewers and critics this past fall, though a second season remains unlikely without Lindlof returning to shape and showrun it.

As HBO programming president Casey Bloys said a few weeks ago, “It would be hard to imagine doing it without Damon involved in some way.” And back in December, Lindelof explained, “I’ve consistently believed and still believe that these nine episodes are a complete story with a beginning, middle, and end.” Adding, “I don’t have any ideas for subsequent seasons of Watchmen currently.”

Speaking to Deadline this weekend at the WGA Awards, Lindelof seemed more open to the idea of returning for more Watchmen, though if it happened, it wouldn’t be for a few years at least.

“I never wanna close the door completely because if two, three years from now I say, I just had another idea, it will be that much harder to open,” Lindelof shared. “But I would say it’s barely ajar. I think that there are no current plans to make any more Watchmen.”

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“If the idea comes, I would be enthusiastic about it,” he said. “The idea may not come from me. I would be super excited about it coming from someone else. So my position hasn’t changed.”

Watchmen was named IGN’s TV Series of the Year for 2019 and if you’re looking to dig a bit deeper into the show then here are 10 burning questions answered by HBO’s “Peteypedia” page.

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For more TV news, check out SNL’s parody of Frozen 2, Always Sunny’s Rob McElhenney responding to the Lethal Weapon 5 news, and a closer look at Captain Picard’s other First Officer: Michelle Hurd’s Raffi Musiker.

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Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

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SNL Delivered Frozen 2’s ‘Deleted Scenes’

In this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, hosted by the Houston Texans’ J.J. Watt, Frozen 2 was the target of parody as everything from Elsa’s sexuality to the franchise’s whitewashing controversy became fair game.

In the sketch — featuring Kate McKinnon as Elsa, Cecily Strong as Anna, Watt as Kristoff, and Kyle Mooney as Olaf — Frozen 2’s “Deleted Scenes” were sampled. Here’s the portion of the sketch that SNL posted to Twitter…

Despite not being as wildly praised as the first film, Frozen 2 became the highest-grossing animated film of all time, bringing in $1.325 billion at the global box office.

Frozen 2 was also the sixth Disney film to cross the billion dollar mark in 2019.

Here’s a quick rundown of every Disney and Pixar movie on the way (or in the works).

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Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.