Eugene Levy is pleading ignorance about his Dan Levy’s “kernel of an concept” for a reboot of the hit sitcom Schitt’s Creek.
“If he stated he had a kernel of an concept for a reboot, he didn’t lay it on me,” Eugene stated on TODAY on Friday.
“I don’t know what he essentially comes up with,” the actor added, earlier than quipping, “I don’t have Instagram.”
Eugene doesn’t suppose a continuation is a Schitt-y concept, although — so long as it lives as much as the unique. “Pay attention, we’ve at all times stated we’d love — clearly, we love this group, we love the forged, we love the present, and we might like to get collectively and do one thing,” he stated. “It’s simply, no concept has come up. No person has give you the thought but. And no matter it’s, it has to begin type of on the extent the place we left off. In any other case, there’s no level.”
When TODAY cohost Jenna Bush Hager stated she’s anticipating a Schitt’s Creek film, Eugene stated, “Wow, that’s prediction. I type of like that. That will get me excited. … By no means say by no means.”
Dan mentioned stated kernel on Watch What Occurs Dwell in July after a fan requested concerning the Rosebud Motel signal prop’s mysterious reappearance on the real-life Hockley Motel in Mono, Ontario, and whether or not that meant a brand new season or film was coming.
“It’s attention-grabbing you say that as a result of I, too, simply discovered that the Rosebud Motel signal was put again up,” Dan instructed that fan. “I might like to say sure, however I don’t know what it’s doing there, and it was simply as a lot a shock to me because it was to you. So, I don’t know. My hope is that possibly someday, someplace.”
As for persevering with the storyline, Dan stated, “I give it some thought on a regular basis. I’ve a kernel of an concept. I really like the present a lot, and I don’t need to disappoint the present, and I don’t need to disappoint the followers. And I do know it’s straightforward to simply take a verify and put one thing on the market, however I care about it an excessive amount of. I’m simply ready for that concept to be the suitable one. After which possibly, yeah.”
Schitt’s Creek, which Dan and Eugene co-created, follows the misadventures of onetime one-percenters Johnny (Eugene’s character) and Moira Rose (Catherine O’Hara) and their kids, Alexis (Annie Murphy) and David (Dan’s character), after they lose their fortune and grow to be motel occupants within the quirky titular city. The sequence fan for six seasons between 2015 and 2020, airing on CBS in its native Canada and on Pop TV in the US.
For its closing season, Schitt’s Creek turned the primary TV present to win all seven of the Primetime Emmys’ main comedy classes: Excellent Lead Actress, Lead Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Writing, Directing, and Comedy Collection.