I’d be so damned happy if this came back. Until Strange New Worlds, it was the optimistic, bright and generally happy Trek successor I didn’t know I needed.
The cast is released from their contracts and are off working other projects, and have been for a couple of years now. That’s pretty much the end.
https://redshirtsalwaysdie.com/2022/04/14/the-orville-cast-have-been-released-from-their-contracts/
Even MacFarlane has been off doing other things. Pre-production on a Naked Gun reboot.
A few other shows in similar situations have come back, so it’s not impossible that it returns.
“Come Back” still means it’s currently dead. :)
Disney is still talking about bringing back Firefly, that doesn’t make it any more alive.
https://screenrant.com/firefly-revival-season-2-release-date-story-details/
No, “come back” could mean a lot of things - it could mean it’s on hiatus, it could mean it’s between seasons, or it could mean that it’s cancelled.
Having a creator and network that doesn’t want to come back to it would mean it is dead. However not being cancelled means the network is open to it returning, and the creator has said he wants to come back to it, so no, it is not dead.
And Firefly is a horrible comparison because that show was literally cancelled. And even then, it’s only one example of a show that didn’t come back, and I made no claim that all shows that want to come back will get the opportunity.
When a show is on hiatus or between seasons, they don’t release the talent from their contracts. Orville released everyone 2 years ago. :)
That’s not true regarding all haituses. It depends on the contract.
If the Willow reboot was anything to go by, Disney can’t be trusted to do Firefly 2.0 justice. I’m sad it died all those years ago, but let it rest with dignity.
Remember that Seth brought Family Guy back from cancellation, like, three times. He’s not someone you hand wave away when he’s determined to do something.
It came back on the strength of DVD and Blu Ray sales.
The Orville doesn’t have home media in any format people would actually want to watch.
It literally came back because of a letter-writing campaign. And at a time when the show was at odds with Fox executives.
And that was the age of home media. This is the age of streaming. The Orville, last I heard, is getting good traffic on Hulu and Disney+. So much do that Disney+ spotlighted it last year on their main page.
I did some research on this recently for the Wikipedia article, it looks like MacFarlane is the only one who really wants to come back for a new season. He might need a new supporting cast.
