Now that Ugly Betty has concluded its run, there’s already talk of a possible feature film. Is that realistic?
Ugly Betty revolves around a young woman (America Ferrera) who works at a trendy fashion magazine. Others in the cast include Eric Mabius, Tony Plana, Ana Ortiz, Becki Newton, Mark Indelicato, Michael Urie, Vanessa Williams, and Ashley Jensen.
The series ran for four seasons before being cancelled by ABC. The ratings had been in decline for more than a year so the cancellation really didn’t come as a surprise.
Though the show’s writers were able to give the series and the characters some closure, many devoted fans naturally want more. According to some of the stars of the show, a movie based on the series is a possibility.
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After filming the series finale, Ferrera told Zap2It, “I’m happy with the way it turned out. And hopefully the fans will want more and they will come back and see Ugly Betty: The Movie and we can see what life after the show brought for this character and all these characters that the audience is in love with.”
Oritz later confirmed those feelings. She told Latina, “It’s something that we’ve been talking about and it’s something that America Ferrera would really love to do. That woman has so much determination that I can’t imagine anything she puts her mind to not getting done.”
There are no concrete plans for a feature film as yet but it’s an interesting idea. Though it could certainly happen someday, the prospects seem highly unlikely. After all, Ugly Betty has never been a big hit and viewership was in decline for quite awhile. Episodes didn’t bring a lot of money in syndication and the series finale only attracted 5.65 million viewers.
When you look at it that way, an Ugly Betty feature film doesn’t make a lot of business sense. But who knows, after the show’s been out of primetime for a few years, perhaps it’ll attract a cult following and they can figure out how to make the movie in a way that makes good financial sense.
What do you think? Is an Ugly Betty feature film a realistic prospect or just wishful thinking?
Image courtesy ABC.
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59 Comments on "Ugly Betty: Will There Be a Movie of the Cancelled TV Show?"
if there wont be a continuation of d series,then movie will be just fine. pls give us somethinggggggggg
NO DONT MAKE A MOVIE CONTUINE THE TV SHOW DONT MAKE THE MOVIE CONTINUE ON TO THE TV SHOWWWWW W
Please make the movie we need more
PLEASE BRING THIS AMAZING SHOW BACK!! WE ARE UNSATSIFIDED OF U LEAVING US HANGING!!!!!! U WILL EARN LOTS OF MONEY FOR A MOVIE I WOULD GO SEE IT MY HOLE FAMILY WOULD GO SEE IT AND LOTS OF PEOPLE WOULD TOO!!! WE MISS UGLY BETTY ABC!!! WE WANT A FILM!!! BRING BETTY BACK AND AMANDA BACK AND DANIEL AND MARK AND HILDA AND THE SON BACK WITH HIS BF!!!WE MISS UGLY BETTY BRING IT BACK !!! PLEASE A MOVIE NETFLIX SERIES SOMETHING!!!
Please please please bring this series back! I’ve been reduced to reading Fanfiction! There was no closure! What happened on Betty’s and Daniel’s dinner “date”? Don’t leave us hanging! A movie would be great for closure. They didn’t even share a kiss! I mean, what the h*ll?!
;-(
Bring it back! Rewatching episodes on netflix only reminds my daughter and I how much we miss the series! Can’t get enough Betty!
bring it back!!!
please make a film or a season 5.
Pleaseeee have a season 5 or a movie please i love this shoe
Please, a film, a Netflix series, anything!!
please do a film.
PLEASE! Make a movie, even a made for TV movie would do. Let all the DIE HARD FANS know what happens to EVERYONE. I think this rating thing sucks (Who and How do they rate shows?) a lot of good shows get canceled and I wonder why? Some shows don’t even have a chance to get a good following. I missed the first season so the show took awhile to grow on me and then when it did they canceled it 🙁 Betty turned out to be a Beautiful Butterfly!
YES PLEASE make ugly betty movie. i want to know if daniel and betty is going to end up together as everybody is hoping for
I want to know what happens with Betty and Daniel in London I think it would make a good movie!!!
I have finished all of the seasons of ugly betty and i love the series very much. it is so pity that these serials have no end. ıt is like an uncompleted love story about betty and daniel. i want to see more about their loves and passions. I hope at least there would be a final episode that we, as the fans of ugly betty can watch it.