Wayward Pines just ended its second season last week. Recently, executive producer Blake Crouch spoke with Entertainment Weekly about the future of the FOX series.
The drama takes place in a mysterious Idaho town. The cast includes Toby Jones, Carla Gugino, Jason Patric, and Josh Helman.
Though FOX has not yet renewed or cancelled Wayward Pines, Crouch did tease some possible season three plans:
When we made the first season of Wayward Pines, the truth is I don’t think any of us fathomed that we would be doing a season 2. We had all the episodes wrapped up and in the can the year before the show premiered, and it was truly intended to be an event series… If we’re lucky enough to have a third season, I think it’s possible for characters to return and to have new ones as well.”
He added that the story will continue to focus on man’s extinction:
Just in terms of where the story goes, Wayward Pines has always been about man’s final hours, and I think that’s what Night [Shyamalan, Crouch’s co-executive producer] and I were brainstorming when we were hemming and hawing about whether to push forward the series. One of things that we kept coming back to was this idea of man facing his own extinction. What does that look like? Mankind would be the first self-aware species to go extinct. The last saber-tooth tiger didn’t know it was the last saber-tooth tiger, but the idea that man knows he is in the sunset of his species is fascinating material to play in. And I think in a way, we push through season 2 to get to have that discussion in a potential season 3. What are those final hours, what are those final moments like? Are we resilient and brave? Are we afraid? We’re probably all of those things. What does that mean for art? Does art still matter then? It’s a bunch of really profound philosophical questions just about the nature of being, and so that’s the space we could play in.”
What do you think? Are you a fan of Wayward Pines? Do you want a third season?
You have several loose ends to tie up. Was David Pilcher sponsored, or independently wealthy? Was there government backing? It’s hard to believe in a government that would have that kind of long-sighted concern. What do 500 survivors do in how many years? How did Aberrations survive in the first place? Can humans and Aberrations negotiate survival? Are 500 people enough of a genetic base to start over? …..
Would really like to see a third season. I want to know the evolution of the Abbie’s, whether the remaining humans make it or not. I would like to believe that whom ever comes next does a better job than we’ve managed to do.
I too would love a Season 3 as there is so much yet to learn: what is Margaret all about? Did we actually “see” a human baby being cradled by an Abby? What kind of world will the “pod people” wake up to? I always thought that WPines was about survival , not extinction? Will they go to a warmer area so that they are able to grow crops? Will Theo be their leader? I have so many unanswered questions= a 3rd season is needed, IMO!
i would LOVE to see a season 3………..we need to see some more abbie action & more backstory on them………..the abbies were great…………i feel like the humans won because they are in their safe little pods & the abbies didnt have a chance to defend themselves………..so yes a season 3 i would love 🙂 the humans got pretty nasty in season 2 but what a great season it was !!!