Is a 'Parks and Recreation' Revival Going to Happen?
by EG
Just about everyone involved with Parks and Recreation is enthusiastic about the possibility to bringing the show back. But "just about" may not be enough. Read on to find out more.
There's only one condition under which a Parks and Recreation reboot or revival could ever happen: creators Mike Schur and Greg Daniels as well as every single one of the main cast members who were present at the tenth anniversary reunion PaleyFest panel on Thursday night — Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Adam Scott, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Jim O'Heir, and Rob Lowe — all agreed that there was a good enough idea to make it happen.
"Everyone on this stage — and like 6 other people — would have to feel like there was a story that needed to be told," Schur said on the panel.
While he hasn't ruled anything out, he felt like the show succeeded in its mission.
"The show had an argument to make," Schur said. "The argument was about teamwork and friendship and positivity being optimistic and not getting cynical and believing that people can do good and believing in the power of public service and believing that if you work hard and you put your head down and believe in the people around you who are part of your team, that good things are possible. That you'll achieve the things you want to achieve, and I don't feel like we left anything on the table. I feel like the show sort of made its argument. And we also — maybe this was like a preventative measure or something — we did jumped ahead to the year, like, 2074."
Before the panel, Poehler told The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet that she was 100 percent in if Schur had an idea he thought would work.
"I am so not cool, so from minute one I've been like I'm down. Tell me where to go, I'll clear my schedule," she said. "I mean, Mike Schur currently produces and writes on I think 14 shows, so it'll really be whenever he is 'tech avail,' as we like to say in the biz. But yeah, I'm ready."
Get the rest of the story at The Hollywood Reporter.
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