Series creator Kurt Sutter says he doesn't want 'to do anything that was 'Sons' related immediately [after it ended],' but he's still interested in the possible prequel.
- Aug 8, 2015
AceShowbiz - A proposed "Sons of Anarchy" prequel may not arrive that soon as people expected, but it doesn't mean that it won't be happening. Series creator Kurt Sutter assures fans that talks about the possible new show are still ongoing, although he won't do it until at least two years after "Sons" ended.
"It's something that we have talked about," he tells E! News. "It's something that we have interest in. We are interested. I think the timing of it really depends on what unfolds." He adds that now he chose to focus on his new series for FX, "The Bastard Executioner", saying, "I think for me, and the network, it's taking the next obvious and right choice and ['The Bastard Executioner'] is the energy we're moving in now."
Explaining why there seems to be little or no progress on the "Sons" prequel, he shares, "I knew I didn't want to do anything that was 'Sons' related immediately [after it ended]. I didn't want to come right off of that and do a prequel or anything like that. I wanted to give it a couple years to breathe before we came back to do it. So none of that has gone away. We'll see how the next couple years or at least the next year with ['The Bastard Executioner'] unfolds and then we'll have to see."
Sutter previously revealed his idea for the spin-off, which is currently called "First 9", "I never really saw [a spin-off] as a full-on series because when you start doing that, I want to honor this mythology we created and I didn't want to step on it, so I think I like the idea of it being a one-off and perhaps just to establish how the club was formed and let it go at that."
He added, "So we can see the roots of the club and I see it as a different show in terms of I don't think it will be as pulpy...I feel it will be a little more, I don't want to say a historical show, but it takes place in the '60s and it's Vietnam, so there's a lot of iconic events happenings around it that influence John Teller [Charlie Hunnam's Jax's father]."
