Co-creator Mike Schur never wanted to do a revival, reboot or any sort of reunion for ParksandRec. Then the coronavirus shut down the world and changed everything
co-creator Mike Schur never wanted to do a revival, reboot or any sort of reunion for his beloved and star-studded former NBC comedy. Then the novel coronavirus shut down the world and changed everything.
The 30-minute special will find Pawnee's most dedicated public servant, Leslie, determined to stay connected with her friends and colleagues during a time of social distancing. To hear Schur tell it, Leslie's eternal optimism and belief in the power of community and friendship — and government — made sense to explore now when much of the world is stuck in quarantine. cast for a remotely filmed table read of a former episode.
In terms of the creative, Schur said challenges included trying to remember where the cast left off from the finale — which aired in 2014 but took place in 2017 and featured the core characters at several points decades into the future. The special will also explain why the married couples on— Leslie and Ben, Ann and Chris, April and Andy — are not experiencing quarantine together. "We had some logistical questions we had to answer but they were fairly minor," Schur said.
"We made a bunch of references in the finale to potential things that might happen to various people and we left all that out," Schur said. "We wanted this to be about what was happening in their life at this moment. There are no future Easter eggs; at least none that are intentional, anyway. We wanted the entire story to be about what is happening to this group of people right now and how they're helping each other.
Oh, and as for a proper scripted reunion series/revival/reboot? Better enjoy the special as Schur said he doesn't anticipate any longterm rebootspecial airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m., with a special Paley Center tribute to the series opening the night at 8 p.m. on NBC.
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