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Seth MacFarlane Orville It may be ready to fly again.
MacFarlane, who is promoting the launch of the Peacock series’ second season on Thursday TedHe tells Hollywood Reporter That writing team is behind Orville He wrote 10 episodes for a potential fourth season. MacFarlane created and starred in the sci-fi series, which aired its first two seasons on Fox before moving to Hulu for a third season, which debuted in June 2022.
“I’ll be honest with you: Season 4 is written,” MacFarlane says. Orville. “It’s just a matter of when we have time to produce it.”
The prolific producer confirmed that Hulu would be ready to move forward with the new season, but his busy schedule made it difficult to find time for him to film. “The ten scripts were finished,” MacFarlane continues. “I’m the problem. It is.” [a matter of] When I can make that my year, with all the other things we have at work. “But we can get to work quickly when that happens.”
Its events take place in the twenty-fifth century, Orville It premiered on Fox in 2017 and focuses on the exploits of the crew of the starship USS Orville, commanded by McFarlane’s Captain Ed Mercer. The third season cast included Adrianne Palicki, Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes, Peter Macon, Jessica Szohr, and Anne Winters.
In 2022, McFarlane said THR He and his colleagues were hopeful that Hulu would agree to produce more episodes, despite hurdles that included the actors’ contracts expiring after the third season. He also acknowledged that the show’s budget was a factor.
“I would love to,” the star said of continuing. Orville. “I know the whole cast is hoping for it. It’s a big question mark for a number of reasons. It’s not an expensive show to produce. It requires an ambitious budget. But the flip side of that is that it’s no more ambitious than half the other shows on TV. It’s really going to depend on audience response, on whether or not the show gets discovered.”
Later, during a 2024 conversation that was timed for its debut Tedfirst season, Family man The creator said THR Beware of Orville“All I can say is that the show has not officially ended.”
In a podcast interview conducted in late 2023, Palicki indicated that she was unlikely to return to the position of leader. Kelly Grayson for season 4.
“She doesn’t do that anymore,” the actress said. Orville Before pointing out that she doesn’t know if she’ll come back or not. Palicki explained that it was difficult to be available for filming, given the long production downtime: “It became a real, real problem because there would be a lot of time between seasons. Seth wanted to write everything himself, so it would take a lot of time.” “I loved a lot of things about it. I think the process was difficult,” she added.
