{"id":33351,"date":"2023-05-27T12:18:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T10:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1837553"},"modified":"2023-05-27T14:45:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T12:45:45","slug":"succession-wont-get-fifth-season-or-spin-offs-says-hbo-boss","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/succession-wont-get-fifth-season-or-spin-offs-says-hbo-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Succession won\u2019t get fifth season or spin-offs, says HBO boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> HBO&#8217;s head of drama would &#8220;never say never&#8221;, but says there is &#8220;no intention of spinning any one character off&#8221;. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 27 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p class=\"&quot;paragraph\" larva=\"\" lrv-u-margin-lr-auto=\"\" lrv-a-font-body-m=\"\">With <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/succession-season-4-release-schedule\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Succession<\/a> about to come to an end, fans not ready to let go just yet have been hoping that a fifth season or a spin-off could be announced, continuing the stories of the beloved yet ultimately diabolical Roys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;paragraph\" larva=\"\" lrv-u-margin-lr-auto=\"\" lrv-a-font-body-m=\"\">Creator Jesse Armstrong briefly <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/succession-spin-offs-hbo-doubts-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">fanned these flames<\/a> by positing that \u201cmaybe there\u2019s another part of this world we could come back to, if there was an appetite?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;paragraph\" larva=\"\" lrv-u-margin-lr-auto=\"\" lrv-a-font-body-m=\"\">However, it seems those hopes have now been dashed, as HBO\u2019s head of drama Francesca Orsi has said that not only are there no plans for a season 5 \u201cat this point now\u201d but there are also no plans \u201cat all\u201d for a spin-off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;paragraph\" larva=\"\" lrv-u-margin-lr-auto=\"\" lrv-a-font-body-m=\"\">Orsi told <a href=\"\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/05\/francesca-orsi-hbo-qa-succession-finale-the-last-of-us-house-of-the-dragon-white-lotus-euphoria-perry-mason-1235374588\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Deadline<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019ll never say never but my instinct and based on a number of conversations about the evolution of Succession and these characters, at this stage, there is no intention of spinning any one character off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesse, should he do a series again, I think it will be entirely original. Whether it\u2019s based on IP or not, I\u2019m not sure, but it will be a new show, a new idea entirely.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/0902SuccessionS04-101bb2b.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/0902SuccessionS04-101bb2b.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/0902SuccessionS04-101bb2b.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" 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Succession.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>HBO<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Asked how she feels now we are reaching the end of the hit show and she will no longer be working with Armstrong, Orsi said: \u201cThere is maybe sadness in that I don\u2019t have the opportunity to build something with him \u2014 at least not for now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/succession-jeremy-strong-kendall-dracarys-moment-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Succession star Jeremy Strong on Kendall\u2019s \u201cDracarys\u201d moment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/succession-ending-theory-director-comments-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Succession ending theory emerges after director comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure what he\u2019s going to be doing next, and I\u2019m looking forward to sitting with him after the writers strike and seeing what he\u2019d like to do. He\u2019s an original thinker, and I have no doubt that he\u2019s going to impress us and move us once again with something new at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/succession-cast-characters-hbo\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Roman Roy star Kieran Culkin<\/a> recently teased that, before it was finally decided that season 4 would be the show\u2019s final outing, Armstrong <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/succession-kieran-culkin-season-5-ideas-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">proposed a number of different ideas<\/a> for a potential season 5.<\/p> <p>Culkin said: \u201cJesse described to me the whole season before we shot. I asked him one question and when he answered it, I said, \u2018Well that sort of sounds like the end of the show.\u2019 He goes, \u2018Yeah, it does.\u2019 But then he just threw up three different ideas for a season 5 that he claimed were off the top of his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018I\u2019m just speaking my speak my mind here. But those all sound like really awesome.&#8217;\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"&quot;6327143132112&quot;\" data-account=\"&quot;69912529001&quot;\" data-player=\"&quot;ByeOf0VZEl&quot;\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p><strong>Succession concludes on Sky Atlantic on Monday 29th May \u2013<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?id=489797&amp;clickref=radiotimes-0&amp;awinmid=11005&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sky.com%2Fshop%2Ftv&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\">sign up for Sky TV here<\/a>\u00a0or stream on\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.nowtv.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">NOW<\/a>. 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