As it turns out, the director has revealed that he was approached for a Shaun of the Dead TV show, but he turned it down.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Josh Horowitz\u2019s Happy Sad Confused<\/a> podcast, Edgar Wright explained why he didn\u2019t feel it was the right approach, and whether he\u2019d be open to continuing the story alongside original stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.<\/p>\n \u201cA long time ago, there was a thing that an American company wanted to do a TV series of Shaun of the Dead based on the film and we were like \u2018no\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p> He added: \u201cWe have talked about doing things. Me and Simon [Pegg] obviously have never stopped talking about doing something else and sometimes when these things come up we take it really seriously.<\/p>\n \u201cSome things are still things that we\u2019re still talking about, but it\u2019s also being kind of protective of what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n Wright went on to praise Scott Pilgrim Takes Off<\/a> as an example of how an adaptation can work.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the Scott Pilgrim thing was, like, a perfect way of continuing, because it\u2019s Brian Lee and Ali doing it, and it\u2019s literally his comic, like artwork come to life. It\u2019s beautiful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cSo it\u2019s something where it\u2019s both a huge expansion of the books and the film, but also it\u2019s really true to his original artwork. He\u2019s from Canada but he drew the book like it was a Japanese manga comic, and now it\u2019s become a real anime with an amazing Japanese production doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n He called the continuation \u201cperfect\u201d and revealed that for Shaun of the Dead, or any of the Cornetto films, to return, there would have to be a similar approach.<\/p>\n \u201cI think if me and Simon were to do any of the things we did, that would be an extension of something\u2026 it\u2019s like you want to have creative control, so, yeah, I guess that\u2019s the ultimate thing.\u201d<\/p> ![\"Edgar](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/edgar-wright-8f1510a.jpg?quality=90&resize=619%2C413\" "\\"Last")
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