Ready for a ‘Bones’ Revival Already? Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz Weigh In
With show revivals popping up frequently, it’s not surprising the question of Bones possibly returning at some point in the future was broached during the show’s final Television Critics Association panel. But with the show’s end still to come, the stars were unable to look that far ahead. “It’s very hard for me to answer that question, honestly,” David Boreanaz (Booth) said. “Everything is possible in life, but I tend to like to go forwards…In general, I don’t like reunions and I don’t like to go back.”
Added Emily Deschanel (Brennan), “I would like some time. We put 12 years into the show. I’m really proud of doing the show for this long. I loved doing the show. It’s very emotional to say goodbye. To go [any time soon], ‘Welcome back!’ It’s an emotional roller coaster. That’s not to say I wouldn’t consider it in a good amount of time.”
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Also revealed during the panel: Executive producers and current showrunners Michael Peterson and Jonathan Collier will close out the series in a different way than series creator Hart Hanson had originally intended.
“I had another ending to the show in mind,” Hanson—who was originally scheduled to write the series finale—said. “I fully love what they’ve done. I give them my full, full support. When I first stopped running the show, [executive producer] Stephen Nathan…who is not here today, one of the first things he did was completely defy me and kill Sweets. I would have never killed Sweets. But Stephen was running the show and it was obviously a good idea.”
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Fans will also get an alternate take on what the fabled “447” means in the series. “I sent them my explanations of what the number 447 means for the ultra Bonehead fans, and they completely ignored me,” Hanson laughed. “They’re the showrunners. It’s whomever is running the show.”
But, they have his approval: “They did a wonderful job,” Hanson said.
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I don't understand why people are making a big deal out of David and Emily not committing to anything. Neither of them said no, and they could have, they are honest people. There's simply no point in saying 'yes' if the show hasn't even ended. They've only had like three weeks off at this point. Let them breathe.
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Yes I am wondering why they are already asking if they are ready to come back and their answers are indeed honest. David and Emily have put 12 years into this show both they and the other actors deserve a break. I wish the attention on Bones was on their episodes instead of a reunion that isn't happening any time soon. The last shows have barely started to air yet. And of course every outlet made this into a bigger deal when HH and Emily said they weren't invited back but they just skipped over the part where they weren't surprised nor offended that Bones wasn't asked back. My feeling is both David and Emily are ready to move on but maybe in two or three years they will do a movie or something. Lets talk about the last 10 episodes of Bones shall we and then( some of us anyway) can be sad about it ending and move on
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Hey Hart Hanson you didn't want Nathan to kill Sweets than maybe you should have stayed as show runner and had the guts to actually write the finale like he said he would. I am not surprised about David and Emily's reactions and makes me wonder what Michael Peterson is smoking when he said 99 percent of the cast was on board. Clearly David and Emily are not at the moment and if he thinks they are less than one percent of the show he is pretty stupid. I am glad they have ended this speculation because as much as I love Bones its time for it to go and for its actors( David and Emily in particular) to move on. FOX has treated this show like garbage for so long it still amazes me it has lasted this long. Good luck to FOX next season they are going to need it. The X-Files wont be back till Jan at least and the networks biggest asset( Empire) is starting to crumble. But then again FOX will have all that syndication money from their least favorite show to keep them warm
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Well at least it took them 12 years to Firefly Bones.
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