Another ‘Timeless’ Movie? Abigail Spencer Would Love to Do One — and Direct It
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In 2016, a sci-fi drama about time travel premiered on NBC. Timeless, starring Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, and Malcolm Barrett, was canceled after one season. This was back before shows being saved from cancellation became more and more common. But it was. Three days after its cancellation, NBC renewed it. Then, after Season 2, it was canceled again, in 2018. Miraculously, it was then saved again and given a wrap-up movie later that year
Considering how popular revivals have become in the years since, we can’t help but think now is the perfect time to delve into that world again. And when TV Insider spoke with Abigail Spencer in March for her dark two-episode arc on 9-1-1, it became clear we’re not the only ones.
“I call [Timeless creators] Shawn Ryan and Eric Kripke occasionally. I’m like, ‘Hey, let’s do a movie,'” she told us. “My perfect world, because I do love Lucy — my big joke was that every few years, we’ll do a movie until I am in a walker, Matt and Malcolm and I, we’ve got canes and walks, ‘Let’s go back to the future.’ And I think that would be hilarious.”
Spencer added that doing a movie in the new world of streaming would be fun. “There’s less, ‘We do it this way.’ You can kind of do anything,” she explained.
Not only would she love to do a movie, “I’d really love to direct it,” she added. She’s been moving in the direction of doing more of that and producing. The first feature she produced, The Actor, hit theaters in March. She and her director and producing partner, Duke Johnson, had optioned the book 10 years ago.
“I am really loving being on the other side of the camera, too. I know the Timeless world. I know those characters and I know that world so well, so I would really love to come on in a larger capacity,” Spencer shared. “That’s just an idea that always seems to pop up. And then I think something I really learned was, it was my first time really being at the center of a story that the fans just loved, saved it twice. We got a movie. And I feel like if maybe we had been in a slightly different time in television where streaming mattered more — at that time, it was still more about live numbers that night — I think we’d still be on the air.” She pointed out that Timeless was a family show that people watched days later.
“Sometimes just because a show doesn’t find its right window doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have a lasting effect,” she added, also referring to the success Suits found on Netflix. “It just kind of feels like anything’s possible, and I feel so fortunate to be a part of something that is so beloved to fans. That is not lost on me.”
Would you want to see more Timeless? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Revive the show!! There was nothing that I didn’t love about it… The characters, the period costumes, the storylines, the history lessons, the creativity… It was an amazing show!!
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Absolutely 100% I would! It was the best show! I am still mad all these years later that it was cancelled!
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I kept the final, was it a movie, for months after it aired. I would love to see Timeless revived. They would have to start by showing the first seasons as I'm getting older and can't remember everything. All I know is I loved it!
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I loved Timeless. What a shame it was ever cancelled.
I would love to see it brought back!!!
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I would love to have the show revived! I really enjoyed it and was disappointed when it was canceled.
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Yes, yes, YES!!! More Timeless!!!
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Would love, love, love it to come back!
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G
A resounding YES PLEASE!
Although I will miss our villainess Emma (Annie Wersching, may she RIP).
We named our two frogs Lucy and Wyatt!
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Yes absolutely, we need this!!
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Yes, please do a movie
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Agree! Great show!
Revive
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I am with you absolutely Love this show. I have watched it many times first to last show.
It’s a great show for kids. To get them started to learn history. To do the research on what really happened.
I wish that this show would continue with more seasons.
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Yes please! Loved this show!
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Please revive the show!! My wife and I really enjoyed the plots and all the twists therein.
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Watching it on DVD now. One of my favorite shows of all time. Would love it revived and feel it could be like Star Trek.
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Loved the show-have all the DVD's.
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yes yes yes bring it back
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I would love to see a continuation of the show in any form! I love the characters & the concept of time travel. I was completely geeked out with the show.
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i loved the show timeless and would love to see both the series and the movie please bring it back
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I love this show, never gets old, I have watched over and over again its fantastic ,wish they would bring it back
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Of course. They should involve jack the ripper
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I would love to see a reboot, whether a movie or a sequel
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Absolutely bring back Timeless
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Heck YES! TimeTeam back would be GREAT! I would so watch the show again! #TrueClockblocker LOL
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One of the best things that ever happened to TV. NBC crippled it with a horrific timeslot in season 2. If a streaming platform could find a way to reign in production costs, a limited run season 3 or movie could generate a buzz and pay for itself.
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WE NEED A TIMELESS MOVIE, A REVIVAL, SOMETHING ANYTHING. #SaveTimeless
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I’d love to see a Timeless movie (or anything really). What a fantastic show!
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I would love to see the show come back in any form.
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Hell yes!! This is one of my favorite shows ever.
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Yes this is one show that is one of my favorites. It is available to stream and I watch it at least once a year. Great show and cast. I wish that it would come baçk as a series
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ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴅᴀʏꜱ, ɢᴏᴏɢʟᴇ ᴘᴀʏꜱ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ $300 ᴀɴᴅ $500 ᴘᴇʀ ʜᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴏʀ ʀᴇᴍᴏᴛᴇ ᴇᴍᴘʟᴏʏᴍᴇɴᴛ. ɪ ʀᴇᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ $20537 ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱᴛʀᴀɪɢʜᴛꜰᴏʀᴡᴀʀᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴜɴᴄᴏᴍᴘʟɪᴄᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ʀᴇᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴘᴀʏᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ.ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ꜰᴀɴᴛᴀꜱᴛɪᴄ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ
ᴇᴀʀɴɪɴɢꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ꜰᴀɴᴛᴀꜱᴛɪᴄ.Open This➤➤ salaryhere.𝚌𝚘𝚖
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I rewatch this show at least twice a year. It definitely was before it's time and I would love to see it revived again.
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I think timeless is really great it should continue I'm looking at it now for the first time and I just bought it on Blu-ray and DVD they should run it again or create something new.
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I'm watching Timeless on Prime. Would love to see it come back.
Don't know what is going on In the minds of people who decide
if a show is renewed or cancelled. Canelling this show was a
giant mistake. Film new episodes ASAP.
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Would love it!!! Still think about that show to this day!
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