'Sons of Anarchy' prequel release date news: May happen but not for few more years
After "Sons of Anarchy" ended its 7-season run last year, fans have hoped that it would not be the last time they get to see the lovable motorcycle club. Since the gut-wrenching finale aired eight months ago, the showrunners have teased fans continuously about ideas for possible spin-offs. One of them being a prequel called "First 9," which would explore SAMCRO's origins. However, as creator Kurt Sutter has delved into his new series "The Bastard Executioner," many are left wondering what will happen with the said plans.
According to E! News, Sutter was recently in the 2015 Summer Television Critics Association press tour when they were able to ask further about this matter. He admitted to discussing with FX about First 9, and how the interest in pursuing this idea is certainly there. In his words, he goes, "It's something that we have talked about. It's something that we have interest in. We are interested. I think the timing of it really depends on what unfolds. I think for me, and the network, it's taking the next obvious and right choice and [The Bastard Executioner] is the energy we're moving in now."
He also indirectly says that fans may have to wait for a while, and maybe even years, as he shares, "I knew I didn't want to do anything that was Sons related immediately [after it ended]. I didn't want to come right off of that and do a prequel or anything like that. I wanted to give it a couple years to breathe before we came back to do it. So none of that has gone away. We'll see how the next couple years or at least the next year with [The Bastard Executioner] unfolds and then we'll have to see."
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Sons of Anarchy is a crime drama about a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in a fictional town in Central Valley, California called Charming. Charlie Hunnam plays the protagonist Jax, who goes on to question the existence of the club, while at the same time dealing issues within himself. The show has been one of the highest-rated and most-watched series on FX, having an average of 4.5 million viewers per episode in the past three seasons, and capturing the attention of 6.40 million viewers during its finale.
