The Borgias fans are so disappointed by Showtime’s decision to end the Jeremy Irons-created series that they sent a plane to fly over the Television Critics Association Press Tour in Beverly Hills today to try to convince Showtime boss David Nevins that he made the wrong decision last month. But he said that he’s not budging because of the cost and suggested that fans start a Kickstarter campaign.
Showtime and Neil Jordan, who created the series, mutually agreed last month that the show will end after it wraps its third season. At the time, Jordan blamed costs and said that Showtime didn’t want to do a movie.
According to The Huffington Post, fans tried so hard to get Nevins to change his mind that they had a plane flyover with a banner that read, “D Nevins: Sho fans you care -- save The Borgias.” There was even a protester dressed as one of the characters.
“We looked hard at doing a two-hour finale,” Nevins told reporters at the event. “The economics of it just didn't make sense so we didn't move forward. I think it got to a good stopping place at the end of Season 3.”
He also acknowledged the plane, saying, “We all got buzzed by the plane at lunch -- I feel bad about the money being spent. When I came in, there was one protester out there and I asked what he thought of the finale. He said he hadn't seen it -- he was a paid protester.”
According to The Hollywood Reporter, he then suggested, “Kickstarter seems to be the financing mode du jour.”
Nevins also gave Dexter fans something to think about as that show nears its series finale. EW notes that Nevins left a door open for a spinoff.
“There are always things that can be done,” Nevins said when asked about the possibility. “We have a deal with Scott and we are going to talk to a bunch of different things with him. I don’t know anything. There is nothing real. There’s no sense of whether it will happen, if it will happen, but I want to stay in business with Scott.”
Even if Dexter doesn’t get a spinoff, fans can expect more from showrunner Scott Buck, who is developing an adaptation of American Dream Machine for Showtime.
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