Back in Sept. 2007 Slice of SciFi’s Linda Craddock did an interview with “Tin Man” creators Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle. During their conversation with Linda they let it slip that the possibility of seeing their other popular series, “The Pretender,” could be resurfacing in a new media format. Since then Pretender fans have been chomping on the bit waiting for more a fitting conclusion to Jared’s (Michael T. Weiss) adventures. It’s been 6 months and as such Craig felt it was time to update everyone by dropping these comments to Slice of SciFi.
“Steve and I are touched by your loyalty and love for ‘The Pretender.’ Please know that often times things grind slowly in Hollywood and such is the case for our desire to get you all final answers for ‘The Pretender’ and to give this series that is so dear to us a fitting and rewarding conclusion. When Steve and I talk about a final episode/movie, our intent is genuine — it just takes time, undoubtedly longer than any of us hope for. Just know we are working to make this a reality and that we so appreciate all of your kind words and patience.”
CV
This would be a dream come true for me!! Its not even just that I miss it (though i do very much) but we were left with absolutely NO closure, and I desperately need it!!
The fans really would love to hear what the creators had in mind for an end to the series, we were left with way more questions than answers in the end... please please give us an update! thank you!
It is good to here that there may be something in the future. We have been left with more questions than answers. The movies just added to those questions. No great series should be left hanging. Let's wrap it up!
Honestly, I hate to break it to all the fans (including me) I really don't think that they are going to wirte a conclusion to the series. It's what July 30, 2009 now! It's been a few years since Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle first mentions about wanting to do end. I think that they should fo one final hurray just to put an end, don't make wonder anymore.As you can see there are loyal fans from all over, people watching it in reruns, getting Netflix just so they can refresh their memories, etc... If there is not going to be one just tell it straight to our faces, so we could give up and just stop waiting for something that is not gonna happen...
have newly been initiated in to The Pretender fan base...when, oh when are they just gonna give us a fitting ending?!?! want jarod and miss p to get together soon!!
I WANT THE THIRD PRETENDER MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shame on you, Steve and Craig, Shame on you!
Please give us 'our' conclusion, 'our' answers!!!
And please, OH PLEASE! Get together Jarod and miss Parker!
Michael T. Weiss I love you!!!
hey just finished yet again watching the 2 series with my 10 year old son who is now addicted to Jarod.May i add his name is Jarod.So could you please please finish off this series.Too many not answered questions.Bring Jarod back!!!
Hey i just watched all four season and the 2 movies and i need more!!!!!!!!
seriously this show was great but i think after season 4 there should have been at least one more season. seems like alot was left out, forgotten, or cramped in before the 2001 movie. You can still save it though!
make the last 2 movies as u originally planned people Will watch it i guarantee!
I loved The Pretender!!! That and The Profiler and La Femme Nikita have to be my faves in the past years. I love all the CSI's but The Pretender and The Profiler were so awesome!!! I miss them. Bring 'em back!
I hope The Pretender comes back!!! It`s one of the best series ever! I just watched all four seasons and the two movies but there should be many more movies to answer all the questions!!!
I speak for many, many people when I say that we want to have a finale to the Pretender Series. I watched it when it first aired, watched it as re-runs, and have bought the dvds and shown them to many people. We all want to know...what happened? How does it end? The last movie with the scrolls only opened more doors and created more layers. How about a 4-part mini series to bring it all home!!!!! (Or re-start the series and let it run for a couple of years!)
Conclusion movie or it didn't happen !
seriously... we need closure!!!
hello, i've been thinking about this show for a long time, back when it was showing I couldn't wait for the next episode (and that was every episode) since the series ended, i've been thinking whatever happened to jarod, miss parker, sidney, the jeeky computer nerd, and the oxygen pumping vilain.
This was such a great show, just awesome, i loved the characters, the storyline, the good vs. evil, this show is so relavent today. Thereare so kidnappings, abduction, and children held captive for tremendous periods of time, that the public needs to be made aware that it can happen to anyone. I believe that "the pretender" gave hope and strength to people in situations like this.
I too would like and love for the pretender to come back, I was and still am a fan, it's been a long time coming and the time is now, it would defenitely put some of these cases into perspective.
i just want an ending to it does Jarod get his happy ending being able to see his family together i love this show i have all the seasons and i want the movies this was a great series there are very few series that are any good these days i'm glad that the creators want to finish it i hope its soon
I was hooked on the Pretender series years ago and since buying all four seasons, I've rediscovered this show as have several friends of mine. We would love to see another movie that gives us some closure.
I can' t imagine that a third Pretender movie is even a possibilty...Thank you guys for being so determined to make it happens, all of us we loved that series so much, we can really move mountains....I loved The pretender because it was so dark and secretive plus the attraction and flrtation between Miss Parker and Jarod was a tease, i a crazy about both and we need really to have closure on many things, the last Pretender movie left us disappointed with a bitter taste in our mouth and more answers to even more questions...So it is important to have another movie to close the chapter of Jarod and Miss Parker search for love and i want them to end up together, i also would love to have love scenes between the the two,,,Cross fingers for the next third movies...I hope soon.. Hey guys if there is a petition i owuld be glad to sing it...Let me know...
I really love the show! I watched it when it first aired and I didn't want to miss an episode. It was a family show, my sister, my parents and my self all sat there Saturday evening watching it. Then when we get to the end of season 4, we were left was an exploding train and not a single movie aired to conclude it. I know there were two movies made, but the were not shown in Canada... >.> My sister and I just finished watching the last DVD and the 2 movies (the movies I had to download) and I finally found out more!! But they still left off with soooo many questions. I can't wait to see what will come next. The show should have never been cancelled.
I just finished watching this show, all four seasons and the two movies, and I have to just say how amazing it really is. The characters are all so well-rounded and complex, and the story lines just really keep me on my toes. Please please please finish it! It's way better than anything else on television! I would love to see how the creators would conclude it.
I doubt there will EVER be a movie to this... they have ignored the die hard fans out there for YEARS.. why listen now??? besides it's been a long time. AP and MTW seem to have fallen off the acting radar, and the actor who played Mr P died last year... the least they could do if they *REALLY* have the rest written is put the damn thing online at least we could freakin READ how it ends....
WHY REALLY AWESOME SERIES END LIKE THAT?
Futurama, Firefly, Sledge Hammer and - the Pretender.
While some boring stuff is being on air for years...
I feel sad and disappointed, because I've spent so much time watching (and enjoyng!) the Pretender through the years and I do deserve the decent conclusion. As well as the other fans.
If they don't want to film the end, they could really make it in a written form - any form, damn it! Just for us not to feel cheated!
Thank you for attention.
I have just finished watching all 4 seasons and the two movies again. This was one of the greates series I have ever seen. Yeah the only series I can compare to is the Star Trek TOS and TNG.
I liked that the episodes in the Pretender were built on top of each other, slightly tied. The best was it could keep the myth and new piece of information turned up by episodes to episodes which changed everything. I don't know how they could do it but it's the most interesting series I watched.
I really would like to see an ending because either the story and the series goes forever or a good ending is needed. Personally I think one more season and a movie are needed because there are so many unanswred questions which should not be answered in a s single movie or two.
I can't wait to see a new season. When the final episode is out I really hope I can see the full work in a collectors' edition DVD box. This is a must to have.
I don't know why good and uniq series die while the other boring still aired.
If thay can't or not willing to create it then they should put on the internet to read it. Or would be better to give the script to a writer to write a book. I would also buy and read it.
I'm so pumped that they are bringing back the Pretender. It is one of my favorite shows and it really needs a good ending. I got hooked on this show when my dad bought the series. I now own all the seasons and the movies. This show was amazing and deserves a good ending, preferably Parker and Jarod finally having their happy endings. This series was one of the most intriging and interesting shows I've ever watched.
Those shows that are so boring you literally get dumber after watching them, still have new seasons coming out when they should never have even started. Where the good shows that acctually hold you in suspense and make you think and keep surprising you at every turn get cancelled. the Pretender could have gone on for years and people would still be intrigued and held in suspense, but please give this show the ending it deserves. Whether it be a movie, new season, on the internet, or a book.
Please give the devoted fans something!!! It's just mean leaving us hanging like that. I need closure, all the fans need closure. It's an epic show and the movies are insane. Would be even more amazing in my mind if we got an amazing ending! Love everything about this series!!!
Seriously, it's been a couple years. We need just a little more encouragement that something is in the works. Please give us something to work with. I love this show!
This is my favorite tv show of all time and there is still no competition. I think that what the creators did and are doing to us as fans is just not right. They keep dropping breadcrumbs every now and again but nothing actually happens.
All every single one of us are asking for is just to know what happens. I don't know if the original cast would even be interested in doing something after all this time and if they are not then I won't be interested either. I do not want to see anyone else as Miss Parker or Jarod. If they don't want to do it I would rather pay to read the script than watch a production with a different cast.
My husband and I have been watching this series on dvd for the past month or so, and finally finished with both movies, last night. This series is very dear to my heart. I can relate to both Jarod and Miss Parker in so many ways, and, Sydney, is the kind of father figure I'd choose, if I had a father figure... Not knowing the ending and feeling hopeless as to ever knowing is a really torturous feeling. I mean, the two movies, "The Pretender 2001" and "Island of the Haunted," were both released in 2001. That was 9 years ago. If you look up a current picture of Michael T. Weiss, he's like absolutely gray headed, and doesn't really look the same at all. (I suppose if he shaved the mustache and died his hair dark again it could work, but, still...) As Donoterase mentioned, are the actors even still interested in finishing this? It would NOT be the same, in fact not even acceptable, with a different cast. And for that matter, are you creators still even trying? It's been two years since this statement was released. Please, all we want is closure. Preferably in the form of a movie (or continuing season), but, even a book, would be better than nothing. Come on guys... If you weren't going to finish it, you shouldn't have left it opened. We are still left wondering who Jarod's mom really was, what Catherine Parker's "plan" was (although the last movie hinted it had to do with ending the Centre with the scrolls), what ever happened to Jarod's clone, and if Jarod and Miss Parker are ever happy. (And personally, I had always hoped for more character exploration into things like, for example, Mr. Reins' past and why he is so evil, etc.)
So many questions, still in need of answering. Please....answer them!
-A Loyal Fan
Can do a short reprisal movie with Jarod ... now gray and old telling a story to "someone" about what really happened . the ending
I check back every few months hoping to see some word of a 3rd Pretender movie - going on almost 10 years since the cancellation and I have yet to give up hope. Does ANYONE have any updates??
Well, why wait for them to give us an ending? Why don't the fans write the script or the book or even a screenplay and post it online?
A collaborative effort perhaps?
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-Auntie EM
I know they said to be patient (that was 2008), but it's now mid-2010, and no new updates on it. I'm starting to give up hope that the series will ever get a proper conclusion.
I think if they can't finance it, they should release it in illustrated for or something cheaper avenue. It just sucks that the loyal fans never got a proper ending to this.
I freakin love this series! I have them all on DVD + the movies. The end of island of the haunted leaves me hanging and i cant wait for the conclusio!!
The final movie conclusion should have all the original cast because if you have different actors then its just not the same, you know?
I am so disappointed with this. The Pretender was THE Best series ever. I have been waiting for years to find out what happened after the explosion in the tunnel and have not had the satisfaction of finding out. You guys really should do something for all us loyal fans that watched this show.
I love the pretender series and movies, I really miss the show and wish there would finally be an ending. It is really annoying that so many bad shows are kept on the air and yet sci-fi gets cancelled. I hope they use the original characters and not mess with them as in sliders. Pretender was such a unique show with a very human quality but also full of suspense there has been nothing as good to replace it. If they do listen to the fans at all WE WILL KEEP WAITING BUT COULD YOU PLEASE HURRY UP ! More Pretender
I'm thinking of adding The Pretender to the Topic list for the Casting Game (http://castinggame.blogspot.com). I'm undecided though.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news here folks, but it's not going to happen. Steve and Craig have something in common with the fictional Mr. Parker and Mr. Raines. Liars. It's bad enough to string us along with the inner sense, pathetic excuses for movies, the scrolls, some of the worst acting and lines in the history of film but to continue dishing out false hope to fans that really believe there will be a third movie is just mean and I'm glad that I never believed them. If there was a funding issue or something else, it would be one thing but I think we all know that the show needs their main character and without that character, Steve and Craig have no show. They refuse to go on without him and the actor that plays that role no longer wants to. SO for Pete's sake Steve and Craig, post the script online for those still curious about the ending.
I have just watched all 4 series and the 2 movies and i admit theres alot more they could add to it to give us a better ending. They could bring out another series or 2 as even after 9 or so years its still a modern show compared to todays offerings.
Just give us at least another movie to keep us quiet! lol release it around xmas time next year and we'll consider it a great present. i'm sure most of the cast would take on their roles again as it's another chance for them to get their faces on the tv again to perhaps create more acting work for themselves.
I agree with what Judie said above that when they messed about with the Sliders characters they spoilt it and it went downhill from then on which is a shame because theres nothing like that show on the tv, so if you were thinking of doing the same to the pretender show then i would rather you posted the script online like some others have said. but anyway...
BRING BACK THE PRETENDER!
Since i don't think a movie is ever going to happen why not do a graphic novel or something? it's better than just posting a script and would at least make some sort of profit for them and give everyone the ending we have been craving for years.
I loved the series when it was on NBC and TNT. I 've got all the episodes and movies. I'm missing it so. Would love them to revive it . Would love to see Michael back on tv again!!!!!
I loved the show growing up. A year ago my friend bought the first two seasons for me and I was so enthralled. I don't watch much t.v. today...and I don't think I have to explain why. The Pretender was an amazing show!!!! GOD, the characters and the pschological twist and thrills. I know now that its 2011 the movie/episode idea would just sound nuts, but I'd love to have a better conclusion to this intelligent lost gem.
The Pretender is the best show I have ever watched, and i have all the series and movies, please bring us a better conclusion, or even better give a season or 2 with a good conclusion.
My life is not complete until i know what happens to Jarod, Miss Parker and Sydney. And when is Rains going to get his dues!
I want to know who shot raines and what the ending of it is I have been waiting a long time to know and I want to find out before I die please
Bring back the Pretender. It's time. We've seen "Ms Parker" and "Jarod" on the screen on other shows, and it reminds us how much we miss the Pretender series. It's time to bring it back. Come on Fans, don't you agree????. Get on line and request it....
Bring back Pretender,
Bring Back Pretender,
Bring back Pretender......
We just want an ending for this show in a good sence and a good story. We have been waiting for so long now . Get going !!!
Its time for the conclusion,I have just watched the four seasons and mini movies again. A fantastic story that needs finishing for all the fans. Does anybody have any contact details for the writers Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle. Would love for people to send them encouraging Emails.
Long Live The Pretender.
Please give us some closure. It's been a long time coming. We just have to know if he gets to know the truth. We want the truth. What happened to Jared's mother? What happened to Miss Parker's mother? Who is everyone?
Everyone wants a final Pretender movie to give us a true conclusion. There's got to be a way that producers can make it happen. With all the avenues of media available today, it's more feasable than ever before. Make it straight to DVD, make only available online or something. The demand and the fanbase is there. If you make it, they will come (includiong me). Come on guys, make it happen! We know you can.
The Pretender is one of my favorite shows! We need closure for this series. I know Harve Presnell (Mr. Parker) died a few years ago, so it would be fitting to say he died when he jumped out of the plane in the last Pretender movie. We have to have an ending for this, so many unanswered questions! Please let us know!
I too am waiting all these years for closure! Ugh!!! I bought the show for myself and my mom (Who got me hooked on this and Profiler) and we NEEd to know what happens! Is there any place I can write the creators? I'd love to do that!