‘Sons of Anarchy’ Spinoff Spoilers: EP Talks The Mayans Plot; Charlie Hunnam
Many wondered, however, if a Sons of Anarchy prequel would run from the time that Teller got home from Vietnam all the way to his death in the early 1990’s or how much space would be covered in the series.
The Bastard Executioner is less the new, more accessible Game of Thrones than a reward FX has granted creator Kurt Sutter for doing such a good job making motorcycle gangs semi-sympathetic for seven seasons on Sons of Anarchy.
Well, Sutter has finally revealed that he has plans in mind for the Sons of Anarchy prequel, but the offshoot would only last for about 10 to 12 episodes covering the start of the club, but the show would end before getting into any of the shared mythology with the main series.
Although Sutter now has his hands full with a soon-to-be aired show and a Sons of Anarchy spin-off, he hasn’t ruled out the possibility of a prequel to the series. The series, premiering Tuesday night on FX, asks us to become involved with the plight of Wilkin Brattle (Lee Jones), a doughty Welshman whose life is disrupted by a British baron (Aquarius’ Brian F. O’Byrne) and his sadistic chamberlain, Milus Corbett played by a Stephen Moyer who looks energized in his freedom from True Blood. “The Mayan thing happened as I was talking to Eric Schrier, one of the FX executives I’ve known since ‘The Shield, ‘” explains Sutter, who was a writer/director/producer on that groundbreaking 2002-2008 cop drama. Are you hoping for Charlie Hunnam and the rest of the cast to reprise their roles?
“I thought that was it, but then on the way out in a mini-van, he rolled the window down and was wanting to see my tattoo”, Marc said. It doesn’t mean that there couldn’t be some cool, ironic crossovers with familiar characters as the series progressed.
He also adds that it would be in the same timeline, but in a different environment, “I would do a contemporary piece, not a prequel, and place it far enough away from Northern California that it wouldn’t step on the mythology that’s already been told”.
“It’s the same [biker] subculture, but it’d be interesting to see the influences of Hispanic culture and how they impact the subculture we already understand”, Sutter said. “It would be cannibalizing what we worked very hard to create and I wouldn’t do anything to undermine”.