Kurt Sutter Talks Ending 'Sons of Anarchy' Or Not

Kurt Sutter was at a public (ATAS) event this weekend and in that event some Q and A about Sons of Anarchy was tossed his way.

In that event, Sutter was asked about if he's sticking to the premise of ending Sons of Anarchy after seven seasons.  Or if, with good enough ratings, he'll continue the story of SAMCRO?

What Sutter said was:
That a show can ultimately "eat itself" after about seven seasons or become more expensive too make.

He wanted to tell his story in seven seasons to avoid that.

He is open to any possibility, depending on how things are going, but he doesn't believe a show can retain its rhythm that it's established.

He really wants to finish the story in seven and doesn't want to have it become something it's not.

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On being more expensive:  I presume he means that as cast, crew and creators salaries go up, can advertisers continue to provide the monies to keep it profitable?

On retaining rhythm, he has a point on how a show can go so long and then just get old and repetitive.

Heck, some shows get that way after just a few seasons, so we've been lucky to get some great story lines out of Charming.

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GRAPHIC LANGUAGE FOLLOWS

On a funnier note, he was asked about his character, Otto and having written him into a pretty ugly corner as Otto was prison raped daily.

Kurt Sutter's response?

“I just want to say I’m probably the only showrunner in this town that would take one in the ass...”

You have to admit, that's pretty funny.

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Source: .deadline.

There's a video of the panel at.emmys.  It's NOT short.




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