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Could Pushing Daisies wind up as a movie?
by Allison Waldman, posted Jan 14th 2009 2:03PM
I don't know about you, but when creator Bryan Fuller talked about concluding all the story threads from Pushing Daisies as a comic book, I was less than enthused. Now, however, I've got renewed hope. No, ABC is not even mentioning bringing Daisies back. They're not even committing to broadcasting the last few episodes. But Kristin Chenoweth thinks Pushing Daisies might be a movie. That's right, the show could/would/should be wrapped up as a movie in her estimation.
The ebullient Ms. Chenoweth, who's already onto her next project -- the pilot for a new TV series, Legally Mad, in which she stars as a psycho lawyer named Skippy Pylon -- told TVGuide.com that Bryan Fuller has a great idea for bringing Pushing Daisies to a happy ending as a film.
He didn't say it would be a happy ending, I'm just assuming that something as fable-like and magical as PD couldn't end with tears and sorrow. Sure, there's death, but that's not a barrier in Ned's adventure.
Anyway, according to Kristin, even if ABC deigns to air the last episodes of Pushing Daisies that are in the can, there will still be unanswered questions. That's why Kristin thinks a movie would be optimum. She's also optimistic that Ned, Emerson, Lily, Vivian, and Chuck -- that is, Lee Pace, Chi McBride, Swoozie Kurtz, Ellen Greene and Anna Friel -- would all agree to take part. Olive, too. Certain guest stars would also be included, Paul Reubens in particular.
With Barry Sonnenfeld one of the executive producers of Pushing Daisies, that's Barry the movie director of Men in Black, Addams Family Values among others, maybe PD could transition to the big screen?
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