Greater than two years after Westworld was canceled, sequence star Aaron Paul stays hopeful that the present will return for a fifth and remaining season.
Created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Pleasure, Westworld premiered on HBO in October 2016 to main success, incomes constructive evaluations from critics and followers whereas additionally changing into the most-watched first season of any HBO authentic sequence on the time. The sequence, primarily based on the 1973 movie by Michael Crichton, was primarily set in Westworld, a fictional, technologically superior Wild-West-themed amusement park populated by androids referred to as “hosts.” The final two seasons modified the sequence’ setting to the actual world, revealing that individuals’s lives are pushed and managed by a robust synthetic intelligence.
What did Aaron Paul say about Westworld Season 5?
Paul, who joined the forged of Westworld in Season 3 as Caleb Nichols, just lately advised ComicBook.com that Nolan has revealed to him how the present was supposed to finish. “I’m nonetheless holding out [hope] . . . I’ve the very, very broad strokes. [Co-creator Jonathan Nolan] crammed me in somewhat bit,” he shared. “We’re nonetheless plotting to perhaps do one thing, I don’t need to get anybody’s hopes up, however we actually do need to have a full circle second with that. So we’ll see.”
Westworld’s cancellation in November 2022 was seen as a shock by its fandom. Regardless of the later seasons seeing extra combined evaluations from critics and a decline in viewership, most anticipated that HBO would enable Nolan and Pleasure the chance to see the story by way of on their phrases.
Nolan beforehand spoke on his intentions to wrap up Westworld’s bold story in April 2024, stating, “Sure, 100%. We’re completionists. It took me eight years and a change of director to get Interstellar made. We’d like to complete the story we began.”
He continued, “When it comes to ending the story, you perceive that you just get the time that you just get, generally it’s as a lot as you need, generally it’s not. I’m so fucking happy with what we made. It was a rare expertise. I believe it will be a mistake to look again and solely really feel remorse [over how it ended]. However there’s nonetheless very a lot a need to complete it.”
Westworld is at the moment obtainable to stream on Tubi.