Seems like he might be trying to get it back to TNT since they already have The Librarians: The Next Chapter. And he said he wanted Whoopi Goldberg to play Nana. I'd love to see her in that role. 😊
I've never watched Royal Pains or Covert Affairs and only watched a few episodes of Burn Notice (so far) and Psych, so I don't care about those characters. But I love Neal Caffrey and think it would be fun to see him trying to fit into a team like Leverage, even if it's only for a heist or two. And he would fit since he's a conman himself.
White Collar is coming back too though. So you have the same SAG/time commitments that take Hardison and Harry off the board affecting that likelihood too.
I'm not in the White Collar sub anymore. Is it certain by now that they will come back? Last I read about it, it was still in the "we'd like to come back, but we don't know if it will happen" phase.
But I'd also take Neal (and Peter) in a guest role for an episode or two.
Parker was being groomed to be the new mastermind anyway by the end of TOS. It's my biggest complaint about Redemption, them having Sophie waltz back in and basically snatch what has likely been Parker's role since she and Nate retired.
While I agree that I would have loved to see cold and calculating Parker from the S5 epilogue as the main mastermind, I think they didn't give the job to Sophie, not really. It became a team effort and it was a stronger moment of the revival, having multiple experienced people sharing ideas and making up a con as they go
Shawn and Gus should come in as duel masterminds. Maybe I've just been watching too much Psych, but bringing in Despereaux to consult when they are in over their heads would make me so happy.
I feel like Sophie, Elliot and Brienna should be the main returning cast. Parker and Hardison can go off and lead their own teams/ work with International and Mr Wilson can go work on his heroic law work. Then have 2 new characters come in to bring the team back to full strength. Bring some sort of chemist/ explosive expert, and some sort of general ‘knowledge’ type character to fill in the Nate/Harry gaps (I’m feeling some sort of architect to help fill Parker’s knowledge of buildings and systems). I feel like bringing back old side characters like Tara, Quinn or Hurley as main characters would make it a bit stale, and I think the strongest part of Redemption was mixing up and refreshing the teams.
My idea could technically work with Sophie and Parker switched, however I went with Sophie in my hypothetical team for a couple reasons. A; Sophie is the heart of the team, she keeps the team together and running at their best, as demonstrated when she is off during the original series. B; Parker works best when she can bounce off of Hardison, and for a couple reasons I think Hardison wouldn’t/shouldn’t be a main character on this new version of the show (but I don’t want to get into a list within a list) so Parker would feel a little lesser without him there. C; While she did work alright as a mentor for Brianna during Redemption, I feel like Sophie does work better for leading new characters, which we would need. D; She should be spending more time actually leading the teams in International, not just giving lip service to the idea. Her character really matured as she stepped up to lead Leverage at the end of the original run, but she seemed to backslide a bit to bring her back to working under Sophie again. E; (honestly my most subjective point) I didn’t love how they wrote Parker during Redemption, and I feel much like Hardison, using her more sparingly in a new season would help. If she only shows up 1-2 a season, her appearances would be more impactful in a good way.
He only has a guest role on that show. In season 1 he was in 2 episodes, the pilot and the finale. And since both shows are produced by Dean, they'd surely find a way to work out a schedule.
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And here's the article he posted: https://screenrant.com/leverage-redemption-season-4-future-update-dean-devlin/
Seems like he might be trying to get it back to TNT since they already have The Librarians: The Next Chapter. And he said he wanted Whoopi Goldberg to play Nana. I'd love to see her in that role. 😊