Just like Liz Parker in the pilot,Roswellhas a second life … well, kind of.
And EW has your first look!
(Sound familiar?)
Just as Maria and Michael had a love-hate-love relationship, so do Baron and Toluca.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lets start at the beginning where did this idea come from?
And what spurred you to do this in earnest?
We were there in the setting I had imagined and I was like, This would be so awesome.
I always, always wrote it with Brendan in mind, but never really said anything.
So I called her on a whim and said, We have to do something together.
She sent the script over about a week later, and I fell in love with it.
Why did this kind of project feel right for your collaboration?
We decided to see if we could create this grassroots campaign to do this on our own.
MD:There are so manyRoswellfans, and it seems like they just multiply because of streaming.
What made them special was sort of independent of even the show.
[I wanted to] see this, too, because I love the same things theyre loving.
This might be this incredibly mutually beneficial and entertaining thing for all of us.
Tell us aboutBaron and Toluca.
Although in our case, were not professionals.
Were not in the FBI on this show by any stretch of the imagination.
It really captures that love-hate that Brendan and I do so well.
It will feel nostalgic as Brendan said, but be its own thing.
BF:I laugh every time I watch it.
… Theres a difference between trying to rehash something and trying to capture some nostalgia.
MD:I mean I do!
[Laughs] But, no, my vision for it is a proper series.
Not 22 episodes a year I want to be able to take our time and make something thats binge-worthy.
[That is why] I love the idea of a Netflix or a Hulu or an Amazon.
MD:We are just likeGame of Thrones.
[Laughs]
What makes Netflix, specifically, a good fit?
BF:Theyll get what this needs to be.
Thats really want we want to do: Do our own thing.
Since its your personal project, just how meta, tongue-in-cheek will you get with your references?
MD:Its going to be chock-full of Easter eggs.
Were going to get away with so many Easter eggs that its questionably illegal.
BF:Obviously big things: Baron and Toluca.
Even in the promo, we have a bunch, from the Jetta to 285 South.
MD:I dont want to make promises, but we definitely have some casting ideas.
Ideally, every episode will have someone doing something thats very appropriate to who they were onRoswell.
MD:Yeah, its our favorite thing.
Thats what inspired the whole thing to begin with.
Its like a love letter to our fans, and I want to get that letter right.
BF:Im not going to take no for an answer.
This thing is going to happen.
MD:Both you and I never say things like that.
I think thats whats interesting were like, this will definitely happen.
What can fans do to help?
BF:Theyre tweeting.
We have a Netflix forB+T hashtag that they created; theyre sending in tea and honey.
