Weeds creator Jenji Kohan calls sequel to her show a 'money grab' and insists the series is not 'as relevant anymore'

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Jenji Kohan, the creator of Weeds and Orange is the New Black, wants less dystopian TV shows being made.

And that includes a sequel to her wildly successful Weeds starring Mary Louise Parker, Romany Malco, Elizabeth Perkins and Kevin Nealon.

When she heard that Showtime and later Starz was developing a new take on the pot-dealing drama that ran for eight seasons, she had some choice words.

'I feel like now that pot is legal [in many places] that I don’t really know if there’s more story to tell,' she said. 

'I think Weeds was done, and I think it’d be a money grab a little bit, and I’m not involved with it,' she added per Deadline.

Jenji Kohan, the creator of Weeds and Orange is the New Black, wants to less dystopian TV shows being made, seen here in 2016

Jenji Kohan, the creator of Weeds and Orange is the New Black, wants to less dystopian TV shows being made, seen here in 2016

The veteran TV writer has worked on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Gilmore Girls, Sex and the City and the first season of Friends.

'They can do what they want, but this wouldn’t be associated with the team that made it, and I think there are many other stories to be told. 

'I think Weeds was of its time and it’s not as relevant anymore,' especially given the fact that marijuana is legal in 24 states.

She added that she doesn't own the Intellectual Property, so Showtime or Starz can do what they want.

When it comes down to it, Johan is just sick of dystopian views of life. 

'Dystopia is bad for us, it’s sh***y, it’s lazy, and I’m on a huge kick to say: "Stop with the f**king dystopia."

'We’re being fed this diet of dystopia and then [over time] we remember this idea we’ve been given that the future is a dumpster fire, and then we manifest it,' Kohan said.

She added, 'I don’t think utopia is a greater story, not much happens. But there’s this new word that’s being thrown around – ‘protopia’ – where, basically, the future is flawed but we’re on our trajectory towards something better. 

And that includes a sequel to her wildly successful Weeds starring Mary Louise Parker, Romany Malco, Elizabeth Perkins and Kevin Nealon

 And that includes a sequel to her wildly successful Weeds starring Mary Louise Parker, Romany Malco, Elizabeth Perkins and Kevin Nealon

When she heard that Showtime and later Starz was developing a new take on the pot-dealing drama that ran for eight season on Showtime, she had some choice words

When she heard that Showtime and later Starz was developing a new take on the pot-dealing drama that ran for eight season on Showtime, she had some choice words

'I feel like now that pot is legal [in many places] that I don¿t really know if there¿s more story to tell,' she said. Pictured here in 2008 with Mary Louise Parker

'I feel like now that pot is legal [in many places] that I don’t really know if there’s more story to tell,' she said. Pictured here in 2008 with Mary Louise Parker

'I think Weeds was done, and I think it¿d be a money grab a little bit, and I¿m not involved with it,' she added per Deadline

'I think Weeds was done, and I think it’d be a money grab a little bit, and I’m not involved with it,' she added per Deadline

'Life also has a lot of beautiful things in it, and it’s so easy and so destructive to say everything is sh*t. I want to urge everyone to abandon that.'

She clarified that this point of view doesn't always guarantee happy endings. 

'You’ll always hate your mother-in-law, or you know, have bad sex, or argue with someone, or have a car accident, or whatever it is; the point is there’s always conflict. 

'But I think there has to be an acknowledgement that in the world there is also joy and there’s also hope.'

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