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

Weeds creator Jenji Kohan calls sequel to her show a 'money grab' and insists the series is not 'as relevant anymore' Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Amy Lamare For Dailymail.Com Published: 18:51 EDT, 19 September 2024 | Updated: 19:06 EDT, 19 September 2024 e-mail 30 shares 1 View comments 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 Read More 'Our hearts are shattered': 'Weeds' and 'OITNB' creator Jenji Kohan speaks out after her 20-year-old son died when he crashed into a sign on a Utah ski slope despite wearing a helmet 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, an.