First airing in 1998, The King of Queens launched slapstick comedian Kevin James’ tv profession, which in flip led to roles in movies reminiscent of Hitch, Paul Blart Mall Cop, and Grown Ups. Because the story goes, James acquired his personal present after gaining publicity by showing on All people Loves Raymond.
Rounding out the forged of The King of Queens are Leah Remini, Jerry Stiller, Nicole Sullivan, and Patton Oswalt. Regardless of receiving largely adverse evaluations upon launch, the sequence finally ran from 1998 to 2007. After the sequence wrapped, James largely transitioned to starring in motion pictures. Although the actor did return to the small display alongside Remini in 2016’s Kevin Can Wait, that sequence didn’t share continuity with The King of Queens.
Earlier this 12 months, The King of Queens co-creator Michael J. Weithorn revealed that an official reunion was in growth however did not get picked up. “I put collectively the framework of a King of Queens reboot about 5 years in the past,” Weithorn instructed Bleeding Cool. “It was based mostly on the concept you realize if anybody is deep into the sequence, they keep in mind within the finale the place [Doug and Carrie] undertake a child from China, but in addition then [Carrie’s] pregnant, in order that they have two very younger youngsters on the similar time. That is now choosing up that household with these two women as youngsters.”
“I assumed it will have been a fantastic present, however finally, Sony did not wish to do it,” stated Weithorn. The author additionally revealed that his pitch largely targeted on the teenage daughters, who would have been polar opposites.
“I will simply share with you that their adopted Chinese language daughter is basically the star, and he or she’s cute and proficient,” Weithorn defined. “Their pure daughter, and this may have been a enjoyable factor to forged, is principally it was like a 13-year-old lady model of Jerry Stiller’s character, Arthur Spooner, the identical form of mood, anger, and pissed off on a regular basis. He principally […] reincarnated by this granddaughter character.”
Notably, James himself has stated he isn’t inquisitive about revisiting The King of Queens resulting from Stiller’s passing in 2020, which might have been across the time this pitch was circulating. “A part of me creatively would have appreciated to have revisited the Heffernans in that part, but it surely was to not be,” Weithorn concluded.
The King of Queens
- Launch Date
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1998 – 2007-00-00
- Showrunner
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Rob Schiller
- Administrators
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James Widdoes, Rob Schiller, Henry Chan, Ken Whittingham, Mark Cendrowski, Pamela Fryman, Leonard R. Garner, Jr., Robert Berlinger, Brian Okay. Roberts, Gail Mancuso, Jeff Melman, John Fortenberry
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Kevin James
Doug Heffernan
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Leah Remini
Carrie Heffernan
