In the wake of the release of Slow Horses Season 5, program creator Will Smith has shared a somewhat disappointing update regarding one of its proposed spin-off series, based on Mick Herron’s novel, The Secret Hours. Smith, who is stepping away from the Gary Oldman-led show after its fifth installment, revealed in a recent interview that even though he feels that the Slow Horses franchise will definitely expand, it will do so without his intervention.
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The veteran comedian and writer discussed the possibilities of an adaptation of Mick Herron’s novel The Secret Hours as a potential spin-off of the Slow Horses show. He revealed that although he would want to see such a proposition come to fruition, he has “no plans” of overseeing the said project.
“It’s not happening. There’s no plans to do it, but I would just love to see it,” Will Smith noted while speaking to SlashFilm. He then remarked that The Secret Hours is “one of my favorite books of Mick’s because it’s so inventive and surprising, and he just really challenges himself, but not in a way that feels indulgent to the reader.”
Despite his appreciation for the source material and desire for the Slow Horses spin-off to become a reality, Smith does not intend to oversee the process himself. “I just want someone to make it at some point. I’m sure they will make all of Mick’s books and all the sidebar books and the novellas, I’m sure it will all be put on screen, so I’ve no doubt that at some point that will happen,” the Emmy-winning creator explained.
Created by Will Smith, Slow Horses is a British spy thriller series. It draws inspiration from Mick Herron’s Slough House novel series. Meanwhile, The Secret Hours is one of three standalone novels by Herron. They exist in the same universe as his Slough House books. Currently, it remains unclear if the Secret Hours spin-off will ever materialize. However, Apple TV+ has already renewed its parent series, Slow Horses, for a sixth and seventh season.
Originally reported by Apoorv Rastogi on ComingSoon.net.
