ARGH!!
If I understand correctly, this is the last movie in this series. And it ends like THAT?? Stone is fired as well as his deputies? NO!!
Most skeptics are terrified it's all real and are desperate to prove otherwise.
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Tom Selleck is credited as one of the writers for Thin Ice and Death in Paradise as well, and both of those are Parker books. However, beginning with Thin Ice and now this film, they are straying from the Parker novels. So, they still have five Parker novels they could film, and/or continue writing their own plots. Point being, this could go on (hopefully) for quite a long time.
"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus
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That's pretty much what I said.
"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus
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I may be wrong, but I was under the impression Tom was involved with the character development to an extent that he was helping "write" Jesse's stuff. With the departure from the exact text of the novels, and with everyone of the impression Tom is Jesse, he is involved with making sure Jesse is true to Jesse.
Does that make sense or am I just nutty?
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The other person that has a writing credit is Michael Brandman, who has some other writing credits for the other Jesse Stone's that have aired, and Monte Walsh (a western with Tom Selleck). I thought maybe Brandman would have a lot of writing credits, and then we could assume that he was writing the bulk of the Jesse Stone stories, and Selleck was adding details about Jesse and things like that. However, since neither Selleck nor Brandman have a lot of writing credits to their name, who knows who is contributing the bulk of the story and plot?
They could be writing the stories together, or Brandman could be writing the story and Selleck adding details about Jesse. Who knows? However, the credits for the last entry (Thin Ice) has Ronni Kern as writing the teleplay, and Brandman and Selleck with "story" credits. This time only Selleck and Brandman have writing credits, with both sharing the "teleplay" credit (and no "story" mention). This would seem to mean to me that Selleck is not just contributing details about Jesse, but is also responsible (with Brandman) for the story and plot itself and the entire script (the teleplay) for that matter. The last two entries, with Selleck and Brandman sharing the "story" credit, were strong (in my opinion). Which seems to indicate that they could keep this thing going on their own indefinitely, or at least as long as the fans maintain interest.
"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus
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There is no doubt they have plenty of material to film, and there is no doubt that they have exhibited a talent for creating the material themselves. So, I think the only thing that will stop the series from continuing is ratings. If the ratings are there (and of course Selleck is willing) then the series can go on indefinitely or until Selleck gets too old to play the part.
"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus
At least the last two Jesse Stones said "Based on *characters* developed by Robert Parker." That gives a LOT of leeway for people being "creative."
Flanagan