The makers of Into the Badlands pitched a Western-themed spinoff to AMC, yet it never went anyplace - and it could have had a fascinating story. The spinoff arrangement, if green-lit by AMC, would have settled the Into the Badlands' cliffhanger closure of the season 3 finale and quick sent to 20 years into what's to come.
In the Into the Badlands season 3 finale, Sunny (Daniel Wu) energized the other primary characters and went head to head with Pilgrim (Babou Ceesay) and his military once and for all. After a sensational last confrontation, Sunny kicked the bucket from his injuries, however was breathed life into back to manage the arrival of an old fiendishness "more dominant and more tricky than any human". Reality with regards to Sunny's new crucial uncovered in the end scene when one of Pilgrim's men found a stacked pistol covered in the ground. The revelation implied that firearms were going to the Badlands.
After the show was finished, Into the Badlands makers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar disclosed to IndieWire that when they discovered the show was being dropped, they pitched a thought for a spinoff to AMC, however it never worked out. The arrangement was for it to be set 20 years after season 3, with Sunny's child and Widow's little girl as grown-ups making due in a world with firearms. Bajie (Nick Frost) would have been persisted from the principle arrangement to go about as a tutor to the two more youthful characters.
The creators compared it to HBO's Deadwood, which was centered on a small town. Following this format would have allowed for much smaller budgets since most episodes would be set in the town, as opposed to Into the Badlands, which involved numerous quests that often took the characters to various locations.
The setting and tone would have been quite different. The addition of guns would have created a Western vibe, along with a whole new challenge, since guns were weapons that martial arts had no answer for. Martial arts was at the center of Into the Badlands' post-apocalyptic setting, in part due to the fact that guns weren't a factor.
Without firearms, people needed a different way to fight. Bringing guns back into the mix would have undoubtedly changed things, and perhaps would have caused society to put less stock in martial arts.
Just as the creators believed, combining kung fu with guns certainly would have given the spinoff the opportunity to stand on its own, apart from Into the Badlands. It's an interesting concept to be sure, and its unique Western flavor might have been enough to appeal to new viewers, but unfortunately, the proposed series will never see the light of day.
