Jon Cassar Interview: The Orville Season 3
The Orville has gotten bigger and better with season 3 after heading to Hulu. Subtitled New Horizons, Seth MacFarlane's sci-fi dramedy series continues the adventures of the crew of the titular starship as they navigate their interpersonal relationships and the new threat of the Kaylons.
MacFarlane leads the cast of The Orville alongside Adrianne Palicki, Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes, J. Lee, Jessica Szohr, Mark Jackson, Peter Macon and Anne Winters.
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Ahead of the show's season finale, which dropped today on Hulu, Screen Rant spoke exclusively with director and executive producer Jon Cassar to discuss The Orville season 3. He shared thoughts on the jump to Hulu, enlisting Dolly Parton for a cameo, the show's Disney+ debut, and the future of the 24 franchise.
Screen Rant: Well, Jon, great to get to chat with you again for The Orville. This season has just blown me away with every episode.
Jon Cassar: I guess we weren't exaggerating when we said it'll be worth the wait.
No, you really weren't! Last time I talked with you guys, you were very eager about it. What has it been like for you seeing the responses after this long wait?
Jon Cassar: It's been so satisfying, it's been so great. It's just reminding us again what good work everyone did on the show and that we were right. It took so long to do this season, just because of COVID mostly, and the way it worked out, it was really exciting to see that finally people got to see it.
Even when we were shooting it — I think by that point, we kind of know our fan base and, look, we're all kind of geeks ourselves, so I think we were geeking out on it first and thinking, «Well, we're geeking out on it,
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