1 of 5 | Jane Seymour, seen at the 2024 International Emmy Awards in New York City, wants to bring back “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.” File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Jane Seymour says she believes now is the time for a revival of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
In a recent Zoom interview for the re-release of Wedding Crashers, Seymour said she is trying to mount a revival of the TV series in which she played a doctor in the Old West. The show ran from 1993 to 1998 and inspired two television movies.
“I really believe that its time is now,” Seymour said. “Now it would take place 30 years later, but the issues and the things that were happening at that time in America are not that different from some of the circumstances we’re dealing with today. Same stuff, different time zone.”
Recent television revivals of Full House, The X-Files, Will & Grace, Frasier, King of the Hill and more make it seem like a revival of Dr. Quinn would be welcome, although it may be a little complicated to bring the series back.
“It’s all been a question of who owns it and where the rights are,” Seymour said. “That’s basically what it is. I don’t want to jinx anything until we see what can happen.”
Original costars Joe Lando and William Shockley, who recently directed his first movie, Long Shadows, are on board to return.
“We’re actively in cahoots trying to see what we can do to bring back Dr. Quinn,” Seymour said. “Joe Lando, who I just worked with, and William and I are very close. We all get together and we have been actively trying to see what we can do between us to bring back something that iconic that people love.”
Dr. Quinn is still airing in syndication, showing firsthand that people remain fans. The show’s lingering success might help ensure an audience for new episodes.
“I’ve been filming three times in the last 13 months, I have filmed for at least three and a half months each time in Ireland,” Seymour said. “When I’m there, people literally go crazy about Dr. Quinn. Especially if they’re from the Czech Republic or Poland or Russia, anywhere like that. France, Germany, everywhere, people watch Dr. Quinn every day still. It’s playing every day in those countries, still.”
UPI will present the full interview with Seymour this week ahead of the Thursday re-release of Wedding Crashers.
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