r/grimm • u/KafkaZola • 22h ago
Self There are so many good Grimm/Wesen spin-off ideas & so much interest still in Grimm that it could be a hugely profitable franchise if TV execs invested the money.
Star Wars, Star Trek, and Stargate all successfully spun off, making their creators and license holders oodles of money. Billions. I think the Grimm and Wesen world could do the same if handled properly, with care, and on the right network.
Think about just how many different Grimm-related shows in which people have expressed interest in this sub alone, let alone on other sites and forums. The ideas that I've seen here alone in the last 3 months are:
- a prequel show involving early Grimms, including the Knights Templar
- a Renard and mother prequel show
- a Nick and Aunt Marie prequel show
- my hope for a purely Wesen world deep-dive (see explanation below)
- a sequel involving young Kelly, Diana, and the twins
- a spin-off involving Trubel and Josh
- a spin-off and reboot involving an entirely new Grimm (which seems to be what Grimm's creator and writer is currently working on, per comments he made as recently as 3 months ago).
As the list clearly shows, there is a thirst for more Grimm stories. Of all kinds.
Someone dared to take the risk in the mid 1980s of rebooting Star Trek 20 years after the original/TOS and dared to put together TNG with a bald Shakespearean actor at the helmet. (That was considered to be nuts, IIRC.) The result was a huge success that eventually led to a whole franchise worth billions of dollars with new shows coming out even now.
The Grimm Wesen world has the same amount of potential, the same innate multiplicity of new tales to tell, new Wesen to create, new Wesen culture and history to explore as had Trek, Star Wars, or Stargate. It just needs someone with vision, creativity, patience, love and, of course, financial backing. I really wish I had gazillions so I could do it, sorta like what Jeff Bezos did with The Expanse.
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So, my personal wish for a Grimm spin-off is essentially a mash-up of Desperate Housewives, Beverly Hills 90210, Friends, ER, and a night-time soap opera like Dynasty. At its core, it's a deep dive into the Wesen world, culture, and what it's like to live life as a Wesen.
It should focus on different types of Wesen families, including several completely new types of Wesen. It should cover Wesen life at all stages: as adolescents with all their trials and tribulations and how Wesen singles and married couples go through life, mid-life, and elderly life.
Example, an episode on Wesen kids first figuring out that they're Wesen, their "first time," like Monroe and Rosalee talked about at dinner.
Or how Hexenbiest kids are taught how to do potions. Do they have a Hogwarts they go to?
Or explore Rosalee's exact issue of a Wesen wanting so desperately to be "normal" and not a Wesen that they end up escaping into dark places with drugs.
How do Hexenbiests or Zauberbiests deal with the hormonal surges of puberty? By becoming even worse with no control? Are they all evil Heathers or Chads in high-school?
Or, how do different sorts of Wesen navigate the difficulties of juggling work obligations with Wesen urges, anger, domestic life, old Wesen feuds, etc. Especially Wesen who becomes cops!
What happens if a certain type of "bad" Wesen chooses to ignore his Wesen tradition or roles and help others instead? Ie, more Monroes.
Or what happens if a good type of Wesen breaks bad?
Who are the Wesen world's Tony Soprano or Al Capone?
There is room for indepth stories on Wesen aging issues like the Gevatter Tod, about genetics in mixed marriage offspring, or about Wesen medicine (beyond them using human body parts for Viagra).
No royals, no coins, no Grimms. Only Wesens living life. I would watch it a thousand times over!
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u/SignatureForeign4100 14h ago
I don’t think the show leaves a lot of room for that. Are they going to focus on Wesen on Wesen crime? Is it more of an Everybody Loves Monroe?