Sons of Anarchy Creator Kurt Sutter Reacts to Spinoff Made Without Him

Indeed, Sutter pointed out that the project is a meta thriller in which the original Sons of Anarchy cast—including his wife Katey Sagal—will portray fictionalized versions of themselves attending a fan convention. From there, the plot will spiral into a series of unfortunate events as dangerous as what once happened to their characters on TV.

“I just want folks to know that Charlie came to me when he was in the process of pitching this to the network to ask for my blessing,” Sutter continued, “knowing that the IP would probably not be able to be invoked for various reasons of legalese stuff.” 

As such, there’s no bad blood between Sutter and his former set partner—who introduced Groff into the family as an executive producer—or the executives behind the sequel, including FX Networks chairman John Landgraf. 

“I gave Charlie my full blessing. I wish nothing but the best for him in this project,” the writer shared. “My wife is in the project. I have nothing but love for John Landgraf and the folks at FX who have been so good to me, so generous. So it has my full-blown ‘Watch this motherf–ker.'”

In fact, Sutter shared inside knowledge on why die-hard fans should be excited for the new direction Hunnam has taken the story in.  

“I’ve taken a peek at the script that was perhaps just lying on my wife’s knitting table, and it’s really so well done,” he said. “I love Charlie to death, and I think [fans] will have mad love for this project as well.”

And Sutter’s glowing review is only aided by the news that many original SAMCRO members like Kim Coates and Ron Perlman are set to return for the new chapter after seven seasons.

Read on for more Hollywood pros who stepped away from TV hits.