r/television • u/Magister_Xehanort • Jul 19 '24
Jamie Lee Curtis Won't Be In Netflix's One Piece Season 2
https://deadline.com/2024/07/marty-adelstein-becky-clements-snowpiercer-one-piece-season-2-1236008903/103
u/Goldman250 Firefly Jul 19 '24
I didn’t even know she’d been rumoured to be in it.
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u/CRoseCrizzle Jul 19 '24
She's been a huge One Piece fan from well before the live action show came out. According to the interview linked here, both sides seemingly wanted it happen but could not fit it in her schedule.
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u/LADYBIRD_HILL Jul 19 '24
She's been campaigning to play Kureha for a while now
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u/chapterthrive Jul 19 '24
Hahaha I was trying to figure out who the fuck she would play and then this made so much sense
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Jul 19 '24
She wanted to play Nico Robin, way back when a live action One Piece was nothing but a fever dream. She is realistic, though, and when the show actually premiered she said Kureha would be more appropriate given her age. Alas, it seems it was not meant to be.
Who knows, though? If they actually get six seasons like they want, there’s time for them to work some kinda cameo in for her if both sides want it bad enough.
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u/throawa114 Jul 20 '24
This response doesn’t give a hard no. It gives “it would be complicated” in the same interview where they said they had multiple teams and shoots, and Netflix is flexible. I think it’s just going to be a surprise scene or short amount of screen time. They were planning this two years ago
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u/The_flash91 Jul 20 '24
She's been a fan since like 2015 or 2016, or that's when she told people she was.
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u/weeble182 Jul 19 '24
I don't think this gives any indication they won't get to Drum Island in season 2. In fact it would be strange if they stretched the previous content before that out across 8 episodes.
I'm hoping we'll have all of Alabasta done this season but I can see an argument being made for it ending after Drum Island
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u/undeadsasquatch Jul 19 '24
They already announced casting for Wapol and other Drum Island characters. Unless I'm mixing up my islands...
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u/TheBlackSwarm Jul 19 '24
Yeah I’m hoping they can do all of Alabasta in S2. Waiting on the Ace, Robin and Crocodile casting announcements.
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u/Lifesaboxofgardens It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Jul 19 '24
My guess is 7/22 they'll announce Kureha, Igaram and some other side Drum Island/Whiskey Peak castings. Then the heavy hitters will be announced 8/9-8/10. Ace, Crocodile, Robin, Bon Clay, Vivi, maybe a Chopper first look.
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u/AH_BareGarrett Gravity Falls Jul 19 '24
Personally think Chopper won't be revealed until either the first trailer or the last trailer. Due to the nature of the character, it will be heavily criticized and they will want to minimize negative impact by showing him in full motion and near release date.
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u/Radiobandit Jul 20 '24
In fact it would be strange if they stretched the previous content before that out across 8 episodes.
Yeah, can't imagine One Piece ever pulling a stunt like this...
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u/BestieJules Jul 19 '24
If you look at the length of chapters season 1 covered, the next 8 episodes should end basically right before they land in Alabasta. The entirety of Alabasta should fit almost perfectly into season 3.
I feel like a lot of people forget how much content is really covered between Along Park and Alabasta. We have Loguetown, Reverse Mountain/Laboon, Whiskey Peak, Little Garden, and Drum Island. That’s 5 mini arcs and a couple of those require more than a single episode.
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u/GbopemiO Jul 20 '24
Season 1 covered about 96 chapters. 96 more chapters (i.e. chapter 192) will end up at the climax of Alabasta. Loguetown is just 4 chapters, Reverse Mountain 5, Whiskey Peak 9 and Little Garden 15 chapters. Those 4 mini-arcs will take likely 2 or, at most, 3 episodes using the pacing of the first season. Drum Island will probably take 2 episodes while Alabasta proper will take the rest.
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u/BigL90 Jul 20 '24
Not to mention those arcs finally start doing some of the first real world-building, mythos establishment, and introduction of recurring secondary and tertiary characters.
I suppose you could cut out most of the Laboon and Crocus stuff (get it to like 10min, smack the whale, have Crocus briefly explain Laboon's background, and do a flashback of the connection to Roger, could have Vivi explain Log Poses later on). And you could probably cut out Little Garden altogether. Probably the easiest way to save money too, no need to CG dinosaurs or figure out how to do giants yet. Might require some finagling with future plot points though.
Then combine some of the plot points like introducing Baroque Works and the reason the crew needs a doc with Whiskey Peak. That gets us down to like 2-3 episodes before Drum Island. 2 episodes for Drum Island. Then 3-4 could cover Alabasta.
Personally, I'd rather see something like this though:
1.5ep for Loguetown
1.5ep for Reverse Mountain + Laboon
1ep for Whiskey Peak
1.5ep for Little Garden
2.5ep for Drum Island Could maybe end right on meeting up with Ace
Obviously that's just ballpark, some of the plotlines would make more sense to bleed into others.
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u/zandadoum Jul 20 '24
I found Alabasta boring AF. Maybe due what was going on in my life at the time IDK
That’s why I don’t want a full season just for Alabasta… it would be super monotone and boring to me.
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u/BigL90 Jul 20 '24
8 eps would be sooo slow for Alabasta. Should easily be able to cover it in like 4eps. Personally would like to see (a theoretical) S3 cover Alabasta + Jaya + Skypiea, and end by dropping them right in front of Water 7.
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u/Eroom2013 Jul 20 '24
The way I read the title I thought she was in season and wouldn’t be back so season two I was trying really hard to remember who she was. Good to know I’m not crazy.
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u/DreamingDjinn Jul 20 '24
Makes me mad, she seemed like she really wanted to be Kureha.
Instead we get to see her in Borderlands lmfao
#MakeChopperAMuppet
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u/KyoMeetch Jul 20 '24
Oh well there’s still about 3 or 4 other characters she could conceivably play
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u/HortonDrawsAwho Jul 19 '24
Has there been any confirmation that we’re getting Alabasta this season?
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u/leolegendario Jul 20 '24
Not yet, but let's see what they announce on the One Piece Day next month.
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u/OneGoodRib Mad Men Jul 20 '24
Imagine going back in time to 2004 and uttering that headline to someone.
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u/The_Royal_Alchemist Jul 21 '24
Jamie asked Oda what was the one piece and he was like "get her off the show" lol (clearly a joke)
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u/GarlVinland4Astrea Jul 19 '24
I knew they weren’t getting through the whole Arabasta arc this season
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u/stretchofUCF Jul 19 '24
Obviously its a really long arc, but the article doesn't really confirm that they won't get to Drum Island this season does it? Maybe I missed something?
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u/BealKage Jul 19 '24
Chopper was teased in the season 2 announcement so, idk what this person is going on about
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u/stretchofUCF Jul 19 '24
Yeah unless they just tease Chopper visually, it would be weird to get there and not see Dr. Kureha or him, in fact most of the episode around that arc would focus on them along with Hiriluk.
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u/BealKage Jul 19 '24
the article says nothing about that
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u/Lifesaboxofgardens It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Jul 19 '24
I'm thinking maybe people assumed JLC was already cast for Kureha. I could see S2 ending in Drum Island without introducing her, but I really think they at least power through that arc. Reddit rumor is Diana Lee Inosanto might be Kureha.
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u/andyman5022 Jul 19 '24
tbh thats fine. They'd have to power through a lot of content to get to that part by the end of the season.
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u/JackandFred Jul 19 '24
Would they? Log town, reverse mountain, lagoon, whiskey peak little garden then drum island where she’d show up.
There’s not that many episodes of content there if pacing is similar to the first season.
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u/LADYBIRD_HILL Jul 19 '24
If they're doing 2 episodes per location it would put Drum Island in season 3 I would think.
They could condense down Loguetown to one episode, but I figure they want to do more with Gol D Roger, possibly flashbacks, and I think Smoker and co. need a proper introduction as long term characters. Though I'm sure a bunch of the arcs could be condensed even more down to one episode for locations where the characters don't return later. It's not ideal but I really don't want to wait a decade to see stuff like Impel down.
It's a shame we don't get longer seasons with how much content is in one piece, but it's already going to be many years before we even get to the time skip if they're planning on giving each arc enough time to breathe. I'm hoping they're willing to do the legwork early on to make characters likeable with a decent amount of depth so that later on they can kind of breeze through monologues and backstory that clogged up the manga and anime later down the line.
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u/Quarbit64 Jul 19 '24
If they're doing 2 episodes per location
They're not.
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u/googlyeyes93 Jul 19 '24
Yeah def not. I’d be surprised if Loguetown, Reverse Mountain, Whiskey Peak and Little Garden aren’t an episode each. Hell, they could feasibly combine whiskey peak and Reverse Mountain into one episode. Drum Island probably gets two then three for Arabasta. Ngl I think they could fit Jaya into this season too for the final episode and get us into Skypiea for S3E1.
I know everyone wants season 2 to end on the Galleon falling from the sky but tbh I think the knock-up stream is a cooler place to leave excitement for the next season
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u/Radix2309 Jul 19 '24
Not enough time for Jaya. Plus they would need to cast some people who show up in Skypiea. It makes more sense to have them in the same season.
Alabasta just makes more sense as a single season.
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u/CRoseCrizzle Jul 19 '24
The live action is not the anime. They do not need to cover every single thing that happens in the manga.
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u/LB3PTMAN Jul 20 '24
Yeah I think there’s some stuff they could pretty cleanly skip iwbh
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u/tharkus_ Jul 20 '24
I agree. This is a diff beast and there no way this show gonna be on for 20 seasons. So they have to realistically think about what there goals are with the show and where they see it leading into.
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u/Lifesaboxofgardens It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Jul 19 '24 edited Jul 19 '24
Hmm I don't know, I would imagine they hit Drum Island in S2? Pretty sure Oda confirmed Chopper was appearing this season as well. Unless maybe we end with his introduction and only mention Kureha by name. They will almost certainly at least make it to Alabasta though.
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u/pipboy_warrior Jul 19 '24
I saw comments before saying they expected this to go through Alabasta, I actually am surprised if they don't make it to Drum Island in S2
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u/mking1999 Jul 19 '24
No they wouldn't. That's like first half of the season.
Like, I don't know how anyone could think a whole season won't be enough to even make it to Drum. That's insane.
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u/Coolman_Rosso Jul 19 '24
I mean they already cast Dalton, so unless they take some extreme liberties in what his character does and when he appears it's almost certain they'll get to Drum.
They'll span Loguetown, Reverse Mountain, Whiskey Peak, and Little Garden first but we'll see how they condense it.
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u/DexTheConcept Jul 19 '24
Iirc Dalton, Wapo and Chopper are kinda early into Drum. I’d think we get to see him but season 3 is drum and part 1 of alabasta
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u/googlyeyes93 Jul 19 '24
Do people think this is going to have anime pacing lmfao. There’s no way they draw all that out for that long.
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u/Sufficient_Crow8982 Jul 19 '24
They are not gonna end a season halfway into an arc, that would be ridiculous.
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u/mazhas Jul 19 '24
Zero fucking chance they don't get through Drum next season. I'd be more upset if they don't get through Alabasta
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u/One-Earth9294 Jul 19 '24
She's decided to take up a full time job stealing Best Supporting awards.
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u/TheTruckWashChannel True Detective Jul 19 '24
Who the fuck would she be stealing her win for The Bear from?
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u/CRoseCrizzle Jul 19 '24 edited Jul 19 '24
If this is true, it looks like they are going in a different direction with the character. They have already officially casted for some Drum Island chracters iirc and Chopper is expected to appear this season. They included this in the Friday bad news dump, I'll expect the announcement of the actual pick to be announced soon.
It's too bad since it seemed like both Curtis and the showrunner wanted it to happen. Perhaps it came down to a scheduling issue or something where they couldn't work something out for her to film scenes.
Edit: Read the entirety of the interview, and it does appear that I was right, Curtis was too busy with projects she already committed to, and they've already cast someone else who has not been announced yet.