Exclusive: Unnatural History Creator Mike Werb Interview
Exclusive: Unnatural History Creator Mike Werb Interview By Sandy (Daemon's TV)
My favorite new show this summer, UNNATURAL HISTORY will air its season one finale tomorrow, September 21, and Daemon’s TV was lucky enough to talk with creator Mike Werb about what we can expect in this last episode, and some of his plans for season 2, which he says is likely to happen (can I get a woot, woot!).
In case you’re wondering, Unnatural History follows the adventures of Henry Griffin, a teenager who has acquired some exceptional skills while being raising around the world with his anthropologist parents. Sent back to live in Washington D.C., Henry now faces a new side of challenges, and with the help of his cousin Jasper and friend Maggie, he solves some of the most exciting modern mysteries.
If you haven’t seen the show yet, it’s never too late to get started. So don’t miss the season one finale tomorrow, September 21, at 8pm on Cartoon Network. But for now enjoy the interview, including Mike Werb’s tease of a possible Jaggie romance next season (OOoooh).
Congratulations on the first season. It was a blast to watch and I can’t wait for the finale.
Mike Werb: It’s pretty dope. I think we did a decent job. There are little surprises in that one.
Is there any word on a season two?
Mike Werb: I know it’s looking very good but there’s no official word. They’ve been very positive.
Good. We wouldn’t want to leave it after one season -
Mike Werb: No. That would not be fun for me either. I’ve already mapped out all this stuff for season two. The good thing about this show is even if it doesn’t happen or if I’m working for stuff for season three or four or five, they’re just a bunch of movie ideas anyway.
Can you tease the finale? Will we be left on a cliffhanger?
Mike Werb: I would say, yes. There’s a cliffhanger. I can’t say too much about it except that the whole thing kind of kicks off with a real and very recent event of old American history which is that Henry finds a very long lost overdue library book of George Washington. That leads to a lot of trouble. If you may or may not know last year they did find an old overdue library book of George Washington. Apparently the Mt. Vernon estate owed like $300K which was forgiven and I think they sent a replacement copy or something. It was ‘The Law of Nations’ which is actually the book that we used in the finale. We’ve got a great department.
Is there any hope for a Maggie/Jasper romance? Is that something you’re thinking of?
Mike Werb: It’s always been on my mind from day one, the deepening and expanding relationships between the three of them. I know there are a lot of Jaggie fans out there. I don’t believe that I’m going to be disappointing them in season two. The intention was always to hold this back a bit. So if you noticed, in season one Henry has a couple of flirtations between Whitney and in ‘Sleeper in the Box’, the Sputnik episode and then Hoshi in ‘Heart of the Warrior’ and Maggie, I think some mentioned it, put the Momba tag on the Maggia/Tamba date that happened off screen in ‘The Liberian Candidate’. So Jasper ends up having a bit of fixation on Arianna Gish in ‘Speedlemania’ but that sort of deflection will probably be a little more retired when we move on. Is that vague enough?
Is there a reason that you never thought of Maggie and Henry?
Mike Werb: Well, the Henry issue of course is that Henry doesn’t generally, of course he always leaps before he looks but he generally doesn’t put himself first. If he has any indication that Jasper has an interest in Maggie or anyone he would never got there, ever. That’s not to say that there won’t be some merry mix ups and confusions and misread intentions.
What about a potential love interest for Henry that might be separate from the group?
Mike Werb: I intend in season two to bring his, he has a girlfriend overseas. I won’t say more than that. But I intend to bring her in an episode.
Find the rest here, Source: Daemon's TV.
My favorite new show this summer, UNNATURAL HISTORY will air its season one finale tomorrow, September 21, and Daemon’s TV was lucky enough to talk with creator Mike Werb about what we can expect in this last episode, and some of his plans for season 2, which he says is likely to happen (can I get a woot, woot!).
In case you’re wondering, Unnatural History follows the adventures of Henry Griffin, a teenager who has acquired some exceptional skills while being raising around the world with his anthropologist parents. Sent back to live in Washington D.C., Henry now faces a new side of challenges, and with the help of his cousin Jasper and friend Maggie, he solves some of the most exciting modern mysteries.
If you haven’t seen the show yet, it’s never too late to get started. So don’t miss the season one finale tomorrow, September 21, at 8pm on Cartoon Network. But for now enjoy the interview, including Mike Werb’s tease of a possible Jaggie romance next season (OOoooh).
Congratulations on the first season. It was a blast to watch and I can’t wait for the finale.
Mike Werb: It’s pretty dope. I think we did a decent job. There are little surprises in that one.
Is there any word on a season two?
Mike Werb: I know it’s looking very good but there’s no official word. They’ve been very positive.
Good. We wouldn’t want to leave it after one season -
Mike Werb: No. That would not be fun for me either. I’ve already mapped out all this stuff for season two. The good thing about this show is even if it doesn’t happen or if I’m working for stuff for season three or four or five, they’re just a bunch of movie ideas anyway.
Can you tease the finale? Will we be left on a cliffhanger?
Mike Werb: I would say, yes. There’s a cliffhanger. I can’t say too much about it except that the whole thing kind of kicks off with a real and very recent event of old American history which is that Henry finds a very long lost overdue library book of George Washington. That leads to a lot of trouble. If you may or may not know last year they did find an old overdue library book of George Washington. Apparently the Mt. Vernon estate owed like $300K which was forgiven and I think they sent a replacement copy or something. It was ‘The Law of Nations’ which is actually the book that we used in the finale. We’ve got a great department.
Is there any hope for a Maggie/Jasper romance? Is that something you’re thinking of?
Mike Werb: It’s always been on my mind from day one, the deepening and expanding relationships between the three of them. I know there are a lot of Jaggie fans out there. I don’t believe that I’m going to be disappointing them in season two. The intention was always to hold this back a bit. So if you noticed, in season one Henry has a couple of flirtations between Whitney and in ‘Sleeper in the Box’, the Sputnik episode and then Hoshi in ‘Heart of the Warrior’ and Maggie, I think some mentioned it, put the Momba tag on the Maggia/Tamba date that happened off screen in ‘The Liberian Candidate’. So Jasper ends up having a bit of fixation on Arianna Gish in ‘Speedlemania’ but that sort of deflection will probably be a little more retired when we move on. Is that vague enough?
Is there a reason that you never thought of Maggie and Henry?
Mike Werb: Well, the Henry issue of course is that Henry doesn’t generally, of course he always leaps before he looks but he generally doesn’t put himself first. If he has any indication that Jasper has an interest in Maggie or anyone he would never got there, ever. That’s not to say that there won’t be some merry mix ups and confusions and misread intentions.
What about a potential love interest for Henry that might be separate from the group?
Mike Werb: I intend in season two to bring his, he has a girlfriend overseas. I won’t say more than that. But I intend to bring her in an episode.
Find the rest here, Source: Daemon's TV.