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[snoopy87]

Just found a great little article talking about the beginnings of LWD, the lack of timeline, and the show's future. The article mentions movies!

World Screen Article

Shaftesbury’s Life with Derek, a sitcom focusing on the kids of previously divorced parents who come together in a new household, appeals to a broad range of young viewers. “We realized that the different ages of the kids within the household brought in a bigger audience,” French says. “Our main core was probably the 9- and 10-year-olds who identified with our middle characters, Edwin and Lizzie. The older teenage characters brought in an older audience. And there was the little sister who was six when we started; little kids really liked her.”

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Shaftesbury’s French says Life with Derek’s future will probably be in movies about the family. “You have to acknowledge that the cast is getting older,” she says. “The stories did evolve. The first season was about everybody getting to know each other in the house. In later story meetings, we would dismiss ideas as ‘season-one stories.’ We consciously didn’t put a ticking clock on the show, but we had to make decisions about when we wanted them to do things like get jobs and drive cars, things like that.”

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When casting Life with Derek, French settled on Michael Seater as Derek fairly quickly, she recalls. “Once we settled on him, the rest of the pieces fell into place. We did a fair amount of improv at the audition to see the chemistry evolve and what kind of relationships would spontaneously develop in the room. Because it’s a family, we brought in the different people we were considering to play the dad and Derek’s younger brother. We could tell what felt natural. Gut instinct has a huge amount to do with it. Casting the lead, you can tell it when you’re in the room. Somebody walks in and they’ve got the presence. It’s palpable.”

Enjoy and discuss!

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[aXikem]

Sounds awesome. I saw on the Wikipedia page for Life with Derek that there's a movie airing this July called "Camping Road Trip". I don't know if this is true or not, seeing as how there's no hard evidence of it anywhere, but maybe this is a hint. Hopefully the show will continue with movies and TV airings. Overall I'm just glad it's coming to DVD soon.

[Lady Azura]

That is so awesome.
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[snoopy87]

Jordan has noted the possibility of LWD movies on her website's forum.
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[Sabine]

I really wish they would give us a solid piece of news one way or another.

[snoopy87]

It doesn't help that (besides Daniel's movie), we haven't had any recent contact with the cast.

Mike's last news involved the DC Games. (I wonder if any pictures will ever be posted.)

Ashley logs into her MySpace, but the last thing she posted was just some news about the Shaw Rocket Prize or Mike getting a MySpace.

Jordan .... is somewhere.

Daniel won first prize for his "Life Without Derek" documentary at his school's festival.

Maybe we should bug the cast. I've tried mentioning it on Jordan's board, but have received no answer.
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[stephluvvsyou]

Fantastic article! I hope there'll be a movie soon. It seems like while the seasons are going we hear so much about the cast. Now it's like...where have they gone to? Strange stuff.
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[MartiVenturyForever]

^Hey thats not being very optimistic

And Ashley and Jordan have both said mentions of Maybe doing a movie
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