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‘The Righteous Gemstones’: Danny McBride Teases Season 3 — and Explains Why He Rewrote Season 2

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Ethan Shanfeld Danny McBride and the “Righteous Gemstones” writers’ room began shaping Season 2 of the HBO megachurch comedy in the fall of 2019.

They started shooting in March 2020, but after two days, the COVID-19 pandemic halted production. What started as a weeks-long delay soon turned into almost a year, and McBride — stuck in lockdown — couldn’t help himself but tweak what he had.

And so he rewrote the entire season.“I ended up pulling out whole storylines and characters that didn’t make it into the season,” McBride tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit podcast. “There are things I’ll probably push maybe into [the third] season, but with a little bit of perspective and a little bit of […] rest in between seasons, it just helped me sort of solidify what I really wanted to do with this season.” Listen below!McBride says one of the plot lines that changed the most post-rewrite was Eli Gemstone’s (John Goodman) story with Junior (Eric Roberts), which was cleaned up and simplified.

But even after his rewrite, McBride says the scripts for “The Righteous Gemstones” are never set in stone. “We constantly are challenging [the scripts],” he says. “We’re constantly pivoting when things show up on set that are unexpected.”While “Gemstones” boasts a powerhouse comedic ensemble whose resumes include Second City and the Groundlings, McBride admits there isn’t much improvisation on the set.

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