Calling All Ted Lasso Fans: Is The Richmond Way A Real Book?
Fans wonder if Trent Crimm's book will ever be published.
Apple TV's biggest hit, Ted Lasso, is by far one of the most popular comedy shows out there, boasting a huge fandom that followed the beloved characters on their journeys from Season 1, released back in 2020, to the recently wrapped final installment.
Although the third season of Ted Lasso dropped the ball a bit, many people are still demanding a spin-off and even pressuring Apple to expand the series' universe by publishing a book featured in the show.
In the finale, sports journalist Trent Crimm finally publishes the book he has been writing throughout the show, a history of AFC Richmond entitled The Richmond Way. Crimm used his access to the club's top brass to not only chronicle the Premier League team's past, but also to envision the future in which Ted Lasso's teachings will be used by his successor. But is this book for real?
Ever since Marvel Studios announced that Scott Lang's autobiography from Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will be coming to bookstores around the world, it seemed like movie companies decided to expand the horizons of their films by using books as a way to promote the projects. Naturally, fans of Ted Lasso are wondering if Apple will also follow in Marvel's footsteps.
Sadly, it looks like the streaming giant has no intention of bringing Trent Crimm's writings to life, as no plans to publish the book have been made public.
Besides, even if those plans were discussed at some point, the ongoing WGA strike has surely put all those ideas to rest. Until the strike is over, Ted Lasso's writing team will not agree to waste their time on the book project, which would probably attract only a small number of dedicated fans.
It is more likely that Apple TV will focus on developing some spin-offs of Ted Lasso, and such ideas have been voiced by the show's cast and crew already. While the core creative team is reluctant to continue their main story, they don't rule out the possibility of producing a sequel series focusing on one of the show's side characters.