The quirky comedy-drama series starred Lee Pace as Ned, a pie-maker who has the ability to bring dead things back to life with just his touch.

Pushing Daisies creator reveals season 3 in the works

The quirky comedy-drama series starred Lee Pace as Ned, a pie-maker who has the ability to bring dead things back to life with just his touch.

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*Pushing Daisies* is pushing for more.

Bryan Fuller, creator of the short-lived series, which aired its final episodes 16 years ago, was recently asked during a press tour for his latest film, *Dust Bunny*, about his desire to revisit the show.

“Absolutely,” Fuller told ComicBook. “We have a season 3 pitch, and the entire cast wants to come back, and we’re hoping we get to return to them. We just have to find somebody who wants to make it.”

The quirky comedy-drama series first aired on ABC from 2007 to 2009, and starred Lee Pace as Ned, a pie-maker who has the ability to bring dead things back to life with just his touch. There's a few catches, however — if he revives someone for more than one minute, someone else nearby will die instead, and if he touches someone he's revived a second time, they die forever. Unfortunately for Ned, this includes his formerly deceased love Chuck (Anna Friel).

Chi McBride, Anna Friel, Paul Reubens, Kristin Chenoweth, and Lee Pace in 'Pushing Daisies'.

The series also follows Ned's coworker, Olive Snook (Kristin Chenoweth), and private investigator Emerson Cod (Chi McBride), with whom Ned teams up to use his unique capability to help solve murder cases. Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, and Field Cate also star, with Jim Dale serving as the story's narrator.

Fuller echoed this positive update for more of the show and even expressed a desired timeline for its return during a different interview on the same recent *Dust Bunny* press tour.

"We’re working on a season 3, and the whole cast wants to come back. And, we’ve got a whole story — we’re trying to do another season this year," he told *The Mary Sue*.

A rep for Fuller didn't immediately respond to an ** request for comment Tuesday.

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Fuller's update comes a few months after Pace expressed a desire to return to the character, but didn't have any concrete updates at the time.

“I haven’t heard anything definite,” the actor said to *TV Insider*. “I love those people. I love Bryan, so I love that character. We’ll see.”

The outlet also asked the actor whether he had thought about where the story could go in a potential season 3, and Pace confirmed that Fuller had already filled him in on that. “Bryan Fuller is one of the most creative people I’ve ever met, and he’s told me where he sees it going,” the actor explained. “I obviously can’t say that here, but it’s so fun and so wild. And then, the story between Ned and Chuck is such an interesting love affair.”

He also explained why he thinks the show developed such a cult following over the years.

“Sometimes magic just happens in that way,” he said. “The cast seems to be right and has a chemistry, which we did. We adored each other and worked really hard on that show, and so I think that’s part of it. I think the writing was so unique, and there was a real current of love inside the show, which I think has drawn people to it.”

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