Taika Waititi admits trying to bail on the What We Do in the Shadows TV series

Entertainment Weekly

Waititi says he initially didn't think his vampire mockumentary film could be sustained as a TV series. “When Jemaine (Clement) first pitched me the idea of doing a TV version of the movie, I thought it sounded like a terrible idea,” says executive producer Paul Simms. "Me too," said Waititi.