{"id":167761,"date":"2010-01-11T23:00:34","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T04:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=88324"},"modified":"2010-01-11T23:00:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-12T04:00:34","slug":"taylor-kitsch-leaving-%e2%80%9cfriday-night-lights%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/167761","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Kitsch Leaving \u201cFriday Night Lights\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Kitsch is leaving <em>Friday Night Lights <\/em>(<em>FNL<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old heartthrob will not reprise his role when the cult football drama airs its fifth &#8212; and likely final &#8212; season later this year, <em>TV Guide&#8217;s<\/em> William Keck divulged on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Taylor-Kitsch-Leaving-Friday-Night-Lights.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Taylor Kitsch Leaving Friday Night Lights\" width=\"490\" height=\"562\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-88325\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-88324\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kitsch is exiting the show to focus on his burgeoning film career, producers say. Kitsch has been cast in the sci-fi fantasy film <em>John Carter of Mars<\/em>, which is set to start shooting this month. He is also attached to co-star in the apartheid drama <em><\/em><em>The Bang Bang Club<\/em>. <em>Lights<\/em> producers wanted to ensure that Kitsch could focus on both films, so it&#8217;s unclear how much time he&#8217;ll have left for <em>FNL. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because this was a big opportunity for him, we wanted to let him do that,&#8221;<\/em> said Friday Night Lights producer Jason Katims. <em>&#8220;We&#8217;ll stay in close contact with production and try to get him for as many episodes as possible,&#8221;<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<p><em>Friday Night Lights<\/em> current airs on DirecTV.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/XCg-3D2ylfTtgx8AqooZDlnamh8\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/XCg-3D2ylfTtgx8AqooZDlnamh8\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/XCg-3D2ylfTtgx8AqooZDlnamh8\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/XCg-3D2ylfTtgx8AqooZDlnamh8\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Kitsch is leaving Friday Night Lights (FNL). The 28-year-old heartthrob will not reprise his role when the cult football drama airs its fifth &#8212; and likely final &#8212; season later this year, TV Guide&#8217;s William Keck divulged on Monday. Kitsch is exiting the show to focus on his burgeoning film career, producers say. Kitsch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}