"The Shield" ended last year after seven explosive seasons, but have we really seen the last of corrupt cop-turned-fed Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis)? The critically acclaimed show's creator, Shawn Ryan, shoots straight with ET.

"It's something I want to always leave the door open for," Ryan says about the possibility of a "Shield" spin-off. "Michael and I and others will continue to talk about it."

Ryan, who also exec produces "Lie to Me" and the now-cancelled "The Unit," says he imagines the theoretical spin-off reintroducing viewers to Vic Mackey after his three-year stint with ICE, the federal agency that ultimately hired him but doesn't trust him in the least.

Mackey did, after all, admit to a myriad of heinous crimes (murdering fellow cop Terry Crowley in the show's pilot, anyone??) in order to win the precious legal immunity promised to him in his ICE contract.

For now, Ryan says he's looking forward to fans getting the chance to see his intense TV epic in widescreen when "The Shield: The Complete Series Collection" arrives Nov. 3.

"We always filmed it so that it could be in widescreen," he says. "It'll be a slightly different look for the show."

The entire 88 episodes of the series will be presented in a collectible 34-page bound anthology book packed with photos, quotes, and a special letter from Ryan, plus two all-new featurettes -- a documentary about the Los Angeles Rampart Division police scandal that inspired the series, and a behind-the-scenes set tour of the "The Barn," the location where the series was shot.

Next up for Ryan in 2010? "Terriers," an FX comedic drama he's exec producing with Ted Griffin ('Ocean's Eleven') and starring Donal Logue, about a pair of unlicensed, "beach bummish" private investigators "with Peter Pan issues."