MELROSE PLACE Reboot in the Works With Original Cast Members Heather Locklear, Laura Leighton and Daphne Zuniga
CBS Studios has announced that they are bringing back a reboot of the popular ‘90s drama, Melrose Place, with original cast members Heather Locklear, Laura Leighton and Daphne Zuniga returning to reprise their roles. The reboot is currently being shopped to networks and streamers.
Written by Lauren Gussis, creator/executive producer on the Netflix/CBS Studios series Insatiable, the new Melrose Place picks up years after the original series, created by Darren Star, and would provide an update on the beloved characters, one of whom may no longer be with us.
In the new installment, when one of their dearest friends dies suddenly, the OG residents of Melrose Place gather to honor the deceased. But the pressure cooker of a reunion soon uncovers old traumas, rekindles old romances, reignites old resentments, and reveals new secrets… throwing our characters into chaotic drama that’s reminiscent of the past, but with a much more modern perspective.
Locklear, Leighton, and Zuniga are set to star, reprising their fan favorite characters as Amanda Woodward, Sydney Andrews, and Jo Reynolds, respectively. Gussis, Leighton, and Zuniga executive produce alongside Tiffany Grant and Jason Weinberg. CBS Studios, which owns the Spelling library, is the studio. A rep for CBS Studios declined comment.
Melrose Place as well as the series it was spun off from, Beverly Hills, 90210, were created by Star and produced by Aaron Spelling’s Spelling Television for Fox. The offshoot, which aired for seven seasons from 1992-99, followed the lives of a group of young adults living in an apartment complex on Melrose Place in the West Hollywood area of Los Angeles.
Did you watch this series? Are you looking forward to it returning? I have a feeling this may not be as desired by fans as the studio thinks it is. I guess we will just have to wait and see.
via: Deadline