SWEET VALLEY HIGH Series in the Works at The CW Based on the Books and '90s TV Show
A new series is in the works at The CW titled Sweet Valley, and it is based on the Sweet Valley High books by Francine Pascal. The bestselling novels were previously adapted into the 1994 series titled Sweet Valley High, which ran for four seasons. Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, who turned the Gossip Girl YA books into a hit series for the CW (and now HBO Max), are executive producing the series, with Ashley Wigfield, writer-producer on HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboot, writing the adaptation.
In the series, “Sweet Valley is the town everyone dreams of growing up in. And there’s no better example of that promise than Elizabeth Wakefield. But when her missing twin sister Jessica miraculously returns, it reignites a lifelong rivalry. It falls to new girl Enid Ruiz to discover that someone (or something) is pulling all the strings, but can she convince the twins that putting their personal war aside is the only way to drag Sweet Valley’s dark roots into the California sunshine?”
The book series launched in 1983, with 181 books published in the next 20 years, so there’s plenty of material for the TV show to take on, with the expected updates to modernize the stories. I remember the original show from when I was a kid, and I remember it being fairly soap opera-like. But I’m sure it will resonate with teenagers, and they will enjoy it if it’s done in a way that reflects them.
Are you interested in a new Sweet Valley series?
via: Deadline