The drama on Wisteria Lane seems to be set to proceed with a brand new iteration of the hit ABC present Determined Housewives in improvement.
The present is scheduled at Onyx Collective, with Kerry Washington to executive-produce together with Pilar Savone and Natalie Chaidez. The latter, who lately labored on The Flight Attendant, may also write the spin-off collection, presently titled Wisteria Lane.
The collection, first reported by Deadline, will purportedly be a enjoyable, darkish, attractive cleaning soap/thriller set amongst 5 totally different frenemies who reside on a picture-perfect cul-de-sac with the identical identify as the unique collection. “On the floor, all of the Wisteria neighbors reside the dream: stunning properties, beautiful households, shiny SUVs within the driveway,” in response to the preliminary report. “However behind these white-picket fences and smiling Insta posts are SECRETS.”
The unique collection, created by Marc Cherry starring Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, Nicolette Sheridan, Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross, grew to become a fast hit in 2004. It ran for eight seasons and greater than 200 episodes on ABC, racking up 38 Emmy nominations and a win for Huffman, for finest comedy actress, in 2005.
It’s unclear whether or not Washington will star within the new collection, which falls beneath her Simpson Avenue banner. Cherry was not concerned within the pitch however should still collaborate on the undertaking, sources instructed Deadline.
The information comes on the heels of the twentieth anniversary of Determined Housewives’ premiere final fall, which introduced a brand new wave of nostalgia and hypothesis over a reboot. In November, Cherry instructed Individuals that “about 70,000 individuals” had requested him a couple of reboot, however that he would most likely set it in an precedent days. “I might most likely need to do the thought perhaps in an earlier decade. As a result of the character I miss writing probably the most is definitely Wisteria Lane,” he mentioned. “That was probably the most enjoyable playground anybody within the historical past of tv has ever had, as a result of we owned the entire road.” The present’s set stays a vacationer attraction at Common Studios and has been used for quite a few movies and commercials.
The unique solid have engaged with reboot discuss, as properly, with Longoria telling Stellar Journal earlier this month that she “could be the primary particular person” to join a brand new Determined Housewives. As of now, there are not any plans for any of the unique solid members to look on the brand new Wisteria Lane.
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