'Friday Night Lights' Creator Calls Reboot a ‘Complete Reinvention’
The news drop in late 2024, revealing that the hit television show Friday Night Lights would return, was met with an array of overjoyed responses from fans.
While little has been provided regarding updates since that point, it hasn't stopped speculation from running rampant. The biggest questions surround the potential for names from the original series to return in some form or fashion.
Fortunately, one thing that is known is that the original show's creator, Peter Berg, will return for the reboot, and he opened up about what fans can expect during an interview with Esquire.
Berg told Esquire it'll be "a complete reinvention of the show."
"We want to do it with a whole new cast, but obviously there'll be football in it. But the original show was done a long time ago. There were no cell phones. No social media. It was a very different world, and yet the same values still exist, and the same family dynamics exist," Berg explained.
From the sound of it, fans can prepare for significant differences from what they witnessed with the original Friday Night Lights, which ran over five seasons, beginning in Oct. 2006, with its series finale on Feb. 9, 2011. The question surrounding any former stars returning will be a big one, but it sounds like a few guest appearances could be on the horizon.
Berg admitted that while the idea of some former cast members making appearances is "great," the success will hinge on the reinvention aspect of it.
"...if certain cast members come back, have appearances, that’s great. But if Friday Night Lights works, it’ll be because it works as a reinvention," Berg said.
While the update doesn't provide any news on potential castings or names to monitor, the speculation surrounding the show's future is bound to ramp up after Berg's latest comments.
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source https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/friday-night-lights-tv-show-creator-makes-telling-admission-about-reboot
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