The quest continues to reboot thirtysomething for the small display screen.
Original sequence star Peter Horton, who performed Gary Shepherd within the drama that aired from 1987 to 1991 on ABC, gave his followers an replace Wednesday on the place the undertaking stands. He first engaged followers in regards to the risk final August by asking them to “try blasting” Amazon Studios and MGM Studios about doing the reboot.
“The bad news,” he wrote on X Wednesday, “Amazon has decided not to program our reboot. Good news: they gave us permission to take it out wide! Take it anywhere without encumbrance. This is big! So keep it up. Stay tuned for progress reports! Keep up the pressure!!!”
Series star Mel Harris (Hope Steadman) responded by encouraging followers to maintain tweeting with the whereisthirtysomething hashtag.
The thought of a thirtysomething reboot first surfaced in 2019, when creators Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick’s started pitching a brand new incarnation of the present. ABC not solely gave it a pilot order the next yr however revealed that 4 of the unique forged members have been recreation to recur — Ken Olin (Michael Steadman), Mel Harris (Hope Murdoch), Timothy Busfield (Elliot Weston) and Patty Wettig (Nancy Weston). They could be joined by an ensemble of recent faces enjoying the grown-up, 30-something kids of the unique foremost characters.
The promising undertaking was shelved, nonetheless, in the course of the pandemic. Now it’s Horton’s mission to maintain the dream alive.
“Help us get first thirtysomething streamable and thirtysomething reboot off the ground,” he tweeted in August. “We’re already so close! But we need your help.”