West Hollywood’s most iconic residents are making their return!
ET has realized {that a} Melrose Place reboot is within the works at CBS Studios that may have Heather Locklear, Laura Leighton and Daphne Zuniga reprising their iconic TV characters. The collection — created by Darren Star — is at the moment in improvement and shall be written and government produced by Lauren Gussis.
“When one in every of their dearest mates dies all of the sudden, the OG residents of Melrose Place collect to honor the deceased. However the stress cooker of a reunion quickly uncovers previous traumas, rekindles previous romances, reignites previous resentments, and divulges new secrets and techniques throwing our characters into chaotic drama that is harking back to the previous, however with a way more fashionable perspective,” the collection logline reads.
The deceased forged member has but to be revealed, however we do know that Locklear will return as Amanda Woodward, Leighton is again as Sydney Andrews and Zuniga will reprise her function as Jo Reynolds.
Melrose Place was the spin-off of Star’s already fashionable teen drama, Beverly Hills, 90210 and centered on a gaggle of mates who skilled every part from love, heartbreak, betrayal and a pretend dying of their residential residence complicated. The collection ran for seven seasons from 1992 to 1999 and in addition starred a rotating forged, together with Andrew Shue, Josie Bissett, Kelly Rutherford, Lisa Rinna, Jack Wagner and Alyssa Milano.
The collection was briefly rebooted in 2009 for one season on the CW.
And in 2020, 10 of the unique collection stars, together with Locklear, appeared throughout a digital reunion in assist of the Actor’s Fund throughout the pandemic.
Shortly after the Melrose Place reunion — which marked the primary time the forged was collectively in nearly a decade — ET spoke with Bissett, Leighton and Zuniga, who shared how they’ve all remained shut all through the years.
“In fact, we remained in contact through the years, however we lately reconnected and it has been so nice to have these mates that we had in our early 20s,” Leighton stated. “A lot has occurred with our careers and our lives, however we saved in contact and it has been nice to have causes to get collectively and do all the catching up that we have to do. It is good to go down reminiscence lane.”
“For me it was a long-term household,” Zuniga stated, reflecting about her time on the collection. “I bear in mind simply being there and the familiarity. Using bikes on the weekend with one another, and I believe we used to do Pilates with Laura. I simply bear in mind the household a part of it, which was actually nice, and it was a time the place we didn’t have telephones. I believe we might go to the mall in in-between hours.”
When requested if she was open to turning the important thing and returning to the notorious residence complicated, Bissett shared she was “positively open” to the concept.
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