Nearly 15 years after the finale, Bill Lawrence understands followers’ reluctance to have fun the information of a Scrubs reboot.
After Deadline reported that the undertaking is in improvement at ABC with twentieth Television, the medical sitcom’s creator and government producer responded to involved followers of the present, which initially ran for 9 seasons from 2001 to 2010.
One fan stated he “hope[s] this doesn’t occur,” asking Lawrence on X if he’s returning for the reboot. Although he’s creating the followup, he won’t return as showrunner.
“Yeah, I’ll assist,” wrote Lawrence in response. “Why would you hope it doesn’t occur? Not a ton of individuals are understanding right here. The forged/crew all love one another. And if it’s nice you’ll be psyched. If it’s not you received’t watch. Get on board! lol.”
The fan defined that the finale was so “unbelievable,” he hopes Lawrence and the writers can “recapture that magic,” or else it is going to “really feel compelled.”
“I hear you man. And I’m grateful you’re invested,” Lawrence replied. “But we should give you one thing that makes it appear worthwhile. And hopefully we are going to nail it. But huge enjoyable to strive. It’s our job!”
In one other response, he admitted, “Look, truthfully, this will likely be like all exhibits. We may blow it. We may nail it. I’ve had each experiences usually.”
“Guess the straightforward reboot sum up: I get some of us reservations the identical method I get others’ pleasure,” added Lawrence in a publish. “Both simply really feel like strain to do one thing cool/new/good. We’re gonna strive. I think about the world will tell us if it really works.”
With Lawrence on board, twentieth TV is shifting in to safe the primary Scrubs unique forged — Zach Braff, who performs John ‘J.D.’ Dorian, Sarah Chalke (Elliot Reid), Donald Faison (Christopher Turk) and John C. McGinley (Perry Cox). It’s unclear if Judy Reyes will return as no-nonsense nurse Carla Espinosa, who left the medical comedy forward of its remaining season. According to sources, her character is factored into early plans for the reboot.
Scrubs star Judy Reyes, creator Bill Lawrence, stars Ken Jenkins, Sarah Chalke, Zach Braff, Neil Flynn, Donald Faison and John C. McGinley have fun the a hundredth episode
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“Big chunks of the artistic group behind the digicam, and most of it from in entrance of the digicam, are all tremendous invested and excited,” Lawrence informed Deadline in October, indicating that he would deliver again a few of his artistic collaborators for the Scrubs followup, which on the time he described as being “very near being labored out.”
Lawrence informed Deadline in the identical interview that he envisions Scrubs 2.0 as a hybrid between a revival, revisiting unique characters a decade and a half after the unique collection ended its run, and a reboot, revamping the unique idea with new characters because the collection is about to introduce new interns.
“We’ve been speaking about quite a bit, and I feel the one actual cause to do it’s a combo,” Lawrence stated on the time. “A: folks desirous to see what the world of medication was like for the folks they love, which is a part of any profitable reboot. But B: I feel that present all the time labored since you get to see younger folks dropped into the world of medication, figuring out younger those who go there are tremendous idealistic and are doing it as a result of it’s a calling. There’s no cliché ‘wealthy docs enjoying golf’ — that’s not what it’s anymore. So I feel that, it doesn’t matter what it’s, it will be an enormous mistake to not do as a combo of these two issues.”
