The “Friday Night Lights” reboot sequence has landed at Peacock in a extremely aggressive state of affairs, Variety has confirmed.
The sequence is now in improvement on the NBCUniversal streaming service. It was reported in November {that a} new model of the sequence was within the works, however it was not arrange at a streaming service at the moment.
The official logline for the brand new sequence states, “Following a devastating hurricane, a rag tag highschool soccer group and their broken, interim coach make an unlikely bid for a Texas High School State Championship changing into a beacon of sunshine for his or her city.”
Original sequence showrunner and government producer Jason Katims can be main the brand new sequence, together with authentic director and government producer Peter Berg and authentic government producer Brian Grazer. Kristen Zolner will be part of as government producer for Imagine Entertainment. Universal Television will function the studio.
The authentic “Friday Night Lights” sequence aired for 5 seasons from 2006 to 2011, first on NBC after which on AT&T’s The 101 Network. It was impressed by H. G. Bissinger’s 1990 novel of the identical title, which was first tailored by Berg as a 2004 film starring Billy Bob Thornton.
The authentic “Friday Night Lights” sequence adopted a highschool soccer group within the fictional city of Dillon, Texas, coached by Kyle Chander’s Eric Taylor. The sequence additionally starred Connie Britton, Taylor Kitsch, Minka Kelly, Zach Gilford, Jesse Plemons, Michael B. Jordan and Jurnee Smollett, amongst others. The present obtained 14 Emmy nominations all through its run, with Chandler profitable the award for finest actor in a drama in 2011 and Katims profitable finest writing for a drama that very same yr.
Deadline first reported the present was arrange at Peacock.
