There’s solely on Tree Hill, and it’s Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton‘s onscreen dwelling once more.
As Deadline revealed as we speak, a One Tree Hill sequel sequence is in improvement at Netflix with Bush and Burton reprising the roles of Brooke Davis and Peyton Sawyer and serving as govt producers.
The pair celebrated the return to their TV roots, posting a current forged reunion photograph with Danneel Ackles and Bevin Prince.
“What in the event you actually can return dwelling? If there’s a chance to group with good creatives and construct an area the place all our mates can exhibit their skills? Personal our historical past? Reclaim our turf? Honor our followers? Signal us up,” the pair wrote in a joint assertion posted individually to their respective Instagram accounts.
“There’s just one Tree Hill, in any case,” they continued. “And also you — the #OTHfam — have proven us that it’s not simply an thought. It truly is the place the place ‘the whole lot’s higher and the whole lot’s protected.’”
Authentic forged members responded within the feedback of the posts hoping they can also return dwelling together with Bryan Greenberg, Jana Kramer, Robert Buckley and Daphne Zuniga.
The sequel sequence hails from author/govt producer Becky Hartman Edwards and Warner Bros. TV. Ackles and her husband Jensen Ackles are govt producing the challenge by way of their Chaos Machine banner with the latter in talks to return as Rachel Scott. Emily Moss Wilson is a producer.
Created by Mark Schwahn, One Tree Hill premiered in 2003 and ran for 9 seasons on The WB community and its successor the CW. The sequel is alleged to happen 20 years later following greatest mates Brooke and Peyton who are actually dad and mom to teenagers and dealing with challenges not unfamiliar to what they tackled within the unique sequence like love, insecurities and grief, we perceive.
The approaching-of-age drama additionally starred Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, Bethany Pleasure Lenz, Austin Nichols, Antwon Tanner and Paul Johansson, amongst others. Deadline hears there have been casual conversations with different members of the ensemble forged.
Bush and Burton are the one ones set so far, with formal approaches to others anticipated if/when the sequence is greenlighted. Murray, who performed Lucas Scott throughout 6 seasons and returned as a visitor star in Season 9, has no plans to return for the follow-up, we perceive.
One Tree Hill creator Schwahn, who served as govt producer and showrunner on the unique sequence, has no involvement within the sequel. In 2017, numerous OTHfeminine forged and crew members, together with Bush and Burton, spoke out, accusing him of sexual harassment. The follow-up, headlined by the duo, represents the ladies of OTH reclaiming the present.
Hilarie Burton and Sophia Bush in One Tree Hill.
Set in a fictional North Carolina city, One Tree Hill begins as a narrative about two half-brothers, Lucas (Murray) and Nathan (Lafferty), with a strained relationship pressured to navigate highschool collectively whose social circles ultimately intersect. Because the present progressed, the story opened to observe the entire friendships, romance, heartbreak and familial tensions in Tree Hill, by way of the lens of the kids. Brooke Davis, Peyton Sawyer and Haley James Scott (Lenz) typically anchored the storyline.
Peyton and Brooke are childhood greatest mates who, all through the sequence, change into extra like sisters. Their relationship is put by way of the wringer as they overcome a myriad of obstacles, most notably their love triangle with Lucas. When the sequence begins, Lucas joins their social circle and brings alongside his greatest good friend, Haley, who has a whirlwind romance with Nathan and marries him in highschool. The 2 even have a son, Jamie (Jackson Brundage), who was born their senior yr.
In the long run, Peyton marries Lucas and Brooke falls in love with Julian (Austin Nichols), with whom she has twins, Davis and Jude, characters who will return within the new sequence as teenagers in response to the present’s synopsis.
Danneel Ackles additionally recurred for a number of seasons as Rachel Gatina, initially as an antagonist to Brooke however they later developed a friendship cementing Rachel as a part of the group.
Burton and Bush additionally host a One Tree Hill rewatch podcast with co-star Lenz titled Drama Queens which continues to air and is at present in its seventh season. Additionally they welcome visitor stars to the podcast, together with Jana Kramer, who joined for his or her most up-to-date episode. Burton most lately stepped again from engaged on the podcast with Robert Buckley taking on.
