Gilmore Girls Revival Officially a Go at Netflix; Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Kelly Bishop and More Returning
Netflix has officially booked its trip back to Stars Hollow.
The streaming service on Friday at long last confirmed that it is resurrecting Gilmore Girls, with series stars Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Scott Patterson and Kelly Bishop signed on to reprise their respective roles as Lorelai, Rory, Luke and Emily.
Other returning vets include Sean Gunn (Kirk) and Keiko Agena (Lane).
Netflix made the announcement on Twitter and Graham followed with a celebratory Tweet of her own (see below).
OY with the poodles, already! See you on set, Amy Sherman-Palladino, @thelaurengraham @alexisbledel. #GilmoreGirls pic.twitter.com/kM36J1JVgV
— Netflix US (@netflix) January 29, 2016
I CAN NOW CONFIRM: it’s time for me, and this jacket I stole in 2007, to return to work.@netflix #GilmoreGirls pic.twitter.com/tBb07J9oO1
— Lauren Graham (@thelaurengraham) January 29, 2016
TVLine, meanwhile, has learned that the four-part revival — tentatively titled Gilmore Girls: Seasons — begins filming Feb. 2 in Los Angeles.
Gilmore creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and executive producer producer Daniel Palladino will write and direct all of Seasons, which will consist of four 90-minute installments. As TVLine exclusively revealed, each installment will represent a different season (winter, spring, etc.) over the course of one calendar year. Seasons is set in the present day, approximately eight years after Gilmore Girls reached its too-soon conclusion on The CW.
How are you feeling about Seasons (aside from your obvious unbridled joy)? Drop a comment with your hopes and fears for the Netflix revival series below.
I really hope Jared Padalecki can be a part of this since he wants in it.
Agreed. Milo as well. Happy Kirk is back.
No. Jut no.
I would have died just fine with Kirk not making an appearance. And I liked Jess best, but he and the other boyfriends are pretty low on my list of wants for this continuation. As long as Rory and Lane are still BFFs, Luke and Lorelai are together, and Rory and Lorelai are still “freakishly linked,” I’m good.
To be honest I’m glad Kirk is there. We need the crazy ladies too through like Miss Patty and such.
I’m a little shocked they are filming so soon.
I agree. The crazy ladies added something to the show. I got hooked on the reruns. So glad they’re coming back.
Sooki and Jackson, OH PLEASE OH PLEASE!!!
yes! Melissa please make it happen
Yes they need to
He was kind of a jerk. Don’t see any need for him (Jared).
lol, what? Did you work on the show?
That’s baseless nonsense gossip.
I’m assuming Jeri means Dean was a jerk, not Jared.
I think she means “Dean” was a jerk..
Melissa McCarthy isn’t coming back – she really didn’t like doing the show. And no one needs that weirdo Kirk – he never should have been promoted to regular.
She didn’t?! That’s sad to hear! I loved her on it.
Suki was such a big part of the show. Too bad Melissa doesn’t want to bring her back!
Interesting. how do you know she didn’t like doing the show? Did she tell you that?
You know there are these things called interviews.
You know there are these things called links.
Ugh I like her better on gg than any movie or Mike and Molly
Are you an insider or is this just an assumption?
No no no, i’m rooting for Matt Crutzky to come back! :D
Yesss!! I agree
Sweet Jesus no. We’ve suffered enough. Can’t the one bright spot in the unkillableness that is everything about Supernatural (except its women, of course) be that it keeps Dean OFF the new series? There’s only 4 episodes, let’s not waste our precious time in Stars Hollow with that character.
Dean was always one of my favorites, but that stopped when he left her at the grandparents house and acted pouty. The more I watched it the more I loved Logan!
Probably not with his Supernatural committments. If they had waited to start filming until the Supernatural hiatus… but he’s pulling series regular hours up in Canada. We’ll see though. He likes to go home on the weekends. That’s a KILLER triangle for any man. :(
There’s really not much point for him to return. Dean and Rory’s story is over.
Yayyy! Maybe now we can see Lorelai and Luke finally be a happily married couple. Melissa McCarthy should at least make a small appearance!
Agreed on both
The teen girl that lives in this full grown woman is exhausted….Finding Carter is over…Gilmore Girls is back! However GG is vastly superior and I shall wait patiently to see what my favorite ladies!
Please, I just hope they keep WHERE YOU LEAD as the main song of the show.
It will be. Amy has said during an interview that the song would never change, ever.
Yeeeees!!!
Amen!!
This is all so perfect!!!!! GAHHHHH!!!! (but, if I can be greedy for just one second, I’m going to still need Paris Geller to show up at some point! Clearly Shonda Rhimes can lend out Liza Weil for at least one episode, right?) Otherwise, I will go back to cheering and failing around my house now :)
yes! liza weil and melissa mccarthy need to make a guest appearance!
AGREED!! Liza and Melissa are my dream wish list to round out the cast. (I also wouldn’t mind catching up with Miss Patty, but that is not a requirement.)
I agree they should show up at least for one episode. The shows are being created to put a good ending to the Gilmore Girls and I think it would be good to be able to close out the characters with a good note
Can Gilmore keep her? Bonnie Winterbottom is about as terrible a character as her name is.
YASSSSSSS!
So excited!
I’m over the moon the Gilmore girls are coming back. My husband and myself enjoyed that program. Never wanted to end. Judith cairns
I was never a fan of this show, but I’m happy for their fans and I hope Netflix does this with other show! Chuck, Monk, Sliders, Firefly, Psych, Quantum Leap…so many other good ones!
Yes, Quantum Leap!!! I’m only 37 and I totally forget, but did Sam ever leap home? If not, then damn…at least do a two hour movie about the final leap! Scott Bakula still looks good, but the might run out of time with Dean Stockwell!
Sorry. Final episode made clear Sam never did leap home. Think he may have ended up in New Orleans😀
+1 for you
When does it come back on??? It just says 2016 IT IS 2016!!!
Big ol’ GILMORE link atop every TVLINE page, with the latest popping-fresh info.
No Sam didn’t make it home. I loved Quantum Leap in its time but a couple years ago watched the complete series again and aside from a couple of episodes it did not hold up well at all. Really wished I had rewatched them.
If I remember correctly it end with the words “sam never makes it home..” Or something similar and equally disappointing.
He did not. I am still angry.
The show closed with a black screen and the words ” Sam Becket never made it home”. Apparently the show was cancelled suddenly and they hastily wrapped it up. They didn’t even spell Beckett correctly.
Thanks, A.D. Appreciate your nice thoughts 😍
I wouldn’t mind a Psych and Chuck reunion. USA almost did a series of Monk movies, but they canned the idea. I want a Hart of Dixie movie, too. The show wrapped up nicely, but I miss it.
no way for chuck/monk/sliders/firefly/quantum leap all the actors are doing other shows so they can not do these shows again.
This is great news!Plus i still think Melissa McCarthy will reprise her role as Sookie but maybe not in all 4 movies because she could be in the first and the last one and the other two Sookie could be at teaching at a cooking school or something.
FINALLY!!! Thank you!!! BEST NEWS EVER!!!!
What about Melissa MCcarthy coming back as sookie St James?
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG best news ever
Unbridled joy pretty much sums it up!!! So very happy that all the key players are back. Still hoping for a Melissa McCarthy appearance in one, if not all. Fingers crossed.
All in all.. Happy dance!
Melissa and Jared should be there too!!!
Yes! I’m sure they will have more than just those characters but I’m so happy it’s confirmed. Isn’t Alexis Bledel pregnant? Would they write that in? I can’t believe filming starts next week, I’m hoping for some good BTS shots in the coming weeks :)
Hmm that’d beintersesting if they did she never showed much interest in wanting to be with children and also stated that in a ep. Though mb being lanes lorali for herboys might have helped with wanting to be a mum.
Based on her SAG photos from last night, she isn’t pregnant.
And although I’m at the point where I’m about to be Melissa McCarthy-ed out…I did enjoy her on Gilmore Girls as Sookie. Is she still a no for this extra continuation of the series?
I could do without Lane’s band; however, I would welcome the return of Sebastian Bach’s Gil, but I never really liked Todd Lowe’s Zack. It always seemed to me that Lane married beneath her (I liked her best with Dave Rygalski–too bad her mother’s acceptance of him turned her off) but it would be interesting to see what her twins are like, and how her nonconformist personality influences her parenting–did she end up like a hipster no-boundaries kind of mom, or is she strict, just like her mom?
Please say that Liza Weil is returning as well…
PS. I understand Kirk represented the quirk of the town, but if they give too much screen time to him or his girl (forget her name…lulu?), or even Taylor Dosey, I will be a bit peeved. Let’s focus on the gilmores and their immediate circle (Luke, Lane, Paris, Sookie), please. It’s fine to show that Babette are still alive and kicking, but the heart of the show is Lorelai and Rory, so I expect that these four episodes should revolve around them, and not too much of the zany residents of Stars Hollow.
Kirk always kind of annoyed me. We get it, he’s quirky and can’t hold a job down long. I agree that Lorelai and Rory are the heart of the show. And I’d love to see what Paris is up to.
Fail. Kirk has many jobs. He just happens to be doing each one at different times. There’s an episode where we learn he has so many jobs he has hundreds of thousands of dollars saved.
Yesssssssssss! I too hope Melissa McCarthy makes an appearance!
Her sitcom is over, so theoretically she’d have the time, depending on her movie schedule.
I believe she would make the time to at least have a few episode arc if she was asked. She has been very down to earth in her commitment to Chuck (M&M) and has always seemed to appreciate the importance of her TV “families” in her career success. On announcement like this, they will never be able to straight up name her in casting, since she has other commitments, but my bet is be confident it is being discussed to work her in if it is possible. I don’t think she’s the type of person you will hear reports of “she wanted too much money”, plus it’s Netflix, so I’d imagine they’d meet on agreeable finances if the schedules can align. Plus of course producers will also want to hold out announcements like that til closer to air to draw in ratings – or in this case members :-)
Well said. Maybe it’s wishful thinking on our part since we don’t really know her but that’s why I get from Melissa too. Her status has changed and ASP already mentioned that working out the deals for the actors took a long time so we’ll see
I have no words to fully convey the awesomesauce amazeballs-ness of this confirmation. Yes we knew but the tweets from Lauren and Netflix…omg oy with the poodles already. Gimme!
What perfect serendipity…this announcement as I’m watching Gilmore Girls on UP. 😊❤️ So very, very excited! Right now I don’t even care that Sookie won’t be an on-screen part of this show, there are so many ways her presence can still be felt that it will be fine.
I can’t wait! But I will. Thank all envolved for your work. I don’t expect perfection, I expect Gilmore Girls.
So happy. I love the idea of four seasons. I am cautiously optimistic that they will tie up the loose ends that were left when the series end. Still sad to think that Edward Hermann’s Richard will be missing. A tribute to him will be a definite must.
That’s the one thing that won’t make the continuation feel 100% like Gilmore Girls. I’m super-stoked to get 360 extra minutes of the show, but Richard Gilmore’s absence will be deeply felt, not just for those involved with the show, but for those of us glued to Netflix, binge-watching, when the episodes are up.
yes that is the one sad reminder of this reunion, I really hope they have a tribute or at least a flashback of a tribute
Great news. I can’t wait to see this.
What about Melissa?!?
Happy,Happy,Happy!!!!!
Love that they are coming back, but where is Sookie?! Stars Hollow won’t be the same without our favorite chef…