File under Things You’ll Absolutely Never Need: A Dynasty reboot.
Nevertheless, a Dynasty reboot you shall receive: The CW will be taking on the soapy Carringtons and scandalous Colbys in a new series scheduled for 2017.
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As Deadline reports, it’ll be penned by Revenge‘s writer-producer Sallie Patrick, alongside the original husband-and-wife duo Esther and Richard Shapiro. And the whole project hails from Gossip Girl creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage.
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Meanwhile, the CW is also working on an adaptation of The Lost Boys that’s “envisioned for a seven-season, anthology-style run.”
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ingyaom
Only if it’s gay – which it won’t be… so why even mention it here?
JerseyMike
Please don’t.
Guy068
Fuck yes we need this! Maybe Steven will get some real action this time. What faded C list star should play Alexis tho? Madonna?
TinoTurner
@ingyaom: because it featured an openly gay character at the height of the AIDS crisis, that’s why, idiot
MarionPaige
aren’t all of those “Real Housewives Of” reality shows just low rent versions of Dynasty?
broadshoulder
Dynasty rally went downhill..
Those alien abductions. Still, it kept Kate O’Mara in employment.
Bob LaBlah
Those were the days of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. No, leave it were it is. It had all of us thinking we would one day be rich and we all know now that is a lie.
lykeitiz
Yes! Especially because of the success of the reboots of Dallas, Melrose Place, 90210, oh wait……..never mind.
IDoNotHaveToAgreeWithYou
No. And this is just theft of an old idea. They are trying to make PC version with a hispanics because all the other hispanic soaps they put out the last few years have failed miserably, so they are just stealing the name Dynasty to try to make it work.
Josh447
This has the ear markings of a complete train wreck. As they say “why tamper w perfection?”
mikejohn726
No thanks… we all know what happens most of the time when we brin an old show back from the dead.. let it be
Dorian Prince
No thanks. Let it be the iconic 1980s show that we all loved. Why don’t they just make a show inspired by Dynasty but with its own new world identity? I agree with one poster that said that The Real Housewives is a cheap version of Dynasty…catfights with no class. I think that the Kardashians are a tacky example of that show “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” who think they are like the women of Dynasty. We get the lifestyle ad nauseam but we don’t get cat fights…perhaps a catfight btwn Kim K and Taylor Swift at some press event might make them more likeable?…Nah. Nevermind.
James
@ingyaom: Dynasty? Gay? Of course it is, as gay as Melrose Place!
James
@lykeitiz: I really liked the continuation of Melrose. I was, unfortunately, not among a whole lot of company! But it had very, very hot guys, was just as soapy, and had some of the original stars.
strix1
Really? Wait, I’m not surprised, but will not be watching. If it’s being done by the writers who did Revenge, which was a great show (IMO) they should just create a new family name and a new title…don’t bring up Dynasty, Carringtons or Colbys AT ALL!
And The Lost Boys is my favorite cult film from the 80’s by legendary Joel Schumacher with another epic soundtrack…this will be hit & miss, with all the vamp shows out, I think it is a dying genre…just don’t pop in celebrity starved Corey Feldman…Jason Patric, another story (yes!).
Karlis
I don’t know that we really needed the first Dynasty, especially after the “cliffhanger” in which Alexis and Crystal almost killed each other, and then the first episode of the next season had them all lovey-dovey. Or the episode in which multiple gunmen sprayed a room with machine gun fire and it turned out that only a couple of minor characters died. It was silly, jumped the shark repeatedly, and should probably be allowed to rest in peace.