‘Friday Night Lights’ Reboot In The Works At Universal TV
deadline.comFriday Night Lights could be the next series rebooted. A new iteration of the football drama is in the works at Universal Television with Jason Katims, Pete Berg and Brian Grazer, Deadline has confirmed.
It’s believed to be a new story, still set in the world of high school football, with new characters rather than the previous cast, which featured the likes of Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Taylor Kitsch and Jesse Plemons.
The project is in the early stages but has been taken out to market. A reboot of Friday Night Lights, either as a series or as a movie, has been long talked about since it ended after five seasons.
The series, which was based on a book by H.G. Bissinger and a 2004 film, was set in the fictional town of Dillon in rural West Texas.
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