Hilarie Burton Is “So Excited” To Work With ‘One Tree Hill’ Reboot Showrunner Becky Hartman Edwards

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With a new showrunner at the helm, Hilarie Burton-Morgan is looking forward to a potential return to One Tree Hill. After she and Sophia Bush confirmed they’re working on a reboot of their hit WB/CW teen soap, the actress praised their writer and executive producer Becky Hartman Edwards (Virgin River, Firefly Lane, The Bold Type) as they develop the followup together. “Our showrunner, Becky Hartman Edwards, is so good at female friendships and multi-generational shows, and that’s why we were so excited to team up with her,” Burton-Morgan told People. “So I feel very confident in what’s being presented.” One Tree Hill creator Mark Schwahn, who served as executive producer and showrunner on the original series, has no involvement in the sequel.

In 2017, a number of OTH female cast and crew members, including Bush and Burton, spoke out, accusing him of sexual harassment.

The new series presents an opportunity for the women to reclaim the show. Noting that the reboot is not yet greenlit, Burton-Morgan said she hopes Netflix “goes for it” after Deadline reported in August that the show is in the works at the streamer. “When it was kind of leaked, it was very, very, very early in the game,” she explained. “So we’re in the process of presenting things to Netflix, and they will get to decide whether or not it’s greenlit.

But I think the more people show that they’re excited about it, the better.” Returning as an executive producer with Burton-Morgan, Bush previously raved that the process of developing the series has been “really incredible.” “The fans have kept that show alive, and they’ve asked for it for so long, and the studio came to us about,” she told Access. “I think 10 years ago, I would have said ‘not on your life.’