Melissa Gilbert Says ‘Little House On The Prairie’ Reboot At Netflix “Will Do Things We Didn’t Get To Do So Easily In ’70s”

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TV’s original Laura Ingalls is speaking out about Netflix’s plans to reboot Little House on the Prairie. In an interview with EW, Melissa Gilbert, aka the Laura in the long-running NBC series from 1974-1984, said, “there’s room in the Little House universe for all different kinds of stories to be told, just like there was always room in the Little Women universe to keep retelling that story.” “These are classic stories, and no one’s done it where they hewed to the books completely,” Gilbert said. “[The original] was Michael Landon’s interpretation, and now it’s time for someone else’s interpretation.

And I think there’s plenty of room for that. And I think there’s a lot of other stories to mine beyond that. So I think this opens the door in a lot of ways for all kinds of Little House on the Prairie projects.” Netflix recently revealed that it has greenlit a reboot of Little House, which has enjoyed a stunning resurgence on Peacock recently.

Rebecca Sonnenshine (The Boys, Vampire Diaries, Archive 81) will serve as showrunner and executive producer on what Netflix is describing as a “reimagining” of the series based on the book series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Other EPs are Joy Gorman Wettels for Joy Coalition, Dana Fox, Susanna Fogel and Trip Friendly for Friendly Family Productions — who’s been pushing for a reboot for years.