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Tyger wrote:To think of where just digital video in general was when Saved by the Bell originally aired and now this is happening. I’m just so fucking old, man.

There is a very good reason why neither Zack nor Kelly are a part of the upcoming Saved by the Bell revival: their portrayers have not (yet?) been asked.

“Honestly, I was never approached,” Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who played Zack, told our sister site Variety in the video below. “I woke up to the news this morning with a ‘huh’ kind of response.”

Why the seeming snub? “I kind of understand it… the business side of things,” given that MPG now stars on ABC’s mixed-ish and Peacock is an NBC upstart, the actor said. “But I had no idea [the revival idea] was that far along.”

But “I’ve always been interested [in a revival],” he affirmed.

Hunted down by TMZ also in the wake of the revival news, Gosselaar indicated that he was not alone in not hearing his oversized mobile phone ring. “I believe that Tiffani [Thiessen, who played Kelly] and I, and the rest of the cast, have not been approached yet,” he said. (Thiessen most recently played the mom on Netflix’s Alexa & Katie.)

EXCLUSIVE: There is a new Walker, Texas Ranger in town. Supernatural star Jared Padalecki is set to headline and executive produce Walker, a reimagining of CBS’ long-running 1990s action/crime series Walker, Texas Ranger, I have learned.

The project, written/executive produced by Anna Fricke (Valor) and executive produced by Dan Lin (Lethal Weapon) and Dan Spilo (Sunnyside), is being shopped by CBS TV Studios. I hear the CW, home of Padalecki’s long-running series Supernatural, has emerged as a leading contender for the new show, with CBS, which aired the Chuck Norris-starring Walker, Texas Ranger, also considered a possibility.

Like the original series, created by Albert S. Ruddy & Leslie Greif, the reboot, in which Walker is getting a female partner, will explore morality, family, and rediscovering our lost common ground. At the center of the series is Cordell Walker (Padalecki), a man finding his way back to his family while investigating crime in the state’s most elite unit. Our broken widower and father of two returns home to Austin after being undercover for two years for a high profile case – only to discover that there’s even more work to be done at home. In a nod to the original series, Walker and his new partner — one of the only women in Texas Rangers’ history — are the modern day heroes our world needs, following their own moral code to fight for what’s right, regardless of the rules.

Texas native Padalecki and Fricke executive produce with Rideback’s Lin and Lindsey Libertore and Industry Entertainment’s Dan Spilo. Rideback and Industry Entertainment produce with CBS Studios.

I hear Walker is a straight reboot, in the vein of CBS’ Magnum PI and MacGyver, with a new incarnation of the beloved title character, vs. a sequel where the new lead is a descendant of the protagonist in the original series.

I hear there is great enthusiasm for Walker at the CW where Supernatural has been an institution, with its stars Padalecki and Jensen Ackles revered by CW fans and enjoying a very close relationship with the network’s president and big Supernatural fan Mark Pedowitz.

As Supernatural is heading into its 15th and final season, Pedowitz has made it clear that the door at the network is wide open for the creative team and talent of the show to return anytime. “You will always have a home here, and you will always have a personal fan in me,” he said at TCA last month.

Meanwhile, CBS has had success with reboots of classic procedurals like Hawaii Five-0, MacGyver and Magnum P.I., and the original Walker, Texas Ranger has a legacy on the network. It aired for eight seasons and spawned a followup TV movie, the 2005 Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire.

WyldeMan wrote:The day has finally arrived.....

WyldeMan wrote:I don't care if he lives in Texas now, he can't pull off the hat. It's something a man either can or can't and he absolutely can't so the thought of Sammy wearing that hat for every episode is just laughable.

Rusty wrote:Oh, and the writer tapped for it, Anna Fricke, just happens to be married to Jeremy Carver - the guy that was Supernatural show-runner from season 7 to 11. Season 7 and it's Leviathans was when the show completely shit the bed and never recovered.

Rusty wrote:The fact it might end up on The CW is going to kill it for me. It'll be shot in Canada, and it'll be full over everyone that made the last 8 years of Supernatural shit. Not just in story, but by visuals.

If they film it in the south - Texas/New Mexico/Oklahoma - then it'll at least look right.

Oh, and the writer tapped for it, Anna Fricke, just happens to be married to Jeremy Carver - the guy that was Supernatural show-runner from season 7 to 11. Season 7 and it's Leviathans was when the show completely shit the bed and never recovered.

joey con carne wrote:I don't think we have a Karate Kid thread here. I searched "Cobra", though, and the Cobra Kai thread popped up.

Rusty wrote:What's up with the search function on this site? It fucking sucks. Trying to search for Karate Kid and nothing comes up.

The reason I was searching for that was Tommy, the "Get him a bodybag!" guy from the original film, is dead at 59. Dude has been in a hospital for a month and his organs completely failed.

Tyger wrote:Don’t we technically always have new members?

joey con carne wrote:There is a bot named Samtaken who joined a year ago and never even posted. I figured they would at least post some spam about buying cheap electronics or something.

Wylde, I am assuming you have the admin powers to ban them if they spam.

joey con carne wrote:Currently listening to Fear Inoculum by Tool. Interesting music. I never really listened to Tool before so I'm not all that familiar with their music. Will have to check out their other works.

Tyger wrote:I can definitely see a lot of Pantera when you worked at car places. “Walk on home, boy”

WyldeMan wrote:Guy Ritchie's latest...

Tyger wrote:Mewes just kinda looks there, but Kev always seems excited about everything these days

joey con carne wrote:I find it amusing Kevin Smith only wears clothes that would fit him properly when he was heavier.

Not that he would give a shit what I or other people think, that XXXXL blazer looks just awful.

Tyger wrote:And still with the damn jorts. Harley needs to nominate him for Queer Eye.

joey con carne wrote:I remember reading about a horror movie a while back. It's an oldie. I don't know who is in it or what the exact story was but I do know lots of people died and at the end, it turned out to be one giant prank a bunch of people were playing on this one girl and no one actually died.

Does any of this ring any bells with you guys?

WyldeMan wrote:

That sounds like the 1986 horror classic April Fool's Day.