The Glee reboot has officially been ordered at Disney+ and Hulu, and Ryan Murphy isn’t teasing this time. He says the script is already finished, written with Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, the same team that shaped the show’s first two seasons on Fox. The original ran from 2009 to 2015 and became a genuine cultural phenomenon, so the bar for a revival is high.
Murphy has reportedly spoken with about 10 original cast members, though no returns have been confirmed. Lea Michele has said publicly that she’d love to work with Murphy again, which has fans wondering whether Rachel Berry could be part of the new chapter. The bigger question hanging over the project is how it will address the deaths of Cory Monteith and Naya Rivera, two losses the Glee family and its fans still feel deeply.
The music legacy is impossible to ignore. The cast once held the record for the most Billboard Hot 100 entries, with over 200 songs charting, and the show collected six Emmys and four Golden Globes along the way. A reboot has the nostalgia vote locked up. Whether it can recapture the original’s moment is the real test. Which original cast member would you want to see return first?
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