Details of Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas’ reboot of Beverly Hills, 90210 are emerging, and I’m not sure fans of the original will be happy. (Tough luck; this show’s not for you.) Judging by the casting-search and character breakdowns revealed in this Variety article, it doesn’t look like any of the characters from the original show (pictured) will be back, although there are a brother and sister with the last name Silver, so they could be related to Brian Austin Green’s David Silver from the old show. (The Silver girl is Jewish and media-savvy — she has her own YouTube show — is she the new Andrea?)
The CW series will, like the original, center on a family (named Mills, not Walsh) with two teen siblings, a girl and a guy; only this time, the guy is more like bad-boy Dylan than wholesome Brandon, and he’s also adopted — and probably African-American. In fact, the new show promises to be a little more racially diverse than the old show, though I didn’t spot any Latino or Asian characters. (The show’s still set in California, isn’t it?)
Read the breakdown at Variety, then tell us if you think 90210 2.0 will do justice to the original, improve upon it, or go flat faster than a soda at the Peach Pit.
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i think i just got tingly little goosebumps thinking about how freaking awesome new 90210 is going to be. if these people are “Silver”s, i want B.A.G. cameos aplenty, as well as appearances by Mel Silver, original 90210’s resident DILF.
Well thanks for hurting my feelings. I was so hoping to see Donna and David’s kid as the “Silver girl”. Steven could have married an Asian woman and we could have the Asian friend. Andrea had a baby by a Latino so their kid could have been the Latino friend. Then we would have like all the races respresented:white, Black (the adoptee), Latino, Jew, Asian.
This will not be as good as the original. I can’t believe they are remaking it already. My friends and I grew up watching 90210. It is too soon for this show to be remade and it will never be as good. It’s classic 90s. That’s all there is to it.
How can this be labeled a “spin-off” when there aren’t any real links other than the zip code? We don’t have any Silver-to-Silver confirmation yet…
they’re saying this harry mills went to beverly, not west beverly. so they can’t even call this a spinoff! i swear, if they go into the peach pit (or even the peach pit after dark), and nat is like, “hey you remind me of some people i once knew,” i am going to throw up. and with the new zip codes, shouldn’t the new show be called BEVERLY HILLS 90210-5302?
That description of the case made me way more interested than I imagined I could be. That’s not saying a lot, but we’ll see.
SNL said it best this last weekend….this show has already been remade as One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, The OC, The Hills and just about any other show on the CW……when 90210 came out it was (for lack of a better word) revolutionary cause it showed teenagers with adult problems in a rich environment.
That is now every other show on tv.
That being said as long as they cast pretty actors it will be a big hit.
Why is Hollywood so obsessed with remakes? Isn’t it bad enough that television shows from decades past are being remade into feature-length movies? I mean, did we really need Starsky & Hutch or Bewitched? Is Dragnet going to be a runaway hit? No. Let’s just remember 90210 fondly as a show we all grew up with and leave it at that. It wasn’t broken, so why are people trying to fix it? Sadly, the answer seems to be that there is a major shortage of new, fresh ideas out there so people are turning to remakes and spinoffs and are trying to add their signature to it. It’s just sad. Someone somewhere out there must have an original idea!
Why? Why would they do something like this? Seriously, what’s next? Remaking Dallas? Dynasty? Fantasy Island? The Facts of Life? Though…a modern remake of FOL would be kind of cool. How does one go about becoming a pitch person at CW??
Yet another childhood/teenage memory ruined. Thanks, CW.
Remakes=total lack of imagination. The only two words I cared about were Rob Thomas. He needs to be creating a reboot of Veronica Mars!!! Evidently, I’m not over that yet.
Meh. Oh who am I kidding? Of course I’ll check it out. Note to the tall foreheads at the CW, the new 90210 should be paired with “Gossip Girl”
Just get back to “Veronica Mars”!!! Shop it around to other networks – FX, A & E, Lifetime, Bravo, hell- even Spike! There’s gotta be a network interetsed in a show with such a rabid and devoted fan base!
If it’s not tied to anything in the old show, then it’s a transplant of the first season of The OC, and nothing was better than the first season of The OC. Including the rest of the seasons of The OC.
I would only watch the new version if some of the original characters return. If it goes the way this is explained, I’m out. I’m a major 90210 fan. Just finished watching the high school graduation episode on SoapNet.
I’m actually kind of upset that they are considering doing this. I would almost be like making a spin off of Friends or something. 90210 was a great memory of my teenage years…let’s leave it at that, please. You know that any connections they try to make to the original are not going to match…they never do for those of us who are hard-core enough to know every detail of the original. I won’t be watching.
If this does make it to air, I’ll give it an episode or two. I absolutely loved the original so seeing as how none of the original cast is participating, I’d like to see this be more of an “update” than “spinoff”. There is a lot that could be done with improving upon the production values of the first ‘90210′. But I have a feeling this will be a dim version of a shiny high school/college memory (I’m the same as as the ‘90210′ class). I’ll give it a shot, but it’ll have to impress me ALOT. None of the other teen dramas that have come out since ‘90210′, save ‘Party of Five’ has hooked me yet.
I meant I’m the same AGE as the ‘90210′ class. Duh!
No Shannen Doherty, I won’t be there. 90210 was just another cheesy show without her…..
And what’s the point in calling it 90210 if there’s nothing to do with the original? Really, can’t they just show it with being attached to the old show?
You would’ve think they call Shannen Doherty or Jennie garth, or ven freakin’ Tori Spelling so they have something to do with it. But no.
And I’m sorry Rob Thomas fans, but as a stand-alone concept, the characters and plot of this new version are incredibly stupid.
It feels to me they’re linking themselves to 90210 to call attention to any kind of crappy show to put on the air.
You’d think Rob Thomas would do more than that – I actually thought it was somewhat cool the idea to reimagine the series in his vision. But after seeing what’s his planning, the only thought crossing thru my head right now, it’s that the Veronica Mars cancelation made him go insane.
There will not be any of the old characters. WHat kind of crap is that. This new 90210 will be cancelled after the first few episodes. Come one people who are fans of this show back then want to see the original cast duh. Sorry does not sound like a great series. Put the original cast and will see how it goes.
Just make them hang out at the Peach Pit. That’s all I need.
Please…Please….Don’t do this !
F’ with Melrose Place…you will only disgrace yourself…doesn’t the CW have enough crap teen shows….
first of all
theses people are right
you definatly need the silver kids
to have their parents be donna’s and davids
second of all, the peach pit HAS to be there!WITH NAT!!!!
Now we all know that Kelly is a Guidence councellor,
but what about Dylan?
this show at least has a chance with dylan!
and steve… i guess,
i mean really
what else is ian ziering doiing
I MEAN REALLY?
first of all
theses people are right
you definatly need the silver kids
to have their parents be donna’s and davids
second of all, the peach pit HAS to be there!WITH NAT!!!!
Now we all know that Kelly is a Guidence councellor,
but what about Dylan?
this show at least has a chance with dylan!
and steve… i guess,
i mean really
what else is ian ziering doiing
I MEAN REALLY?
preferably not jason preistly!
not cuz he was bad on the original
but we all know the “curse”
if he guest apperencees on a show
with-in a few episodes its cancelled!
and just to let u know
im 18 and i beleive i fall into
the younger crowd
and i still dont think
this show stands a
chance in hell of working
without some of the original
characters!
at the same time of attracting new
veiwers
you might want to think about
bringing in some of the old ones
aswell
my mother loved this show
and now years later
so do i!
PLEASE DONT RUIN IT!!!
I watched this show every single time it came on and LOVED it. I think this is going to ruin it completely, it would be like when they tried to bring Saved by the Bell back and it FLOPPED! Bad idea guys…really bad idea!
If this show is to have a chance the old characters need to play a role. It will buy time to establish the series and allow for the audience to warm up to the new crew. Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth will add to the glamour but they must add Jason and Ian. They can re-establish the past and move into the new. Luke and Shannen wow instant credibility. Good Luck i will watch to see what happens!
Its very sad to see the change that are made in something that we enjoyed so much watching… im catching up on old episodes on the soap channel but by the looks of it I think ill still watch my reruns… the new series seems to have forgoten some of the characters and topics we watched time and time again…