Misfits is getting an American reboot from The O.C. creator (cast added)

[Bigbigguy]

Misfits, the teen drama out of England that developed a cult following when it aired between 2009 and 2013, is getting an American adaptation.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Freeform (formerly known as ABC Family) will host the new series, which is being executive produced by Josh Schwartz. Schwartz has made a name for himself in the world of teen dramas over the past couple of decades, creating classics like The O.C. and Gossip Girl.


Based on the original series, the show will follow a group of twentysomethings serving community service for minor offenses. During one of their sessions, the group is struck by lightning, causing them to inherit different supernatural abilities that they then use in their daily lives. The ability to rewind time or hear what other people are thinking are just some of the powers they realize they can use to their advantage.

This isn't the first British teen show to get adapted by an American network, but Misfits is one of the first major titles since MTV's failed experiment with Skins. Skins, an extremely popular drama in the U.K. that ran on E4 for six years, followed a group of teenagers as they struggled with relationships, disorders, drugs, other addictions and loss. When MTV adapted it, fans were disappointed with the water downed version of the show they were given.

The original Misfits, which starred Game of Thrones' Iwan Rheon and Preacher's Joseph Gilgun, also ran on E4 during its five-year run. When Netflix brought it over, the show developed a new following in North America.

There's no estimated release date for the rebooted Misfits, but it is currently in development. The news was announced during Freeform's panel at the television upfront conference on Thursday.

British teen drama Misfits is getting a reboot from The O.C. creator

 

[jwinfield]

The first two seasons were

Then Simon got written off

Nikki and Alicia

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Fail

Won't bother watching. Gonna turn into a cac fest

 

[loyola llothta]

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

shyt will be beyond lame/wack

 

[KravenMorehead™]

Misfits is getting an American reboot

 

[satam55]

IN if it's on The CW.

 

[Ain't That Something]

The drop off in quality from the first 2 seasons

 

[SheriffOG]

Why these American cacs stay remixing the decent Channel 4 shows with extra

Skins ans Shameless were my joints but those US remakes now Mistfits which was already trash post Nathan.

Better keep their hands off Utopia

 

[Green negs and spam]

The ending to this show was awful.

The original cast selling their powers. They were greatly undervalued. Who the hell sells immortality, time travel and mind reading for less that 1billion? That shyt still pisses me off.

 

[Clark Wayne]

This has been talked about for a few years and I assumed people had just forgotten about it.



If it's on freeform it's going to be toned down a lot, but then again I wonder how much since lately on PLL they been fukking the shyt out of each other.


I think it was actually going to be on MTV but for some reason all their U.K adaptations fail. First Skins, then the Inbetweeners.

 

[Jello Biafra]

 

[STAN JONES]

After The Inbetweeners and The Returned im done with American remakes


Edit: and this shyt is gonna be on ABC family,yeah it's gonna be

 

[DaylitoJames]

I'm not even gone watch this just leave the classics alone.

 

[Primetime]

iZombie executive producer Diane Ruggiero-Wright’s Misfits reboot has landed a pilot order at Freeform. Deadline reports that the American version of E4’s Misfits has also secured four of its five stars, who share the names and characteristics of the original show’s cast of troubled delinquents.

Ashleigh LaThrop (Fifty Shades Darker), Tre Hall (Rebel), Allie MacDonald (Orphan Black) and Jake Cannavale (Nurse Jackie) have officially signed on for the series. Lathrop will play Alicia; Hall will star as Curtis; MacDonald will be Kelly; and Cannavale will play Nathan. Simon, previously played by Game of Thrones actor Iwan Rheon, has not yet been cast.

The series appears to stick rather close to the British version of the series, not only by reusing character names, but by making it a point to keep the core group similar in their personalities. Alicia is described as a “spoiled, vapid, middle-class party girl who seems to have three main goals in life: have fun, look hot and get guys.” While Curtis has been turned into “a cocky football player” instead of a track star, he has promising career ahead of him and is “used to everything going his way.” As for Kelly, she’s “tough and trashy” with “a hair-trigger temper,” while Nathan has his “heavily inflated sense of his own attractiveness, intelligence and potential.”

This is Freeform’s second attempt at an American adaption of the hit E4 series. They originally set to reboot the series stateside back in 2016, when the network was still going by ABC Family. Josh Schwartz — who is producing the series alongside Stephanie Savage under their Fake Empire banner — has been actively been developing the reboot since 2011.

The original series followed a group of working-class teens who, while performing community service, found themselves caught in a freak electrical storm that granted them superpowers and starred Robert Sheehan, Iwan Rheon, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Lauren Socha and Antonia Thomas.

Diane Ruggiero-Wright (iZombie, Veronica Mars) wrote the pilot and will serve as showrunner, while Grey’s Anatomy‘s Victoria “Vic” Mahoney will helm the pilot.

My bad if already posted.

I loved the first 2 seasons of the OG Brit show.

Seems like they playing it fairly close to the hip with the characters and descriptions.