Throughout these few years when it appeared like TV was rebooting each beloved present out of your childhood, there was a short second when Dawson’s Creek was nearly amongst them.
When Dawson’s Creek led to 2003, the generation-defining sequence wrapped up its story with a mixture of comfortable endings and heartbreak. Spoilers for 22 years in the past, clearly, however Joey (Katie Holmes) and Pacey (Joshua Jackson) lastly made it work after so, so many tries, whereas Dawson (James Van Der Beek) turned the ascendant filmmaker he all the time wished to be. However as all of them regarded forward to the long run, in addition they stated goodbye to Jen (Michelle Williams), who died of coronary heart failure within the ultimate episode after imparting knowledge and love on every of her pals.
All of it appeared so buttoned up, but the present’s unique creator, Kevin Williamson, says there have been conversations about going again to the Creek. Talking completely to TV Insider on the set of his upcoming Netflix drama sequence The Waterfront, which was shot in Wilmington, North Carolina (the place Dawson’s Creek additionally filmed), Williamson reveals these discussions occurred within the time after the frenzy of charity forged reunions through the COVID-19 pandemic. The prospect of a revival even piqued the curiosity of the unique forged.
“I believed Dawson’s Creek was behind me and prior to now, however they desperately saved making an attempt to get me to return to it when there was that reboot craze,” Williamson says. “They saved making an attempt and making an attempt to get me, making an attempt to get James, making an attempt to get Katie, and get us all concerned.”
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In accordance with Williamson, the forged was into the concept, however the timing by no means appeared to work out. “James wished to do it, however then Josh was busy,” he says. “Katie wished to do it, then James was busy. Nobody may come to phrases on the identical time to place it collectively.”
Williamson wouldn’t expose how far into these discussions he and the forged went, however in the end, the scheduling struggles opened up an even bigger dialog about whether or not or not they need to reopen the ebook of Dawson’s Creek in any respect.
“We type of simply went, ‘We did it and it was good,’” Williamson explains. “And what wouldn’t it be immediately? We did the finale, we felt it was full, we did 5 years sooner or later. You possibly can undoubtedly do a narrative in regards to the kids of [these characters] if you happen to wished to. You possibly can perhaps even do a This Is Us form of factor. However in the end, we felt like perhaps it may dwell once more in one other method, however not as a reboot.”
What method that is likely to be has but to disclose itself, and it’s not just like the scheduling situation has gotten any simpler. Jackson stars in ABC’s Physician Odyssey and the upcoming Karate Child: Legends movie. Holmes simply returned to Broadway within the revival of Our City and guest-starred within the second season of Peacock’s Poker Face. Van Der Beek continues to boost his sprawling household, and pop up in initiatives like Overcompensating and Sidelined: The QB and Me.
Williamson has additionally by no means been extra booked and busy. Along with directing Scream 7, he’s about to debut a really private story with The Waterfront, which not solely introduced him again to Wilmington, but in addition incorporates parts of his personal life, much like what he did with Dawson’s Creek. He’ll premiere the sequence with the forged on the ATX TV Pageant in Austin, Texas, on Could 29, along with taking part in a profession retrospective and a hearth chat with frequent collaborator Julie Plec.
In different phrases, don’t anticipate Williamson, Van Der Beek, Jackson, and Holmes to have the ability to sync up their calendars for a return to Capeside anytime quickly.