Kerry Washington and Omar Sy had lots to speak about after they appeared on The View on Friday, Could 2 — together with their new motion film, Shadow Drive — however View cohost Ana Navarro wished the deets on Washington’s Determined Housewives reboot, Wisteria Lane.
“This one I’m very enthusiastic about — one in all my favourite reveals,” Navarro stated. “It’s rumored that you’re engaged on a remake of Determined Housewives.”
As Sy reacted with gleeful shock — apparently listening to the information for the primary time — Washington gave a valuable few particulars in regards to the challenge.
“It’s impressed [by Desperate Housewives],” she stated. “I can’t say an excessive amount of — it’s very newly introduced, it’s in growth. … The thought is that it’s new instances, there’s new challenges, it’s like, what occurs on that cul-de-sac now? And so it’s thrilling.”
Navarro tried to pry casting data out of Washington — asking, “New ladies? Previous ladies?” — however the actor-turned-producer saved mum, telling followers to comply with her manufacturing firm, Simpson Road, on social media for extra data.
Information of the reboot got here earlier this week, as Deadline reported that Simpson Road and twentieth Tv had been teaming up on Wisteria for the Disney-owned model Onyx Collective.
Written by The Flight Attendant showrunner Natalie Chaidez, Wisteria Lane is a “enjoyable, horny, darkly comedic cleaning soap/thriller … set amongst a bunch of 5 very completely different buddies and typically frenemies who all dwell on a picture-perfect cul-de-sac known as Wisteria Lane,” in response to Deadline. “On the floor, all of the Wisteria neighbors live the dream: lovely properties, attractive households, shiny SUVs within the driveway. However behind these white-picket fences and smiling Insta posts are secrets and techniques.”
Determined Housewives, created by Marc Cherry, ran for eight seasons on ABC between 2004 and 2012 and starred Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria, and Nicollette Sheridan as residents of the fictional Wisteria Lane.
Cherry is conscious of the Wisteria Lane challenge and could possibly be concerned in some capability, in response to Deadline. In November 2024, Cherry instructed Individuals he had “a few concepts” for a Determined Housewives reboot, together with a present set on Wisteria Lane within the Nineteen Sixties.
“As a result of the character I miss writing essentially the most is definitely Wisteria Lane,” he added. “That was essentially the most enjoyable playground anybody within the historical past of tv has ever had, as a result of we owned the entire road.”