which lasted a long time Scrubs The reboot is getting closer to reality. The project is now officially in development at ABC from 20th Television after clearing a major hurdle, securing the involvement of series creator/executive producer Bill Lawrence.
As Deadline reported, an agreement had to be reached with Warner Bros TV, where Lawrence is under an exclusive overall deal and has four series to his name. After weeks of negotiations Scrubs The reboot was cut from this agreement, allowing Lawrence to develop the follow-up for Disney's 20th Television and ABC. (It will not serve Scrubs Although.)
With Lawrence on board, 20th Television moves to secure the main stream Scrubs Original cast. I hear this includes star Zach Braff, who plays John “J.D.” Dorian, Sarah Chalke (Elliot Reed), Donald Faison (Christopher Turk), and John C. McGinley (Perry Cox). There were question marks over original cast member Jodi Reyes who left the medical comedy before its final season. According to sources, her character, quiet nurse Carla Espinosa, was factored into early plans for the reboot. Reyes is a series regular on the new ABC/20th TV drama series Breakout high potential, It's still unconfirmed although sources suggest it can do both.
“Large portions of the creative team behind the camera, and most of them in front of the camera, are all very invested and excited,” Lawrence told Deadline in October, noting that he would be bringing back some of his creative collaborators for the film. Scrubs The follow-up, which he described at the time as “very close to working on”.
Lawrence told Deadline in the same interview that he envisions it Scrubs 2.0 as a hybrid between a revival, revisiting the original characters a decade and a half after the original series ended, and a reboot, revamping the original concept with new characters as the series was set to introduce new trainees.
“We've talked about a lot, and I think the only real reason to do it is for the narrative,” Lawrence said in October. “A: People want to see what the medical world was like for the people they love, which is part of any successful reboot. But B: I think this show has always worked because you see young people thrust into the world of medicine, and you know that the young people who go there are idealistic Very much and they do it because it's a calling. There's no cliché that says 'rich doctors play golf' – that's not the case anymore so I think, no matter what, it would be a huge mistake not to do a combination of those two things.
It was originally produced by ABC Studios, whose successor ABC Signature was recently merged into 20th Television, Scrubs It ran on NBC for seven seasons and then on ABC for two more seasons. The series followed medical interns J.D. (Braff), Elliott (Chalky) and Turk (Faison) as well as other staff at Sacred Heart Hospital.
While having access to original series creator, executive producer and director Lawrence (and his vision) was key to Scrubs The reboot will go forward in development and he will remain involved. Lawrence is not expected to serve as daily showrunner if it continues under his WBTV carve-up as that would interfere with his services to the studio where he has four series he has created/co-created and executive produce: Shrinkwhich is currently showing its second season, and Bad monkeyboth on Apple TV+; Steve Carell's upcoming comedy series on HBO as well as Apple's global success ted lasso, Who was preparing for the fourth season. Lawrence is repped by CAA and Jorn Levin Barnes.
