Nickelodeon kept kids of the 2000s (like myself) content with a wide variety of great Nicktoons as well as various live-action series. Drake & Josh is one of the many shows that sits in that latter category, and it remains popular today. With that, over the years, some have wondered whether or not a reboot might be in the cards.
Series co-lead Drake Bell has now weighed in on whether he’d be up for reviving the characters he and Josh Peck brought to life so many years ago. Bell has some interesting thoughts to share, which come in the aftermath of his involvement with the docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV . Reboots, revivals and spinoffs have definitely been churned out at a consistent rate in Hollywood over the past several years.
Paramount, which owns Nickelodeon, has partaken in that trend as well. In 2021, the studio debuted an iCarly revival , which reunited most of the OG cast. And 2023 saw the release of the Zoey 101 sequel movie, Zoey 102 .
While speaking with Patriot-News , Drake Bell was asked about the chances of Drake & Josh returning. Bell revealed that he is down to join forces with Josh Peck again but not via a straight-forward revival: I would love to. We’ve talked about it.
But I also didn’t want to do it when everyone was doing the reboots. It’s like, ‘Okay, of course, let’s do a reboot because everyone’s doing reboots.’ If we’re going to do something, it should be more special.
Let’s hit ’em with a bang, instead of, ‘.