Friday Night Lights fans get ready for a new generation to live by the motto: “Clear eyes, full heart, can’t lose.” The critically acclaimed drama is in talks to be rebooted with Universal Television, per multiple reports. Puck initially broke the news.
Deadline reported on Thursday, November 14 that the series’ original creators Jason Katims , Pete Berg and Brian Grazer are involved in the project. The new adaptation is currently in the early stages. The new series will still be set in the world of high school football.
The reimagined show will focus on new characters rather than the previous cast. Friday Night Lights premiered in 2006 and told the story of a high school football team in a small Texas town. It was initially based on H.
G. Bissinger ’s book and a 2004 film of the same name, The TV show had an all-star cast that included Kyle Chandler , Connie Britton , Taylor Kitsch , Jesse Plemons , Minka Kelly , Aimee Teegarden , Michael B. Jordan and more.
Friday Night Lights went on for five seasons before it wrapped up for good in 2011. Since the show ended, there have been talks about a potential reboot or a new film adaptation. Grazer previously stated that the idea of a movie was being floated around.
“We’re working on another Friday Night Lights movie in Del Rio, Texas on a border town that takes place in 2015,” the producer said in a 2021 interview with Collider . “[We hope to be making that [in] the beginning of next year.” Grazer teased that the.