There’s only on Tree Hill, and it’s Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton ‘s onscreen home again. As Deadline revealed today, a One Tree Hill sequel series is in development at Netflix with Bush and Burton reprising the roles of Brooke Davis and Peyton Sawyer and serving as executive producers. The pair celebrated the return to their TV roots, posting a recent cast reunion photo with Danneel Ackles and Bevin Prince.
“What if you really can go back home? If there’s an opportunity to team with brilliant creatives and build a space where all our friends can show off their talents? Own our history? Reclaim our turf? Honor our fans? Sign us up,” the pair wrote in a joint statement posted individually to their respective Instagram accounts. “There’s only one Tree Hill, after all,” they continued. “And you — the #OTHfam — have shown us that it’s not just an idea.
It really is the place where ‘everything’s better and everything’s safe.'” Original cast members responded in the comments of the posts hoping they too can return home including Bryan Greenberg, Jana Kramer, Robert Buckley and Daphne Zuniga. The sequel series hails from writer/executive producer Becky Hartman Edwards and Warner Bros.
TV . Ackles and her husband Jensen Ackles are executive producing the project through their Chaos Machine banner with the latter in talks to return as Rachel Scott. Emily Moss Wilson is a producer.
Created by Mark Schwahn, One Tree Hill premiered in 2003 and ran for 9.