E! Online News has announced that the CW is fast-tracking all efforts to bring back Melrose Place as part of it's 2009 fall schedule. Mark Schwann, writer for One Tree Hill, is penning the pilot script. Casting is slated to begin this month, with the final cast announced as early as mid/late January.
So - which former tenant of 4616 Melrose Place will show up in the new version? Rumors are swirling fast and furious over Heather Locklear, who played vixenous ad-exec Amanda Woodward. When the show ended in May 1999, we saw Amanda and boyfriend Peter Burns (played by current real-life boyfriend Jack Wagner) getting married on a remote island, as both were escaping their criminal pasts -Amanda for a murder rap during her teen years and Peter for embezzelment at Wilshire Memorial Hospital.
Since so many other cast members have since moved on to more memorable roles on other network series, it's going to be slim pickings to see which other former cast member (other than Heather) may drop in.
Also, the producers are stating that the new cast will be much more "culturally diverse" than it's predecessor. I wonder if we could loosely translate that to seeing more GLBT characters that actually have full-on relationship with partners that they get to kiss and have sex with. Let's hope so!
Until then, you can catch up on the 90's version of Melrose Place on DVD. Seasons 1 - 4 are now available and season 5 (volume 1) will be released on Tuesday, February 10th.
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