The “Lizzie McGuire” revival planned on Disney Plus has officially died.
Series star Hilary Duffy made the announcement on Instagram on Wednesday, “I am honored to have Lizzie in my life.”
“I know that efforts and conversations have been pushing for reboot work everywhere, but, sadly and despite everyone’s best efforts it doesn’t happen,” he continued. “I want any of Lizzie’s reboots to be honest and sincere about who Lizzie will be today. He deserves the character. “
His full statement can be read below.
A Disney spokesman said in a statement: “Fans of Lizzie Maggware have high expectations for any new story.” “Unless and until we are confident we will be able to meet those expectations, we have decided to stop and today we have informed the cast representatives that we are not moving forward with the planned series.”
The revival of the popular Disney Channel show has been working on Disney Plus since 2019, but the production ground earlier this year when Terry Minsky, producer of “Lizzie McGuire” and revival showrunner, was removed from the show. .
Production on the show began in November but was halted in early January as Duff was on his honeymoon in Mozambique. Two days before he returned, Diversity Minsky broke the news that he would be fired. According to many sources, Minsky, her writing staff, the production team and Duff found out only after Minsky was removed as a shorner. Diversity The story was published, though Diversity Arrived at Disney for comment hours before release.
Diversity Also reported on behind-the-scenes issues that led to Minsky’s irregular exits. In short, Duff and Minsky wanted a more adult version of Lizzie for the revival, while Disney wanted a show that would appeal to kids and families, something more like the original series. Sources say Disney was initially on board with Minsky and Duff taking over, but the company decided to move in a different direction with the series after the first two episodes were completed.
Duff remained largely silent about the problems on the show, until she posted a screenshot on her Instagram story of the news headline about the planned Disney Plus “Love, Simon” series. The show is now titled “Love, Victor” after being considered “family-friendly” was not enough for a Disney-branded streamer. In his post, Dr. Faye circled around the words “family-friendly” in the headline and wrote “seems familiar.”
She then publicly asked Disney to move the series to Hulu as well as to allow a more adult-friendly version of the series, although this has clearly not happened.
In addition to Duff, the original series stars Jack Thomas, Haley Todd and Robert Keredin were also to star in the series. Adam Lamburg, who plays Lizzie’s friend Gordo, was also to attend.
