The Friday Night time Lights reboot has landed at Peacock.
It was introduced final month that Common Tv was growing a reboot of Friday Night time Lights, the acclaimed sequence starring Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton.
Now, per Deadline, the sequence has formally landed at Peacock. A premiere date has not but been set.
What’s the logline for the brand new Friday Night time Lights reboot?
“Following a devastating hurricane, a rag tag highschool soccer workforce and their broken, interim coach make an unlikely bid for a Texas Excessive Faculty State Championship turning into a beacon of sunshine for his or her city,” the outline reads, per Selection.
Jason Katims, who served because the showrunner on the unique Friday Night time Lights sequence, is returning to steer the brand new reboot. Peter Berg and Brian Grazer are additionally returning, whereas Kristen Zolner will function an govt producer for Think about Leisure.
No casting info has been introduced for the brand new sequence at the moment.
Friday Night time Lights was impressed by the 1990 novel, Friday Night time Lights: A City, a Workforce, and a Dream, written by H. G. Bissinger. It was was a short-lived tv sequence in 1993 earlier than it was then tailored right into a function movie in 2004. Directed by Berg, the film starred Billy Bob Thorton, Britton, Jay Hernandez, Tim McGraw, and extra.
The Friday Night time Lights tv sequence then premiered in October 2006 on NBC. After the present was virtually canceled as a consequence of low rankings following the second season, it started premiering on DirecTV’s 101 Community whereas NBC would rebroadcast episodes at a later date. In whole, Friday Night time Lights ran for 5 seasons.
Chandler received the Excellent Lead Actor in a Drama Sequence Primetime Emmy Award for his efficiency within the present in 2011, whereas Katims received Excellent Writing for a Drama Sequence the identical 12 months.
