Dawson’s Creek alum, Mary-Margaret Humes, revealed that the chances for a reboot of the nineties show remain high. The series, which originally debuted on The WB in 1998, follows a group of teenagers as they navigate the tensions of adolescence in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts. At its heyday, Dawson’s Creek was a wildly popular show, launching the careers of Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams, James Van Der Beek, and Joshua Jackson. After its run, it became known as a pivotal teen drama classic, one that highly influenced the onslaught of teen-centered shows that premiered in its wake.
In Dawson’s Creek, Humes played Gail Leery, the mother of the titular protagonist, Dawson Leery (Van Der Beek). Throughout the show, she offers guidance and advice to her son, while also struggling with her own marital woes. The series, infamous for the precocious language spoken by the teenaged characters, often featured Dawson speaking matter-of-factly with his parents. He and his close friends, Joey Potter (Holmes), Pacey Witter (Jackson), and Jen Lindley (Williams), frequently spent their afternoons at his house. More often than not, the group turned to the Leery family for counsel and refuge.
According to People, Humes, while speaking as part of ATX TV’s Mother Knows Best: A Look at 90s TV Moms, dropped the revelation that a Dawson’s Creek reboot could very well happen. Sharing that she still maintains contact with the core cast via a “secret text message,” she broke down why it could, indeed, work in the age of social media:
Katie Holmes and I have talked about it. James Van Der Beek and I have talked about it. I actually wrote, like, 190 pages of an idea for a crossover to a reboot. Whether it goes anywhere, I don’t know, but there is certainly a lot of buzz about it. I think what they have expressed is—our show was so much simpler than what television is now. Again, because of social media. And it’s, like, you can actually do a show and not make any references to social media. We can pick up where left off and just let that element be there but not be so predominant. So, as far as I know, personal information from the kids, um, there’s a strong possibility.
In the interview, Humes seemed unperturbed by the looming presence of social media and its ability to date the show, instead referencing the fact that Dawson’s Creek remains beloved and well-known to this day. As she noted, she is repeatedly asked about the possibility of a revival or reboot whenever she comes into contact with past viewers or critics. Humes ended her conjectures by emphasizing, “The fans are clamoring for it. They want to live the simpler life that, you know, we had back in 1998.”
As Humes acknowledged, convoluted teen dramas reign supreme in contemporary pop culture. The lasting popularity of shows like Pretty Little Liars, Riverdale, and Euphoria heavily stems from their fast-paced, melodramatic plotlines. Characters solve abandoned murder cases, evade murder charges themselves, and usually weave in and out of relationships at breakneck speed. At the same time, Dawson’s Creek has found new life on Netflix, where younger generations currently have the opportunity to discover the series on their own. Despite its more low-key ambience, it certainly plays into the heightened wave of nineties nostalgia gripping mainstream media today. Moreover, considering the exhausting dramas of both television and the real world, perhaps viewers are, indeed, craving a return to something easier and simpler.
Source: People, ATX TV
Originally from https://screenrant.com/dawsons-creek-actor-reboot-strong-possibility/