Regardless of pushback from some Scrubs followers, Bill Lawrence is able to return to Sacred Coronary heart Hospital for a long-gestating reboot.
After Deadline reported that the undertaking is in development at ABC with 20th Television, the creator and government producer defined why he “was all the time hesitant” to revisit the medical sitcom however is assured within the upcoming reboot.
“If I assumed it was a foul concept, I wouldn’t do it. I’m not chasing commerce and with out being self-aggrandizing, I don’t must,” he informed the Los Angeles Times. “Creatively, if any individual stated, ‘Do you wish to choose Scrubs up proper again in the identical hospital with the identical folks on a standard day, every part’s again to regular?’ No, that might be disingenuous to the story. Am I curious and may I consider a bunch of tales about the place a few of these characters are years later, not being child interns anymore, and having new younger folks round them, with the best way the medical world has modified — yeah, and not using a shadow of a doubt. That artistic reply was straightforward. The difficult factor, and why I used to be all the time hesitant, was I don’t work for Disney anymore. I work right here [Warner Bros.], and it’s probably not, business-wise, a present I used to be allowed to go do. It’s not jerky for Warner Brothers to say, ‘We’re not using you to go do a Disney present.’
“The factor that modified is the forged are all tight in actual life and as numerous us do, at this level in our lives, covet that have. So [there’s] the quantity of buddies that [say], ‘Man, it might be enjoyable to have that have once more as a result of all of us actually liked one another.’ And also you join that on to a time in Hollywood that not solely are we not making a ton of stuff, however those who I actually care about and love, each in entrance of and behind the digicam, they’re scrambling, hustling to search out work. The perfect factor for the present is a tragic state of affairs, which there are superb writers which might be obtainable. It’s not going to be a mailed-in money seize. There will likely be a bunch of the unique Scrubs writers on the present; there can even be a bunch of recent writers. Somebody was like, ‘I hope this doesn’t occur.’ That made me incredulous. Like, why the f— would you care if it occurred? He’s like, ‘I simply love the present a lot, it might tarnish it.’ I don’t suppose that’s true. Exhibits that I care about have had reboots. That is my angle: If it’s a present I like, I’m gonna watch it. If it’s nice, I’m gonna be tremendous joyful. If it’s good, no matter, no less than it didn’t offend me. And if it sucks, I’m gonna be tremendous joyful to badmouth how a lot it sucks to my buddies. Not on the web. However that’s how I watch TV. To me, that’s a no-lose. What’s the massive deal?”
Lawrence added, “To not get approach too deep on you, I’ve acquired my very own stuff to work by means of. You hinted at it earlier than and I’d most likely, with out telling anyone the explanations, simply say: I’m doing this simply because it’s one thing that’s necessary to me for my very own stuff. I’ll dwell with the implications.”
Sarah Chalke as Dr. Elliot Reid, Zach Braff as Dr. John ‘J.D.’ Dorian and Donald Faison as Dr. Christopher Turk in ‘Scrubs’
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The 2x Emmy winner expects to start writing the reboot within the new 12 months, noting {that a} cope with a showrunner “is being made as we communicate, however as quickly as that’s completed, we’ll begin.”
Though he wouldn’t title the candidate, Lawrence famous, “We’ve already been taking pictures the s— as a result of we’re previous buddies, however we’ll begin arising with the concept of the place the world begins and who’s doing what. They’ve stated it’s been so bizarre going again and watching each episode. My final purpose on the entire thing is simply to get the music restored to the previous episodes.”
With Lawrence on board, twentieth TV is shifting in to safe the principle Scrubs unique forged — Zach Braff, who performs John ‘J.D.’ Dorian, Sarah Chalke (Elliot Reid), Donald Faison (Christopher Turk) and John C. McGinley (Perry Cox). It’s unclear if Judy Reyes will return as no-nonsense nurse Carla Espinosa, who left the medical comedy forward of its ultimate season. Based on sources, her character is factored into early plans for the reboot.
“Massive chunks of the artistic staff behind the digicam, and most of it from in entrance of the digicam, are all super invested and excited,” Lawrence informed Deadline in October, indicating that he would carry again a few of his artistic collaborators for the Scrubs followup, which on the time he described as being “very near being labored out.”
