The teen drama television series The O.C. was a hit in the mid-2000s, but despite the popularity and demand for more, creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage says there are no plans for a reboot.
The O.C. creators will leave the show where it is
Speaking to Deadline during a recent appearance on the Crew Call podcast, the pair was asked about a potential reboot of the series for streaming platforms. Schwartz was pretty open about the fact that he doesn’t think a reboot of The O.C. will happen at all and said that a show like Gossip Girl — which Schwartz and Savage also developed — had more of a reason to come back than The O.C. did.
“I think we’re not going to do that,” Schwartz said. “You know, we were producers on this Gossip Girl reboot that ran for a couple of season on HBO Max. That felt like it had more of a…there was a franchise to Gossip Girl, there’s an anonymous blogger who is kind of charting the lives of these characters in New York.
“And I think The O.C. was really just kind of specific to these characters, and it feels like we made something, we’re really grateful that 20 years later, people are still watching the show and still want to talk about the show. And we’re just going to leave it right there.”
Originally released in 2003, The O.C. told the story of a group of friends in Orange County, California. The series starred Peter Gallagher, Kelly Rowen, Ben McKenzie, Mischa Barton, Adam Brody, and more and was a hit for Fox when it aired, becoming one of the most popular dramas of the mid-2000s. The series is widely known for being a pop cultural phenomenon and ran for four seasons before ending in 2007.
