The “Friday Night time Lights” reboot collection has landed at Peacock in a extremely aggressive scenario, Selection has confirmed.
The collection is now in growth on the NBCUniversal streaming service. It was reported in November {that a} new model of the collection was within the works, nevertheless it was not arrange at a streaming service at the moment.
The official logline for the brand new collection states, “Following a devastating hurricane, a rag tag highschool soccer staff and their broken, interim coach make an unlikely bid for a Texas Excessive Faculty State Championship changing into a beacon of sunshine for his or her city.”
Authentic collection showrunner and government producer Jason Katims can be main the brand new collection, together with unique director and government producer Peter Berg and unique government producer Brian Grazer. Kristen Zolner will be a part of as government producer for Think about Leisure. Common Tv will function the studio.
The unique “Friday Night time Lights” collection aired for 5 seasons from 2006 to 2011, first on NBC after which on AT&T’s The 101 Community. It was impressed by H. G. Bissinger’s 1990 novel of the identical identify, which was first tailored by Berg as a 2004 film starring Billy Bob Thornton.
The unique “Friday Night time Lights” collection adopted a highschool soccer staff within the fictional city of Dillon, Texas, coached by Kyle Chander’s Eric Taylor. The collection additionally starred Connie Britton, Taylor Kitsch, Minka Kelly, Zach Gilford, Jesse Plemons, Michael B. Jordan and Jurnee Smollett, amongst others. The present acquired 14 Emmy nominations all through its run, with Chandler successful the award for greatest actor in a drama in 2011 and Katims successful greatest writing for a drama that very same 12 months.
Deadline first reported the present was arrange at Peacock.
