Roseanne revival in the works
A reboot of classic sitcom Roseanne is in the works.
The new eight-episode version would star some of the same actors who fronted the show back in the day: Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf and Sara Gilbert.
According to Deadline, the show is being shopped around to networks; Netflix and ABC (which first aired the series), are reportedly interested. Original Roseanne co-producers Tom Werner and Bruce Helford will also return.
Airing from 1988 to 1997, Roseanne featured the flannel-clad antics of the working-class Conner family. Barr and Goodman played sardonic parents Dan and Roseanne, while Gilbert, Michael Fishman and Sarah Chalke (who replaced Lecy Goranson), played their kids.
Johnny Galecki, who now stars on a little show called The Big Bang Theory, embodied Gilbert’s onscreen husband, David. No word yet on whether he’s on board to relive his TV past.
Another unknown? How the series will address Dan’s death from a heart attack in Season 8.
Though Dan appeared throughout Season 9, everything in that season was revealed to be just a dream of Roseanne’s. “I’ve already written the scenes about Dan’s death,” Barr wrote Sunday on Twitter. “Don’t send me more suggestions, thnx!”
GODS AMONG US
American Gods, based on Neil Gaiman’s like-titled book, is now streaming on Amazon Prime Canada. In it, recently released convict Shadow (Ricky Whittle), meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane), who offers him a job that changes his life.
In particular, he’s introduced to a hidden world of magic where there’s a power struggle between the old gods and the new gods.
American Gods was filmed in Ontario and also stars B.C.-born actor Pablo Schreiber as the 4,000-year-old leprechaun Mad Sweeney.