Desperate Housewives spin-off Wisteria Lane in construction

The drama on Wisteria Lane seems to be set to proceed with a brand new iteration of the hit ABC display Desperate Housewives in construction.

The display is scheduled at Onyx Collective, with Kerry Washington to executive-produce together with Pilar Savone and Natalie Chaidez. The latter, who lately labored on The Flight Attendant, will even write the spin-off sequence, recently titled Wisteria Lane.

The sequence, first reported through Deadline, will purportedly be a a laugh, darkish, horny cleaning soap/thriller set amongst 5 other frenemies who live to tell the tale a picture-perfect cul-de-sac with the similar identify as the unique sequence. “On the surface, all the Wisteria neighbors are living the dream: beautiful homes, gorgeous families, shiny SUVs in the driveway,” in line with the preliminary record. “But behind those white-picket fences and smiling Insta posts are SECRETS.”

The unique sequence, created through Marc Cherry starring Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, Nicolette Sheridan, Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross, turned into a snappy hit in 2004. It ran for 8 seasons and greater than 200 episodes on ABC, racking up 38 Emmy nominations and a win for Huffman, for highest comedy actress, in 2005.

It’s unclear whether or not Washington will big name within the new sequence, which falls below her Simpson Street banner. Cherry was once no longer concerned within the pitch however would possibly nonetheless collaborate at the challenge, resources advised Deadline.

The information comes at the heels of the 20th anniversary of Desperate Housewives’ premiere final fall, which introduced a brand new wave of nostalgia and hypothesis over a reboot. In November, Cherry advised People that “about 70,000 people” had requested him a few reboot, however that he would almost definitely set it in an ancient times. “I would probably want to do the idea maybe in an earlier decade. Because the character I miss writing the most is actually Wisteria Lane,” he stated. “That was the most fun playground anyone in the history of television has ever had, because we owned the whole street.” The display’s set stays a vacationer enchantment at Universal Studios and has been used for a lot of movies and advertisements.

The unique forged have engaged with reboot communicate, as smartly, with Longoria telling Stellar Magazine previous this month that she “would be the first person” to join a brand new Desperate Housewives. As of now, there are not any plans for any of the unique forged contributors to seem at the new Wisteria Lane.