It is official: The world won’t see an grownup Lizzie McGuire revival, not less than not for the foreseeable future. Sequence star Hilary Duff confirmed the sad news via Instagram on Dec. 16, saying that an settlement couldn’t be reached in regards to the inventive path of the collection on Disney+.
“I have been so honored to have the character of Lizzie in my life. She has made such an enduring influence on many, together with myself,” Duff wrote. “To see the followers’ loyalty and love for her, to today, means a lot to me. I do know the efforts and conversations have been in every single place making an attempt to make a reboot work however, sadly and regardless of everybody’s greatest efforts, it is not going to occur.”
She continued, “I need any reboot of Lizzie to be sincere and genuine to who Lizzie can be at the moment. It is what the character deserves. We will all take a second to mourn the wonderful lady she wold have been and the adventures we’d have taken together with her. I am very unhappy, however I promise everybody tried their greatest and the celebs simply did not align. Hey now, that is what 2020 [is] product of.”
The beloved present’s revival was first introduced in August 2019. In January 2020, manufacturing on the collection halted over what Duff stated have been inventive variations relating to how mature the tone of the brand new collection needs to be, with Disney+ apparently wanting to maintain the revival extra according to the tween-appropriate authentic collection.
Duff, who was additionally government producing the revival, spoke out in February 2020 about her need for the collection to discover each side of a 30-something Lizzie McGuire’s life. The actress stated that she hoped the revival may make a transfer to Hulu, Disney’s extra adult-friendly streaming service, as Love, Victor had completed. However Duff’s December 2020 Instagram assertion seemingly confirms these negotiations broke down.
However whereas the revival will not be transferring ahead, we’ll all the time have what little we realized about Lizzie’s trendy life throughout the early days of the present’s manufacturing. Under is every thing we knew in regards to the Lizzie McGuire Disney+ revival collection, together with which authentic stars have been alleged to return.
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Lizzie would have been 30 years outdated within the revival. The brand new collection was to choose up with Lizzie nearing her 30th birthday, dwelling in a picturesque Brooklyn residence, and dealing her dream job as an assistant to a flowery New York inside decorator. “Identical to me and all people…who grew up together with her, Lizzie can also be grown up. She’s older, she’s wiser, [and] she has a a lot larger shoe price range,” Duff joked on the 2019 D23 Expo.
And her wardrobe was simply as colourful as ever — a photograph from the present’s first day of manufacturing, launched in October 2019, confirmed Lizzie sporting a brilliant coat and toting an enormous stuffed alpaca by the icy streets of NYC.
Alpaca your baggage! #LizzieMcGuire, an authentic collection coming quickly to #DisneyPlus, is heading to the Massive Apple for the following chapter in Lizzie’s story. Take a look at this unique photograph from the primary day of manufacturing. pic.twitter.com/5h7ONvGPm9
— Disney+ (@disneyplus) October 29, 2019
She was going to have a boyfriend. As Duff advised the packed room on the D23 Expo, Lizzie has “type of the right life proper now,” and that features “a dream man who owns a cool Soho restaurant.”
Gordo was again! Adam Lamberg was set to reprise his role as Gordo, one in all Lizzie’s center college greatest buddies. Towards the tip of the unique collection, the 2 realized they’d emotions for one another and even kissed in 2003’s The Lizzie McGuire Film. Duff stated in a press release, “I can not anticipate followers to see what he is as much as 15 years later and the way he matches into Lizzie’s grownup world.”
Hilary Duff and Adam Lamberg, Lizzie McGuire
A few of Lizzie’s different junior excessive classmates had the potential to look. Duff advised Entertainment Tonight in 2019 that “probabilities [were] robust” we’d see different fan-favorite characters like Miranda (Lalaine), Kate (Ashley Brillault), and Ethan (Clayton Snyder).
The entire McGuire household was set to return. Disney has confirmed that the rest of the McGuire clan – Hallie Todd‘s Jo, Robert Carradine‘s Sam, and Jake Thomas‘ Matt — would even be returning for the revival. The actors even took a pleasant household photograph of their first reunion in 15 years at a desk learn.
Hallie Todd, Jake Thomas, Hilary Duff, and Robert Carradine, Lizzie McGuire
Cartoon Lizzie can be again too. Simply because Lizzie’s older and seemingly dwelling her dream life, it doesn’t suggest she will not nonetheless want an animated model of her interior ideas to touch upon her life! Lizzie’s 13-year-old animated alter ego, who offered humorous and revealing commentary about what Lizzie is actually considering, was written into the revival as properly.
Lizzie was not going to have children, not less than not but. Like numerous millennials of their 30s, Lizzie had not chosen to turn into a mother or father simply but, Duff confirmed to Entertainment Weekly.
The primary episode was set in New York. Duff additionally advised Entertainment Weekly that based mostly on the occasions within the premiere episode, Lizzie might not have stayed in New York Metropolis for lengthy.
We already had the primary new footage. In a sneak peek at what was coming to Disney+, Disney included the first footage from the Lizzie McGuire revival.
Lizzie McGuire and the 2003 followup film are at present out there to stream on Disney+.
