Look out, preppies. A brand new chapter of Saved by the Bell is lastly taking place, after years of rumors and delays. The sequel will function Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley reprising their roles as A.C. Slater and Jessie Spano, is headed to Peacock, the brand new NBCU-owned streaming service launching in the spring. After all, a mission this large and — hey! —excitingwill endure some large adjustments and tweaks earlier than it sees the sunshine of day. This is all the pieces we all know concerning the revival of the traditional NBC highschool sitcom, which ran from 1989 to 1993 earlier than spawning two spin-offs and a pair of TV films.
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Zack is now the governor of California: Within the up to date Saved by the Bell, Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) is a significant politician, however he is in for a disaster after “closing too many low-income excessive colleges.” To wash it up, Governor Morris decides to ship a bunch of scholars to the highest-performing colleges within the state — together with Bayside Excessive — and the brand new college students give the privileged Bayside college students a much-needed and hilarious actuality test.
Though Gosselaar, who at present stars on ABC’s Mixed-ish, previously indicated that he hadn’t been contacted about returning to the function, he later confirmed that he would indeed appear in just a few episodes of the revival.
Zack is simply as messy as ever. In accordance Gosselaar, Zack will not be a lot totally different from the troublesome teen we acquired to know within the unique collection. The revival will see him “being somewhat offensive and type of not being on the best facet of issues,” the actor instructed TV Line, noting that the Peacock collection is far more present.
“Script-wise, these aren’t the scripts we acquired [31 years ago],” he stated. “I do not assume you can do this. That is type of simply throughout the board with tv: There’s a number of issues we did [then] that we’re not doing now… and I do not know essentially that it might be applicable [to do things the same way].”
You may see faces you acknowledge: As beforehand talked about, Elizabeth Berkley and Mario Lopez are reprising their roles as Jessie Spano and A. C. Slater — the “It” couple at Bayside Excessive for a lot of the present’s run. There is no phrase but on whether or not different collection regulars like Tiffani Thiessen, Dustin Diamond, Lark Voorhies, or Dennis Haskins will return, however Lopez’s behind-the-scenes video from the set proves that the collection will welcome again Ed Alonzo because the hip diner’s proprietor, Max.
There will probably be a ton of recent faces: Given the up to date plot, which includes an inflow of recent college students, the sequel collection is ready to welcome loads of newcomers to the franchise. In January, Peacock introduced the comedy had discovered its first new lead in Champions alum Josie Totah, who will play the sharp-tongued cheerleader Lexie.
The remainder of the brand new teenagers had been revealed by The Hollywood Reporter: The Maze Runner‘s Dexter Darden will play DeVante, a “mysterious loner” who’s in search of a contemporary begin at Bayside; The 40-Yr Outdated Model‘s Haskiri Velazquez will play Daisy, a “sensible, bold sophomore”; Roswell, New Mexico‘s Mitchell Hoog will play Zack Morris’ privileged son Mac Morris; Alycia Pascual-Pena will play Daisy’s “ultra-competitive” greatest pal Aisha; and Empire‘s Belmont Cameli will play Jessie Spano’s delicate jock son Jamie.
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The tone is likely to be somewhat totally different… and contemporary: Tracey Wigfield, who labored on 30 Rock and created Great News, has been tapped to offer a brand new tackle present, so it is not exhausting to think about SBTB to having no less than a few of the wacky and wild feeling of these zany comedies. Authentic producers Peter Engel and Franco Bario will each function govt producers too.
Saved By the Bell is accessible to stream on Hulu.
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Justin Diamond as Screech Powers, Mario Lopez as A.C. Slater, Lark Voorhies as Lisa Turtle, Tiffani Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski, Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Zack Morris, Elizabeth Berkeley as Jessie Spano, Saved by the Bell