Sorry, Dawson’s Creek fans — it doesn’t sound like the series will be making a comeback any time soon.
Hollywood may be ripe with reboot and revival news, but fans of the hit ’90s teen drama Dawson’s Creek shouldn’t hold their breaths when it comes to the possibility of seeing Dawson (James Van Der Beek), Joey (Katie Holmes), and Pacey (Joshua Jackson) back on their television screens.
During an appearance at 2019’s Television Critics Association summer press tour, series creator Kevin Williamson weighed in on the possibility of rebooting the beloved series, which ran on The WB from 1998 to 2003.
Though Williamson said he’s toyed with the idea, he ultimately came to the conclusion that there’s no reason to go back to the Creek.
“We keep taking about it,” Williamson said to reporters in attendance according to Deadline. “As of right now, it’s not even in the pipeline.”
Though it sounds as though Williamson didn’t go into too many more details, one thing that’s interesting to note is that discussions of a Dawson’s Creek reboot did involve brainstorming potential storylines.
“We kind of ended it. The last episode was five years in the future. We put a nice button to it. Jen died. What are we going to do?” continued the showrunner. “We’ve talked about it, but until we can find a reason to do it…what are you going to do?”
Though it sounds like Williamson is in no rush to return to Capeside, we can’t help but feel like he’s not fully closing the door on revisiting the series.
At the same time, we’re sure Dawson’s Creek fans will be happy to hear that no one involved with the original series is interested in returning unless they find a good reason to continue the story.
Williamson may not be interested in revisiting those characters for now, but the producer has been keeping quite busy since Dawson’s Creek wrapped 16 years ago.
Since then, he’s had a hand in bringing series like The Vampire Diaries, Time After time and Scream: The TV Series to the small screen.
Currently, Williamson is focusing his efforts on CBS All Access’ anthology series Tell Me A Story. The drama thriller is set to return to CBS’s streaming platform sometime this year.
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