90210 2.0 will be back on September 2nd with a 2 hour premiere and they just finished shooting it 2 days ago. That is a lot of 2s!
Coming back are Jenni Garth, Tori Spelling, Joe E Tata and Shannen Doherty. Yes Shannen Doherty will be back as Brenda Walsh. As we know she left the show she went to London to be an actress, what we don't know is what happened to her. Well she became a big actress in London and NY and she will be back to guest direct a musical at 90210!!! Tori Spelling will be back when she is up for it, but even though she is not part of the pilot we will find out what happened between her and David in that episode.
Although lots of Beverly Hills, 90210ers are part of the show, this spinoff is not going to be like the original. We are going to a different feel from show runners Jeff Judah and Gabes Sachs who did Freaks and Geeks (we will get that feel) and life as we know it. I think they will be a good fit and I can't wait to see what they bring to this show.
How will the new cast, tie in to the old cast? Well Harry Wilson (Rob Estes) grew up in Beverly Hills and lived next to one of the original cast members before moving to Kansas. Shanae Grimes, who is playing Annie Wilson, says that moving to LA from Toronto (where she filmed Degrassi) is like what she is going through with her character on the show that moves from Kansas to LA when her dad becomes the Principal at West Beverly Hills High School. The Wilson Family has to move back to take care of Harry's mother (Jessica Walter) and she is not your average Grandmother.
I love all the tie-ins from the original in the one, and after listening to the cast and Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs talk about it, I am even more excited for this show. This show is going to be as popular as the original if not more!
BTW I also spoke to Joe E Tata about returning to the Peach Pit and 90210 2.0 and here is what he said!!!
