The battle of which former-Beverly Hills. 90210 would return to High School was won by Jennie Garth according to Michael Ausiello. But her fellow alumni shouldn't be too upset because as of now she is only a recurring character. He is also says that Kelly Taylor will be a guidance counseler at the school. Who saw that as her future career from the last show? I know I didn't, I thought she was going to find a sugar daddy and live happily ever after.
Jennie Garth departed the pilot she was working on for CBS, which has a lot people speculating that she might be moving back to Beverly Hills 90210. According to The Hollywood Reporter Jennie Garth's departure from her other show was mutual, her and the producers agreed to let her go after the first table read on Monday. They also added that her father died after she was cast in the pilot, and that could be another reason why she might have left the pilot.
So why are they speculating why this alum is the one returning to 90210?
Meanwhile, it had been reported that Rob Thomas, who penned the script for CW's upcoming "90210" spinoff, has been looking to potentially recruit "90210" alumna Garth to reprise her role as Kelly Taylor from the original series in the spinoff, possibly returning to her alma mater as a fashion design teacher.
There is one problem with their theory, it has been widely reported that Rob Thomas left the pilot to work on two others for ABC, so how much influence can he still have?
Personally I hope she is the one returning, either her Shannen Doherty.
Variety has posted some of the roles they are looking to fill for The CW's possible Beverly Hills 90210.
Matriarch of the family is Tabitha Mills, a 60-something actress/alchoholic who was a major star in the 1970s and had been linked to everyone from Warren Beatty to Jack Nicholson. After her latest bout at Betty Ford, Tabitha decides to try to live on her own in her BevHills estate.
Worried for his mom's safety, do-gooder son Harrison "Harry" Mills, a 1980s graduate of Beverly Hills High, decides to move back home to the 90210 after years in St. Louis. He brings with him his wife, Celia, an Olympic athlete who's looking forward to living in Cali, and ends up working as a personal trainer.
The couple have two 16-year-olds: Daughter Annie and adopted son Dixon. Annie is an emo/theater kid who's desperate to fit in with the cool crowd. Dylan, er, Dixon is a supersmart bad boy who has lingering social and behavioral issues — and not an ounce of nerdiness in him.
According to the breakdowns, producers are open to actors of all ethnicities for the Dixon role, leaving open the possibility that the character won't be a white male.
As for the other teen denizens in the new "90210," writer Rob Thomas has also come up with:
Silver, aka Daphne Silver, a wannabe socialite who hosts her own YouTube series. She becomes good pals with Annie and has a crush on Dixon (as well as the only Jewish girl at BevHills High with a black boyfriend — another hint that producers are considering making Dixon's character non-white).
Max Silver, Daphne's 24-year-old brother, is a working man who manages the family movie theater at the Century City Mall (the new show's version of the Peach Pit, perhaps?) He seems forever on the verge of a nervous breakdown and appears to be harboring some secrets.
Navid Shirazi produces the high school's student-run video newscast and is of Middle Eastern descent. He's the consummate high school politician.
Ethan Ward is a likable jock who falls out of favor with the "in" crowd and ends up hanging with the "90210" crew.
Naomi Bennett is Ethan's super-hot, ultra-rich ex-girlfriend. She appears to be a brat but will end up having more layers.
Guess those 90210 alum are begging to get back on their show might be out of luck because this sounds like a completely new show and their assistance will not be added.
The CW is working on Beverly Hills 90201 spinoff and that is all that The Hollywood Reporter knows as of now. It is not sure if it will be like Saved By The Bell: The New Class where Screech came back as a teacher and that was the connection to the original or if it will be like Degrassi: The Next Generation where the spinoff was based on the child of one of the original characters Spike. It will be interesting to see what they will do even though no one who worked on the original will be working on the show as of now. So why didn’t they just do a drama about a high school in Beverly Hills instead of claiming it is spinoff? Novel idea…no?
No word if they show has a good chance of being picked up, but The CW will two extra hours of programming to fill next season on Friday nights now that they have cancelled Smackdown.
Beverly Hills 90210'ers Dylan McKay and Kelly Taylor or as we also them as Luke Perry and Jenny Garth were both at an event together in Burbank 91505 and they both look great. That is the best that Luke Perry has looked in a long time because recently he has looked like crap!
