Warner Bros. TV Boss Channing Dungey Would Consider Rebooting ‘The West Wing’ One Day — But Not ‘Friends’
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at Large It’s probably not the right time for a new version of “The West Wing,” but never say never, Warner Bros.
TV Group chairman Channing Dungey told an audience on Monday at the Banff World Media Festival. “Perhaps there would be a point in the future when you might want to try to do that,” Dungey said of a new take on “West Wing.” Dungey said a “Friends” reboot is still unlikely. “I think it would be very difficult to do another ‘Friends’ and call it ‘Friends,'” she said. “There have been so many shows that have been inspired by ‘Friends.’ That is such an iconic series and is constantly still running, so the idea that you would try to introduce a new Monica, a new Rachel and a new Ross, I don’t think that that would work.” Among I.P.
titles that Dungey would be interested in is “Ocean’s 11.” “That kind of a caper film, which is a great two-hour romp, what we might be able to do with that in a limited series format might be kind of fun.” Still, Dungey said she’s very strategic when it comes to reviving a library title. “You have to think about, why why are you doing it?
What’s the reason to do a new version? Is there’s something about the world that has changed in a way that makes take tackling it again fresh and interesting?
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