A ‘Party Of Five’ Reboot Is On The Way With A Modern Twist
By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 18, 2018 3:30 pm EST
In 1994, five siblings (a party of five, you could say) were forced to band together when their parents were killed in a car accident. This was the Salinger family, who graced FOX with their various family dramas for six seasons. The Salingers may be gone by now, but the concept of their show lives on in the new Party of Five reboot. Freeform just ordered a pilot from original Party of Five creators Chris Keyser and Amy Lippman, per Variety, and the new series will offer a modern-day twist on the scenario. In the new Party of Five, the five Buendias siblings must band together when their parents are unexpectedly deported to Mexico.
The Party of Five reboot is just the latest addition to Freeform, a network that has been struggling to forge its own identity since its rebranding from ABC Family in 2016. The channel previously had the rights to the Marvel show New Warriors, but after positive early test screenings, Marvel and Disney yanked the show from the network, presumably because they felt that Freeform wasn’t big enough to usher in a potential hit.
Deadline reports that the Party of Five reboot was originally brought to original Party of Five network FOX, but FOX passed on it as they have a similarly-themed immigration-based drama in the works called In the Country We Love. The overall message of the Party of Five reboot is this: no show is ever really gone forever. Except Firefly. Sorry, folks, we all know Firefly ain’t comin’ back.
