Dawson’s Creek has spent 15 years in the TV afterlife, but could it be revived or rebooted?
Creator Kevin Williamson believes that in its original form Dawson’s Creek wouldn’t exist today, but it could be rebooted in another guise:
No. It’s a different time and different place. The moment dictates what shows work or you make the show and that becomes the moment. It’s either/or. If you look at what’s working today, it’s not Dawson’s Creek. You have to either design the show for the moment or create something that is not out there and it will become the moment. You can’t do Dawson’s Creek today; you’d have to revamp it, reboot it or come up with something else and why would you do that? Just write a show about four teenagers and speak to the moment. Why does it have to be called Dawson’s Creek?
As for whether he plans to reboot Dawson’s Creek, Williamson says he’d rather let the show rest in peace:
What would we do?! One of the reasons we did the finale five years in the future was to put a button on it. What would a reunion be? What would that look like? Why would you? I don’t see it and I don’t feel it. The finale was such a beautiful moment in time and the show was always meant to be a nostalgia piece. Let it stay there and live in its nostalgia and its nostalgic universe.
However, while he has no intention of personally overseeing a Dawson’s Creek reboot, Williamson claims he’d be game for someone else resurrecting the show:
I’d love it. All for it. Absolutely. It’s so rewarding to see it live on in some form or another.
Do you want a Dawson’s Creek revival or reboot series, or do you agree with Williamson that the show should remain a “nostalgia piece”?
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