Heartbreaking update to Netflix’s reboot of Little House on the Prairie

A prima of Little House connected the Prairie has confirmed the archetypal formed won’t beryllium returning for the reboot.

Earlier this week Netflix announced it would beryllium bringing backmost the 70s drama that primitively aired for astir a decade.

Loosely based connected the Little House connected the Prairie publication bid by Laura Ingalls Wilder, the TV bid of the aforesaid name archetypal deed screens successful 1974.

The American Western humanities play was acceptable successful the play betwixt the 1870s to1890s and followed the Ingalls family, who lived connected a workplace successful Minnesota.

It starred Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson, and twins Lindsay and Sydney Greenbush.

However a fewer days connected Alison Arngrim, who played Nellie Oleson from 1974 to 1982, confirmed that she and her chap archetypal formed members wouldn’t beryllium appearing successful the caller episodes.

‘None of us, arsenic acold arsenic I know, our gang, are successful astatine this point,’ she told ReMIND.

But she jokingly added: ‘I person been joking for years that I’m yet aged capable to play Mrs. Oleson, truthful telephone me!’

She past went connected to uncover the caller bid was ‘not truly similar a reboot’ and ‘would not beryllium going backmost to Walnut Grove’.

‘This [show] is portion of the Laura Ingalls Wilder multiverse. So concerns that they’re going to tally amok distant from the books and marque it into thing weird — not happening.’

Her comments addressed backlash the reboot received this week, erstwhile immoderate archetypal fans said they didn’t privation it to beryllium ‘woke’.

A tweet from Megyn Kelly successful which she said she’d marque it her ‘singular ngo to ruin the project’ if it was ‘wokefied’ led archetypal prima Melissa Gilbert (who played Laura Ingalls Wilder) to deed back.

‘Umm…watch the archetypal again. TV doesn’t get excessively overmuch much “woke” than we did,’ she posted connected X.

‘We tackled: racism, addiction, nativism, antisemitism, misogyny, rape, spousal maltreatment and each different “woke” taxable you tin deliberation of. Thank you precise much.’

Although the effect from critics connected the archetypal play was acold from glowing, and ratings took a portion to prime up, the bid became a instrumentality favourite and went connected to tally for 9 seasons, yet ending successful 1983.

Over the years fans person labelled it ‘timeless’, ‘inspiring’ and adjacent ‘one of the top TV shows successful history’.

When announcing the caller series, Netflix said it would connection a ‘fresh instrumentality connected the iconic story’.

The reboot volition beryllium led by Rebecca Sonnenshine (The Boys, The Vampire Diaries) arsenic showrunner and enforcement producer.

The streaming work has already teased the pursuing of the upcoming series: ‘Part hopeful household drama, portion epic endurance tale, and portion root communicative of the American West, this caller adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s iconic semi-autobiographical Little House books offers a kaleidoscopic presumption of the struggles and triumphs of those who shaped the frontier.’

Netflix’s vice president of play series’ Jinny Howe said the reboot would ‘thread the needle with an affectional extent that volition delight some caller and existing fans of this beloved classic’.

However, reactions from fans of the archetypal was mixed.

‘We don’t similar your reimagining’s. We privation it to enactment existent to the original,’ Cat posted connected X.

‘Please don’t screw this up. This bid means a batch to a batch of people. This was my favourite publication bid arsenic a kid,’ idiosyncratic CW23 wrote.

However affirmative reactions besides flooded successful too.

‘My puerility 😭 I loved the NBC bid increasing up. I’m really ace excited astir this!’ Emily shared.

‘Loved the series. Excited for what this 1 mightiness bring,’ loveonlyworks added.

‘That sounds exciting! A caller instrumentality connected Little House connected the Prairie could bring a full caller position to the classical story. Looking guardant to seeing however Netflix reimagines the struggles and triumphs of frontier life,’ fasbite added.

Despite archetypal airing implicit 50 years ago, the archetypal bid continues to stay fashionable with fans. Last twelvemonth it was reported that the Little House connected the Prairie, which streams connected Peacock successful the US, was watched much than 13 cardinal minutes successful 2024.

Meanwhile the books, which were published successful the 1930s and 1940s and person been translated into astatine slightest 27 languages, person sold much than 73 cardinal copies to date.

A mentation of this nonfiction was primitively published connected January 30, 2025.

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