Netflix to reboot 'iconic' series based on beloved books from decades ago

It's been decades since the archetypal amusement aired

Netflix is acceptable to reboot an iconic bid based connected beloved books from decades agone that inactive beryllium highly fashionable today.

The Little House books, written by Laura Ingalls Wilder were based connected her stories of increasing up successful the American West successful the 1800s. They were primitively published successful the 1930s and served arsenic inspiration for the deed tv bid Little House connected the Prairie. The amusement ran for adjacent to 10 years from the 1970s into the 80s.

Now, Netflix has confirmed that they are rebooting the show, based connected the aforesaid root worldly for a marque caller generation. The streaming level is acceptable to reimagine the treasured novels and anticipation to honour the semi-autobiographical quality of the books. In an announcement connected the Tudum website, the institution assertion the bid volition connection a kaleidoscopic presumption of the struggles and triumphs of those who shaped the frontier.

It besides goes connected to accidental that it volition service arsenic portion household drama, portion epic endurance communicative and besides an root communicative of the American West. This could beryllium invited quality for shows that are based astatine a akin clip play but connection a importantly much graphic and convulsive tone, specified arsenic American Primeval.

Rebecca Sonnenshine, who has served arsenic a writer connected bid including The Boys and The Vampire Diaries, is serving arsenic showrunner. She told Netflix: "I fell profoundly successful emotion with these books erstwhile I was 5 years old. They inspired maine to go a writer and a filmmaker, and I americium honoured and thrilled to beryllium adapting these stories for a caller audience.”

The streamer hopes that the caller Little House connected the Prairie volition beryllium comfortably alongside their slate of wholesome and bosom warming stories for viewers to cosy up with, specified arsenic Virgin River, Sweet Magnolias, My Life with the Walter Boys, and the upcoming Ransom Canyon.

Jinny Howe, vice president for Drama Series astatine Netflix, said: "Little House connected the Prairie has captured the hearts and imaginations of truthful galore fans astir the world, and we’re excited to stock its enduring themes of anticipation and optimism with a caller instrumentality connected this iconic story.

"Rebecca’s imaginativeness threads the needle with an affectional extent that volition delight some caller and existing fans of this beloved classic.”

The archetypal Little House connected the Prairie bid is streaming connected MGM+ via Amazon Prime Video now.