Netflix reboots Heartbreak High

[Canon]

Everything has its time, to everything there is a season...until its rebooted on a streaming service 20 years later...

Netflix Reboots Australia’s “Iconic” Young Adult Series ‘Heartbreak High’

Netflix is reimagining the 1990s Australian teen drama Heartbreak High for a modern audience as part of a deal with Fremantle Australia.

deadline.com

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

I listened to this being discussed on an Australian TV podcast recently, where one of the hosts had an almost violent reaction to this news. As in, he was basically shouting about it. He thinks it's poor reflection on the Australian TV industry's ability to create content for Netflix. When other countries are pumping out appointment TV like The Crown and Money Heist, Australia's big contribution is a rehash of a 90's teen drama. The other hosts were a bit more diplomatic in their assessment and saw it for what it was, a new teen drama using an established name to draw in older viewers as well as new. I was a fan of the original but that was at a very specific time in my life (I was a kid) so I can't see me sitting down to watch the new series although at some point, I'll probably watch a few episodes of the original for nostalgia sake.

 

[tommie]

Obviously, the original series must be doing well for them if they're rebooting it. A huge part of why these thing happens is because of the success of the original and since Netflix has the original on their service they must've taken notice how well it did.

Plus, they might also hope it'll have some cross-over appeal to other markets - personally, I've never heard of it, but I'm sure there's a lot of teens today that would be interested in a show about kids in high school.

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

Obviously, the original series must be doing well for them if they're rebooting it. A huge part of why these thing happens is because of the success of the original and since Netflix has the original on their service they must've taken notice how well it did.

I think they added the original to the streaming service while plans for the reboot were already in motion because there was something like a week between the original arriving on Netflix and the reboot being announced.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

A pity they couldn't re-boot Return To Eden, there's a show just crying out for a re-boot.

 

[Alison Carr]

It came close a few years ago with Pete McTighe writing it but the plug was sadly pulled on it

 

[Willie Oleson]

a show about kids in high school

Yeah...."kids".

 

[Alison Carr]

have just seen that Maggie Dence, now into her early 80s, will be appearing in this, great news! loved her back in the day as Bev The Beast Baker in Prisoner and as Dorothy Burke in Neighbours.

 

[Alison Carr]

HEARTBREAK HIGH NETFLIX 2022 OPENING SEQUENCE - YouTube

 

[Alison Carr]

this has been commission for a well deserved 2nd series! yay