Get your slushies ready: Glee is returning.
Disney+ and Hulu have ordered a revival of the high school musical, which ran from 2009-15 on Fox. 20th Television, which produced the original series, is also behind the new show.
And that is literally all the public information Disney put out Wednesday morning — no producers or cast are mentioned in the press release announcing the series order. Sources say deals for the the creative team are still being finalized, but it’s an extremely safe bet that co-creator Ryan Murphy is involved. Murphy, after all, told The Hollywood Reporter in August that he was “considering” a Glee-vival: “For many, many people now in their 20s, they grew up on that show and it meant something to them,” he said. “The music meant something. So, let’s kick it around and see what we get.”
In late September, Murphy took the idea further, telling Entertainment Tonight that he had finished a script for a new version with co-creators Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan.
Glee ran for six seasons on Fox, becoming a cultural phenomenon almost from the moment its pilot debuted. The series followed the members of the show choir at William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio, through the ups and downs of high school and beyond. The original cast included Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch, Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Dianna Agron, Amber Riley, Jenna Ushkowitz, Heather Morris, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Darren Criss, Harry Shum Jr., Jayma Mays, Dot-Marie Jones and Chord Overstreet. Alex Newell, Jacob Artist, Becca Tobin, Blake Jenner and Melissa Benoist joined the series in later seasons.
Glee won six Emmys, including a directing win for Murphy for the pilot episode and best supporting actress in a comedy series for Lynch in 2010. The original series streams on Hulu, and songs from Glee draw about 4 million monthly listeners on Spotify.