Kerry Washington is headed to Wisteria Lane.
The Scandal alum is attached to executive produce a spinoff of the ABC dramedy series Desperate Housewives currently in development at Onyx Collective, E! News can confirm.
The new series, titled Wisteria Lane, is described as a fun, sexy, darkly comedic soap/mystery in the vein of the original series, which aired from 2004 to 2012. Similarly, the reimagining focuses on an eclectic group of neighbors with secrets hidden beneath the surface of their picture-perfect, Instagram-friendly lives.
Created by Marc Cherry, Desperate Housewives starred Felicity Huffman, Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, Marcia Cross and Nicollette Sheridan, earning seven Emmys and three Golden Globes during its eight-season run. In fact, Marc recently hinted at developing his own revival of the series, admitting he had “a couple of ideas to do it”—though none seem to involve the original cast.
“I would probably want to do the idea maybe in an earlier decade,” he told People in November. “Because the character I miss writing the most is actually Wisteria Lane. That was the most fun playground anyone in the history of television has ever had, because we owned the whole street. I know that street like the back of my hand.”
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