FOX orders Fantasy Island reboot series

FOX has ordered a reboot of Fantasy Island. The series comes from Liz Craft and Sarah Fain (The 100), Sony Pictures TV and Gemstone Studios. Liz Craft and Sarah Fain (The 100) have written the story of Fantasy Island. Next summer, the series will premiere. A specific premiere date has not yet been revealed. Pictures TV and Gemstone Studios will be responsible for production alongside FOX Entertainment.

Just like the original, the reboot will be semi-anthological. It will feature a number of lead characters who live on the island and new characters with a new story will be introduced in each episode. The original series aired at ABC from 1977 till 1984. Next to that, a series with the same name (Fantasy Island (1998)) aired at ABC from 1998 till 1999. The same network ordered a pilot episode of the reboot back in 2015.


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