Shannen and Alyssa in Talks for a 'Charmed' Reboot

[Courtney]

Jul 16, 2017 6:49:47 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

I get a funny feeling that if you have Paige as part of the Power of Three (and no Power of Four, please...that's not Charmed), you won't get Prue, and since it's Alyssa and Shannen who want this, you don't get Prue, you won't get the originals.

It's them talking about raising their *daughters* and no mention of sons that makes me think it's going to be a retcon as compared to a continuation and that makes me so excited - NO WYATT AND CHRIS!!! YES!!!! Especially if Paige isn't part of it, Charmed gets to unjump the shark!!!!! How many shows get to say that???

And as long as they continue to rerun Charmed, those who want Paige, Wyatt and Chris to be part of it, they can watch S4-8 when it's on.

Like others have said, I don't imagine Rose would be a part of it. She has continually said these past couple of years she doesn't want to act again, and as much as I love Paige I'd be more than happy if the re-boot continued on from 2001 and the end of S3 (obviously several years into the future).

[craig]

Jul 16, 2017 18:27:47 GMT -5 Courtney said:

Jul 16, 2017 6:49:47 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

I get a funny feeling that if you have Paige as part of the Power of Three (and no Power of Four, please...that's not Charmed), you won't get Prue, and since it's Alyssa and Shannen who want this, you don't get Prue, you won't get the originals.

It's them talking about raising their *daughters* and no mention of sons that makes me think it's going to be a retcon as compared to a continuation and that makes me so excited - NO WYATT AND CHRIS!!! YES!!!! Especially if Paige isn't part of it, Charmed gets to unjump the shark!!!!! How many shows get to say that???

And as long as they continue to rerun Charmed, those who want Paige, Wyatt and Chris to be part of it, they can watch S4-8 when it's on.

Like others have said, I don't imagine Rose would be a part of it. She has continually said these past couple of years she doesn't want to act again, and as much as I love Paige I'd be more than happy if the re-boot continued on from 2001 and the end of S3 (obviously several years into the future).

Yep, Rose really has changed over the years and she just doesn't care much about acting these days. If she were to appear it would be a one-off role or a 3-episode stint. 

So I could see them only introducing Paige as the half sister who isn't a Witch or Charmed One and just a whitelighter. We have to remember that if they rebooted from 2001 and to present day. Paige would be meeting her sisters as a woman likely married into her late 30s. So she would have her life set out for her, and is much older than if she meet them in her early 20s.

I can see them playing catch-up with viewers showing flashbacks of the first 3 years, giving us a recap of Melinda Warren and the Charmed Ones. If they had the budget, CGI does wonders to make actors appear younger. Now, I don't know if Charmed could afford it. But maybe they could for a short 3 to 4 minute flashback to explain the events of 2001 and them jump to 2001.

[Esmeralda]

Jul 16, 2017 20:07:30 GMT -5 craig said:

Jul 16, 2017 18:27:47 GMT -5 Courtney said:

Like others have said, I don't imagine Rose would be a part of it. She has continually said these past couple of years she doesn't want to act again, and as much as I love Paige I'd be more than happy if the re-boot continued on from 2001 and the end of S3 (obviously several years into the future).

Yep, Rose really has changed over the years and she just doesn't care much about acting these days. If she were to appear it would be a one-off role or a 3-episode stint. 

So I could see them only introducing Paige as the half sister who isn't a Witch or Charmed One and just a whitelighter. We have to remember that if they rebooted from 2001 and to present day. Paige would be meeting her sisters as a woman likely married into her late 30s. So she would have her life set out for her, and is much older than if she meet them in her early 20s.

I can see them playing catch-up with viewers showing flashbacks of the first 3 years, giving us a recap of Melinda Warren and the Charmed Ones. If they had the budget, CGI does wonders to make actors appear younger. Now, I don't know if Charmed could afford it. But maybe they could for a short 3 to 4 minute flashback to explain the events of 2001 and them jump to 2001.

That's what I was thinking. With the help of CGI we could see the original three as young again and do something Charmed never did - show us what truly happened after "All Hell Breaks Loose" - with all three surviving, and S4-8 nothing more than Piper's delusion as she's in a coma for 20 years!

Oh, what a way to celebrate Charmed's 20th anniversary next year!!!

Although I admit, there's probably just as much of a chance that this won't happen than that it will, but until the day we find out it won't, I'll be anxiously awaiting to find out more - ESPECIALLY if we see it officially announced at a more official site like ETonline or MSN or one of the others.

[craig]

Jul 16, 2017 20:38:07 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Jul 16, 2017 20:07:30 GMT -5 craig said:

Yep, Rose really has changed over the years and she just doesn't care much about acting these days. If she were to appear it would be a one-off role or a 3-episode stint. 

So I could see them only introducing Paige as the half sister who isn't a Witch or Charmed One and just a whitelighter. We have to remember that if they rebooted from 2001 and to present day. Paige would be meeting her sisters as a woman likely married into her late 30s. So she would have her life set out for her, and is much older than if she meet them in her early 20s.

I can see them playing catch-up with viewers showing flashbacks of the first 3 years, giving us a recap of Melinda Warren and the Charmed Ones. If they had the budget, CGI does wonders to make actors appear younger. Now, I don't know if Charmed could afford it. But maybe they could for a short 3 to 4 minute flashback to explain the events of 2001 and them jump to 2017.

That's what I was thinking. With the help of CGI we could see the original three as young again and do something Charmed never did - show us what truly happened after "All Hell Breaks Loose" - with all three surviving, and S4-8 nothing more than Piper's delusion as she's in a coma for 20 years!

Oh, what a way to celebrate Charmed's 20th anniversary next year!!!

Although I admit, there's probably just as much of a chance that this won't happen than that it will, but until the day we find out it won't, I'll be anxiously awaiting to find out more - ESPECIALLY if we see it officially announced at a more official site like ETonline or MSN or one of the others.

That would be a dream come true, and the best way for Charmed's 20th anniversary. I can't contain my excitement for this to actually be true.

I really DO think we have a huge chance of seeing something done for Charmed next year. Maybe after two failed attempts at rebooting Charmed, and the trend of bringing old shows back - Charmed will be one of next to come back even if it were a one-off limited series. After all isn't Charmed one of the most popular Netflix shows that ended still watched so much on the service? 

I actually hope this ends up on Netflix than CW. Because I think Netflix will allow Charmed more freedom than CW. If it were on CW, we could be faced with the same issues Charmed faced in the later seasons on The WB. The horror.

But that's right, we do not have much to go by. But I have more faith, because they have been trying to bring Charmed back for 5 years in some form twice now. I have faith that attempt number 3 will be third times the Charmed!!!

[gzv969]

The fact that neither Shannon, Alyssa or Holly have said anything in response to this article makes me believe their may be truth to it and they just can't talk about it. If not one of them would have said they didn't know anything about it or denied it. Just like they were vocal about all the other reboot news in the past.

I also found this article from July 3rd. Here the writer was hinting towards this possibly happening.

www.christianpost.com/news/charmed-reboot-updates-delay-fuels-rumors-on-an-original-cast-reunion-190172/

[rebooted]

How about Brian, Julian, Billy Zane and even Kaley Cucco. Now that would be some epic promotion if they had cameos!

If Prue comes back, Andy HAAAAS to come back too! and Daryl!

[Ruth Marie]

Jul 16, 2017 22:30:26 GMT -5 gzv969 said:

The fact that neither Shannon, Alyssa or Holly have said anything in response to this article makes me believe their may be truth to it and they just can't talk about it. If not one of them would have said they didn't know anything about it or denied it. Just like they were vocal about all the other reboot news in the past.

I also found this article from July 3rd. Here the writer was hinting towards this possibly happening.

www.christianpost.com/news/charmed-reboot-updates-delay-fuels-rumors-on-an-original-cast-reunion-190172/

So far only Holly has responded to the news so far that a fan asked. But we all know Holly is the only one of the four who is so honest with anything thrown her way.

[gzv969]

Jul 17, 2017 2:45:34 GMT -5 Ruth Marie said:

Jul 16, 2017 22:30:26 GMT -5 gzv969 said:

The fact that neither Shannon, Alyssa or Holly have said anything in response to this article makes me believe their may be truth to it and they just can't talk about it. If not one of them would have said they didn't know anything about it or denied it. Just like they were vocal about all the other reboot news in the past.

I also found this article from July 3rd. Here the writer was hinting towards this possibly happening.

www.christianpost.com/news/charmed-reboot-updates-delay-fuels-rumors-on-an-original-cast-reunion-190172/

So far only Holly has responded to the news so far that a fan asked. But we all know Holly is the only one of the four who is so honest with anything thrown her way.

At least she didn't deny its authenticity. That's still encouraging.    

[Ruth Marie]

Jul 17, 2017 3:05:50 GMT -5 gzv969 said:

Jul 17, 2017 2:45:34 GMT -5 Ruth Marie said:

So far only Holly has responded to the news so far that a fan asked. But we all know Holly is the only one of the four who is so honest with anything thrown her way.

At least she didn't deny its authenticity. That's still encouraging.    

Exactly, this is a good thing. She did put more thought into her joy of Shannen and Alyssa making up too. Who knows, maybe neither have approached Holly yet with the idea. But if this is true, Shannen and Holly must make up first. 

[Esmeralda]

Jul 17, 2017 3:22:01 GMT -5 Ruth Marie said:

Jul 17, 2017 3:05:50 GMT -5 gzv969 said:

At least she didn't deny its authenticity. That's still encouraging.    

Exactly, this is a good thing. She did put more thought into her joy of Shannen and Alyssa making up too. Who knows, maybe neither have approached Holly yet with the idea. But if this is true, Shannen and Holly must make up first. 

Or they might have approached her and she simply means that none of the studios have accepted the idea yet, that they're still shopping it around. To me, it still sounds promising.

[adzpower]

I will remain cautiously optimistic, this could just be reporters pulling absolute rubbish outta their butts because they saw that Alyssa and Shannen have made up. The fact that Holly didn't know they'd made up makes me think she still isn't talking to Shannen, that'll be the first big obstacle, reboots are really "in" right now, so I think Netflix would pick Charmed back up immediately if a solid team is in place. Its always been said that its one of the most viewed shows on the site, so a new series could boost it even more.

But there could be conditions, for all we know networks/streaming sites won't agree to pick it up unless all four of the main actresses come back, and I think any production company would put a stop to the alternate season 4 onwards idea without Paige unless they bill it as a "what if?" season of Charmed. That could work, make sure people know going into it that its a re-telling or an alternate reality.

[gzv969]

Jul 17, 2017 4:59:00 GMT -5 adzpower said:

I will remain cautiously optimistic, this could just be reporters pulling absolute rubbish outta their butts because they saw that Alyssa and Shannen have made up. The fact that Holly didn't know they'd made up makes me think she still isn't talking to Shannen, that'll be the first big obstacle, reboots are really "in" right now, so I think Netflix would pick Charmed back up immediately if a solid team is in place. Its always been said that its one of the most viewed shows on the site, so a new series could boost it even more.

But there could be conditions, for all we know networks/streaming sites won't agree to pick it up unless all four of the main actresses come back, and I think any production company would put a stop to the alternate season 4 onwards idea without Paige unless they bill it as a "what if?" season of Charmed. That could work, make sure people know going into it that its a re-telling or an alternate reality.

An alternate season 4 could be confusing to some viewers. So maybe they come up with a way for the powers that be to give prue back to the sisters instead and continue the story years later after it ended. There are so many ways it could be done.


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[StoryGirl83]

If they hadn't killed Phoebe in Morality Bites they could use that time line instead. After all, Piper already has a daughter in that one. and we have no clue if Phoebe had any family (read significant other or kids). Prue clearly didn't . . . or at least she didn't have a husband. I guess she could have had a kid who was raised by nannies or something since I think Prue only asked about a husband. You'd still have to get around the whole Phoebe died thing, so it wouldn't work, but it would be interesting to consider. Although there is the whole major issues with personal gain, so that's something they'd have to deal with, too.

I see ways to fix all of these things, even keeping everything that happened in Morality Bites as canon and still end up with all three sisters alive and well.

*randomly imagines seasons 3.5 through eight as an alternate reality that was created when they went back in time during All Halliwell's Eve* And of course they did create an alternate reality (where they didn't get killed by Nicholas) in That's Seventies Episode, but we don't need the original version of that . . . they almost definitely died. And plenty of AUs created by Deja Vu All Over Again, but none of them had all three sisters surviving.

[Esmeralda]

I still think it would be easiest to just rewrite it from 'All Hell Breaks Loose' with all three surviving. They could show a quick recap at the beginning before they do the credits. I even know the new title: either "Charmed: New Beginnings" or "Charmed: What Could've Been". Neither would wipe out S4-8 - just show that this is a different timeline.

[craig]

Jul 17, 2017 12:10:09 GMT -5 StoryGirl83 said:

If they hadn't killed Phoebe in Morality Bites they could use that time line instead. After all, Piper already has a daughter in that one. and we have no clue if Phoebe had any family (read significant other or kids). Prue clearly didn't . . . or at least she didn't have a husband. I guess she could have had a kid who was raised by nannies or something since I think Prue only asked about a husband. You'd still have to get around the whole Phoebe died thing, so it wouldn't work, but it would be interesting to consider. Although there is the whole major issues with personal gain, so that's something they'd have to deal with, too.

I see ways to fix all of these things, even keeping everything that happened in Morality Bites as canon and still end up with all three sisters alive and well.

*randomly imagines seasons 3.5 through eight as an alternate reality that was created when they went back in time during All Halliwell's Eve* And of course they did create an alternate reality (where they didn't get killed by Nicholas) in That's Seventies Episode, but we don't need the original version of that . . . they almost definitely died. And plenty of AUs created by Deja Vu All Over Again, but none of them had all three sisters surviving.

That is also a really good idea, only needing to work around Phoebe dying. But they have ways of fixing it. But the idea of starting from All Hell Breaks Loose is the easiest way of using the original set with no problems. Just having to recap events of the first 3 seasons to play catch up with viewers, if possible CGI the actors for 2001 and then jump forward into the future. 

Jul 17, 2017 19:14:30 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

I still think it would be easiest to just rewrite it from 'All Hell Breaks Loose' with all three surviving. They could show a quick recap at the beginning before they do the credits. I even know the new title: either "Charmed: New Beginnings" or "Charmed: What Could've Been". Neither would wipe out S4-8 - just show that this is a different timeline.

Yep, that is the only way to really do it. If Rose does consider guest starring, they could bring her in later as the lost sister. Otherwise, just stick with the original intended story of the original set.

[Esmeralda]

Except not continue it from there - take it into the present time. No way Shannen and Alyssa could play their younger selves. Holly could, but not them.

[Esmeralda]

Been having fun imagining what the credits for this new retcon might be like. I'm sure most fans won't like at least a part of it (I know I don't...), but with what and who we're getting (if we get Holly...) it's what makes sense to me:

We start with a quick Charmed refresher course with Alyssa narrating S1, Holly narrating S2, and Shannen narrating S3, including the ending of that season, but Shannen continues with "But what if it Season Four started differently..." and we see the title card: "Charmed: What Could've Been".

Then a quick CGI-version of a different beginning to Season Four with all three surviving and not only vanquishing Shax, but also vanquishing the Source from Season Three, not Half-Face.

Then Shannen say "And now we each have a daughter."

Then Holly says, "And although one of their fathers was an angel who's now an Elder..." (We see Piper with Leo)

Then Alyssa says, "...and one was a half-demon who died to save us..." (We see Phoebe with Cole)

And then Shannen says, "...and one was a mortal who's back in jail, (We see Prue with Bane) all three of them are Warren witches with only Warren powers (and we see the three girls), who can never be Charmed because they're cousins, not sisters, but are the ones chosen to carry on the Warren Destiny while we're the ones now chosen to teach them how to do it," which leads into the actual credits.

Kinda hokey, but kinda fun.

[craig]

Jul 17, 2017 20:15:11 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Had fun what the credits for this new retrocon might be like. I'm sure most fans won't like at least a part of it (I know I don't...but with what and who we're getting it makes sense to me:

Start with a quick Charmed refresher course with Alyssa (S1), Holly (S2) and Shannen (S3) narrating, ending with "But what if it Season Four started differently..."

Then a quick CGI-version of a different beginning to Season Four with all three surviving and not only vanquishing Shax, but also vanquishing the Source from Season Three, not Half-Face.

Then Shannen say "And now we each have a daughter."

Then Holly says, "And although one of their fathers was an angel who's now an Elder..." (We see Piper with Leo)

Then Alyssa says, "and one was a half-demon who died to save us..." (We see Phoebe with Cole)

And then Shannen says, "and one was a mortal who's back in jail" (We see Prue with Bane), all three of them are Warren witches (and we see the three girls), who can never be Charmed because they're cousins, not sisters, but they are the ones Chosen to be the ones to carry on the Warren Destiny while we're the ones Chosen to teach them how to do it" which leads into the credits.

Kinda hokey, but kinda fun.

A nice start Es. At least it allows viewers to understand what they are watching, Before moving ahead to present day. 

[gzv969]

Jul 17, 2017 19:14:30 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

I still think it would be easiest to just rewrite it from 'All Hell Breaks Loose' with all three surviving. They could show a quick recap at the beginning before they do the credits. I even know the new title: either "Charmed: New Beginnings" or "Charmed: What Could've Been". Neither would wipe out S4-8 - just show that this is a different timeline.

I think I like your piper waking up from a coma idea. Some ideas I have.

She wakes up and discovers S4 to 8 was all a dream. Finds out prue didn't die. Tempus never reversed time. They tried to use him but he couldn't. He was too weak so the cleaners stepped in. Prue brought her to the hospital after being shot that day as before and she died and then didn't die. The doctors thought she died but when prue told Leo to fix it he instead pulled the same stunt he did in "awakened" after the tempus option failed. But pipers spirit was out of her body too long and so after he tells her spirit to return she gets a heartbeat but ends up in a coma instead cause her body was too weak. And the elders finding out again what Leo did, made sure magically that he couldn't heal her further. She had to wake up from her coma herself normally.

While piper was in a coma the cleaners had cleaned up everything else to make everyone forget the exposure. Prue and phoebe did find their long lost sister Paige during their attempt to use magic to wake piper. Paige reconstituted the charmed ones while piper was in a comma. When piper tells them she dreamt of Paige, the sisters are so stomped in how piper had dreamt it. But Paige was different in this time. Her looks, short hair, attitude etc. She was kind of a rebel and refused to be a charmed and later left them. That would explain Paige's absence. When the power of 3 was needed prue and phoebe had to come up with creative ways to trick Paige into helping them. Like find her and being the demons to her forcing her to use the power of 3 with them for a vanquish. Now piper is back they don't have to deal with that anymore.

Piper struggles with her relationship with Leo after this. Phoebe had a different job. Was not a gossip columnist. She laughs when piper tells her that was what she was. Cole is still alive and still Balthazar and he and phoebe are still together. They have a baby boy whom piper is afraid of. Phoebe can't understand why.

This story angle would make for such fun stories.

[Esmeralda]

That's great, except it's not what they want. They want something in the current time, not in the past. Although this would make for a very interesting backstory.