Possibility of a new Melrose Place spin-off?

For 12 years we've KNOWN it, Sydney is NOT dead..

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Pilot-Melrose-Leighton-1004747.aspx

OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is this fucking true? My eyes can't believe this!!!! Like I said I knew they had this up their sleeves!!!

How can you be so fucking calm?!?! LOOOOOOOL! I'm gonna celebrate tonite with a beer, who said Monday's are a bitch?!!

She's my number 1 favorite, I never thought she'd do it! Seriously!

I am by no means calm, lol This is the most awesome day, ever, this Monday is a bitch and her name is the great Sydney Andrews This was the hardest day at work ever, all I wanted to do was search and talk about this....

HELL YEAH, SYD LIVES

Mancini is coming back, just words cannot express how excited I am

I take back everything I was starting to say, this is going to fucking rock...let the countdown to September Begin...

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20270500,00.html

Here is article about Mancini, think they got it messed up about him being David's dad, lol But anyway, I just have to say those years ago, when we were fighting to get repeats and DVD's and recognition for MP, that a day would come where we would actually get some of our beloved characters back on TV. Think of it, SO many characters are tied to Syd and Michael, there are numerous possibilites for at least half the cast returning. Jake, Taylor, and Jane, to name a few. I say they slowly incorporate them back in, throw out these new younger people, and we get our show back in all its glory Heather is probably kicking herself somewhere and I hope Doug's wonderfully talented wife will show Felicity Huffman she should her damn mouth about MP. We're finally on the right track with this remake now my friends. To qoute Alison, "Sydney, NOW we're talking." Some people on the boards were complaining, "but she was dead.." who gives a shit? We're getting Syd back be happy, and there wasn't as we've long said nearly enough evidence on the show that she actually died. Did we EVER see a body like with Richard and eventually Kimberly NO..

I remember Kimberly saying to Michael when she was dying, "My story is ending, yours isn't, and I cannot wait to see more of the Mancini story

And yes, raise your glass to the return of "the best girl Melrose ever had" Haha After dysfunctional Hallmark movies, like Lauren, "you figured you'd go back to doing what you do best, makes perfect sense,"

What's the big deal? I'm the only sane person I know and it scares the hell out of me
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Okay, so we got not only Easter but all the holidays combined together! And hopefully some evil babies of Andrews and Mancini as well It will really be the best. I even celebrated Laura last night with watching a Lifetime movie of her I've been planning to watch for ages (Daniel's Daughter), and now Thomas too..so many unbelievable things happening in such a short time, it's like watching The Big Bang Theory for the first time

"Sydney Andrews never misses a great party!" and clearly she's not about to miss this one Well written post Notthedoctorkim and nice to see you back too Kimberly "Daniel's Daughter" was on here a while ago too, but I missed it unfortunately.

There's endlessly opportunities for people to return yeah! And it sure feels like "The Big Bang Theory" all over again I never usually get this exicted about television castings anymore, but MP has this magic dust hehe. Now we've had two BIG news in two days, what's next? Josie Bissett tomorrow? It'd be really great to have Jane and Sydney fighting again. I bet Heather Locklear is pulling her hair too, lol. I still have a sense that she will come on a little later (just like last time) and I have a good feeling about Courtney Thorne-Smith and Doug Savant now, although Matt died too. Here's a few more links:

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Pilot-Melrose-Calabro-1004786.aspx

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b107866_laura_leighton_melrose_places_new.html?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=imdb_topstories

http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2009-4-6-laura-leighton-returning-to-melrose-place

http://blog.zap2it.com/korbitv/2009/04/laura-leightons-loony-sydney-will-return-to-melrose.html

http://blog.zap2it.com/korbitv/2009/04/breaking-is-thomas-calabros-michael-mancini-moving-back-into-melrose.html
LOL I really love that last comment on this last article where they wonder where Courtney Thorne-Smith is: Has that cockroach "According To Jim" been canceled yet? It has, right?

BTW Notthedoctorkim your information says you're 75 years old isn't you a little bit old to be a fan? Hahaha

Yeah, I accidently put 33 instead of 83, But for all intents and purposes, should I live to be 75, I will still be as much into MP But yeah, I'll be with Syd coming back from the dead, they have the possibility to start with crazy plots right away. They may not tell us right off the bat what happened with her but have it slowly explained, (not too slowly, though, this is MP, not DH after all) and of course, a come-back-from the dead plot is classic MP. Yes, on other shows it may dumb, but on MP, it works, and yes, I am sure Heather is kicking herself now. She will very likely change her mind. I have a feeling we may get a revolving door of past cast members, which would be nice to at least have some idea of what happened to alot of characters. Others have suggested as I have, they slowly phase out the new characters. Can we have another bombing where only the new, younger characters die? LoL Some people have said "wait, Syd died, will Laura be another character?" Uh, I know they did it with Rob Estes, but NO WAY in hell could have Laura on screen as anyone but Syd. As for Thomas Calabro, not surprised at all....I had a good feeling. I mean I started to doubt after Heather actually said no, because I didn't think she would. Yes, its time to get back to the world of fighting sisters and Michael's ugly little smile. I've missed it. I seriously feel like I'm about to have a reunion with some friends I haven't haven't seen in awhile, that's exactly how I feel...cannot wait to see what an older, wiser, Syd is like, maybe she'll either convince the character who is a prostitute to either get out of it, or she take over the business like with Lauren, haha Plus, I can see Syd going after some of them younger guys. In fact I am thinking Syd as Landlord will be a hell of a lot funnier than Amanda would've been..and as for writing Syd back in, if Mancini here and I can do it, they can do it easy

Also, while I am highly suspect Michael, and I am pleasantly shocked about Laura. She didn't take part in the THS, or the VH1 Special, so I assumed she was one of the ones that wanted to leave MP behind, but gladly not Besides, one commenter complained, "the writers shouldn't have killed the character if they EVER thought she'd come back", maybe that was true for the forseeable future, while the rest of the regular series was on, that was the case, Laura didn't want to come back then, but it's not like then, they could've known 12 years later, they'd be doing a remake of the show with some of the older characters...I think this would be the perfect for a slow invasion of the old characters, because it's not been so long that people have forgotten them (well not that we ever would anyway, but some of the less devoted fans), and not so soon after the finale that people haven't had a chance to miss them and really want them again, PERFECT timing...

It sure feels like we're about to have a reunion with some old friends 10 year reunion This week they shoot the pilot episode I heard. Hopefully we have more old friends ready when the fall comes I am so curious about how they explain Syd's whereabouts, just the thought of them shooting it right now makes me crazy! ha ha. Someone asked if the Ausiello dude got some scoop and his answer was: "Womens...Prison..." WTF?! I wonder what the hell that means, does he hint that she was locked up in prison all these years? For what?

Yes it's going to be exciting to see if she's more mature and morally wiser. I hope not! I wouldn't be surprised if she encouraged the prostitute to continue or even recommend her to Roger Langdon hehehe (the guy with the toys)

Syd was in prison? YES, I think it somehow must relate to her, but what for? Very interesting...some people are saying she wanted to reinvent herself and start over with a new life, so she faked her death. I have a hard time buying that. She loved Craig and was excited about Sky High, lol I think some kind of kidnapping plot was involved, either with Carter or with the Abbott Way Cult. Just makes more sense to me. I think maybe somehow Jim Reiley knew somebody who was after Syd, and the plot was to kidnap her all along....again, not sure by who exactly...and while I think they will focus unfortunately more on the new characters. I have a feeling alot more of the oldies will be showing up at various times, like in rotation, with Syd and Michael being the main two always back and the others appearing every once in awhile, and now that Michael is coming back and Taylor is his son's mother, why the hell haven't they let Lisa on Already? And yes, just knowing Sydney Andrews and Michael Mancini are back in action this week just makes the world a little brighter, doesn't it?

WTF?????


http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/04/lisa-rinna-and.html

I am wondering if she is saying this now because the whole thing was just to gain publicity for her reality show, OR if she is just saying that because she is tired of not being asked. I will have ALOT more respect for her if it's the second...

Not buying this at all. Why would she go through all this and then suddenly change her mind? It's probably a stunt or an excuse since she's not been asked. Anyway look at all those rude comments people made. Doesn't people know that she's a human being with feelings? I want to tell them to fuck off! "Leave Lisa alone!" LOL. (As fans said to her to leave Amanda alone back then! hehe)

seriously, "they never wanted you back anyway, bitch" C'mon how rude, are Syd, Amanda, and Kyle (when he was pissed after she cheated) hacking these boards? And yeah, I'm with ya, I think it's more she's pissed she was never asked...and she has a right to be..

More people wants her on:

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/marc_malkin/b121453_lisa_rinna_no_longer_looking_visit.html?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=imdb_topstories

Check out the video next to the article.

They still all have nothing nice to say about her, for God's sake, Give the lady a break...As for Laura, and Lisa saying "dead, dead, dead", well if Kimberly could survive her crash and Michael survive being run over and numerous car accidents, Syd's survival was definitely possible...

Anyone can survive on Melrose Place! I guess she's as curious as we about the wherabouts!

Anyho, Daphne Zuniga just wants a cameo for the fun of it - she refuses to be the old lady in apartment six! (at least she remember her apartment number, lol)

http://denisedorman.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/daphne-zuniga-on-new-melrose-place-reboot-%e2%80%9cnot-going-to-happen%e2%80%9d/

"What, there is going to be a mini-Jo there?" hehe she's funny :p but she plays a mother on One Tree Hill for God's sake so what the fuck is the big deal?

I agree, no big deal, but it seems to be one of the reasons alot are hesitant to come back, no one wants to be "the old dinosaur"

Seems to be why alot of them are afraid to come back, no one wants to be "the old dinosaur" She'd have a 15 year old, deal with it, Jo, you're old, lol Daphne really doesn't look much older than the MP days at all, though...It would be cool to see her do a cameo, though..


Also, Jack "knows nothing" about the new MP

http://breezymama.com/2009/04/30/jack-wagner-on-fatherhood-and-fundraising-and-the-melrose-place-question-we-had-to-ask/

How the fuck could he know NOTHING? His girlfriend turned down a role on it, LMAO

Interesting interview a new side of Whack Jagner (love that nick!) I've never seen him this "serious" before, lol. No jokes, just damn serious hehe. Lack of communication between him and Heather? Ha ha! Don't tell me you know nothing - I don't buy these Melrosians

[Kimberly enters Peter's office wearing biker clothes]
Dr. Peter Burns: Uh... Hi. How's it going, Kimberly?
Dr. Kimberly Shaw Mancini: [as Rita] Actually, it's Rita. It's cool. Everything's cool.
Dr. Peter Burns: No more weird interludes? No more blackout spells?
Dr. Kimberly Shaw Mancini: I wasn't blacking out... I just wasn't myself.
Dr. Peter Burns: You thought you were going crazy the last time we talked. You called yourself Betsy. Ordered Tupperware? Don't you remember?
Dr. Kimberly Shaw Mancini: That was just some role-playing therapy. Everthing's under control now.
Dr. Peter Burns: Why am I not reassured?
Dr. Kimberly Shaw Mancini: Hey, come on. We all have different personalities inside us. You almost killed Amanda once. You'd probably kill for her right now.

Yeah, stop lying for Amanda, Peter I don't believe for a second they haven't talked about it. He's obviously playing dumb and would never say yes without her, and doesn't want to say that.

Cool conversation

Cheers Today the show was officially picked up like predicted (of course) but still a reason to celebrate

Looks like the tenants all have been living there for a while according to the information. They all have a past with Sydney and know her. And Syd is an ALCOHOLIC! I'm so excited about all this, wanting to know MORE! And I am glad the series got the orginal title MELROSE PLACE. Here's some interesting info I found:

In an elegant Spanish-style apartment building in the trendy Melrose neighborhood of Los Angeles, a diverse group of 20-somethings have formed a close-knit surrogate family. Sydney Andrews (Laura Leighton, the original "Melrose Place") is the landlady, still beautiful at 40, and a central figure in the lives of all her tenants, especially handsome and rebellious David Breck (Shaun Sipos, "Shark"). Sydney started an affair with David despite her turbulent history with his estranged father, Dr. Michael Mancini (Thomas Calabro, the original "Melrose Place"). Both father and son learned through experience that Sydney was not above using blackmail to control people. Another tenant, high-powered publicist Ella Simms (Katie Cassidy, "Supernatural"), once considered Sydney her mentor, but their friendship was destroyed by betrayal, and Sydney threatened to evict Ella and ruin her career. Sydney also played a pivotal role in the career of Auggie Kirkpatrick (Colin Egglesfield, "All My Children"). After they met at an AA meeting, she became Auggie's sponsor and encouraged his dream to become a chef. Now a successful sous chef at the trendy restaurant Coal, Auggie has been avoiding Sydney since she began drinking again. The other tenants include Lauren Yung (Stephanie Jacobsen, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"), a medical student in desperate need of money to pay her student loans, and Jonah Miller (Michael Rady, "Swingtown"), an aspiring filmmaker who has just proposed to his live-in girlfriend Riley Richmond (Jessica Lucas, "Cloverfield"), a first-grade teacher. The newest tenant, 18-year-old Violet Foster (Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, "7th Heaven"), has just arrived in LA with her own secret connection to Sydney. When a bloody body is found floating in the courtyard pool, David is the leading suspect. However, as the police are soon to discover, almost everyone living at Melrose Place had a reason to want the deceased out of the way. An updated version of the popular 1990s series, MELROSE PLACE is from CBS Television Studios with executive producers Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer ("Smallville"). Oscar-winner Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth") is the director and executive producer of the pilot.

Rumours say SYDNEY will be the dead body in the pool in the pilot. Oh no what the fuck are they doing? This better not be true!

Here's a preview that leaked to youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUF384-xSTc

Amanda and Brooke celebrate the pick-up

EDIT: Okay I'm calmer now----I've read and read about this and is now calmer --- they're fucking trying to trick us - this pilot is so so top secret it's getting to me - SYD CAN'T DIE! It would make no sense to bring her back if only to kill her off again...... agree with me on this one...!

I AGREE A MILLION PERCENT..I second your "what the fuck????" I heard this yesterday and I was PISSED. Brining her back from the dead JUST to kill her again, and a season long mystery about who killed her is SO DH...I can't believe Laura is doing this to MP fans, we already had to watch Syd die once this is just fucking cruel...and this means we'll likely ONLY have her back for a season. Apparently this was the same script offered to Locklear, now I say GOOD for her for saying no...

Words cannot describe how upset I am about this. Man now I just wish that Laura said no to begin with. And Locklear, now I perfectly understand why you turned down the offer. It's offensive to us all. They better rewrite this pilot fast. Start with Ashley Simpsons body in the pool instead!

Yeah, I think we need to get in touch with that Producer guy, david schwimmer or whoever who is on twitter and give him a piece of our mind as original Melrose Fans. It's not too late to change the Pilot. He needs to know Hell Hath No Fury Like a Melrose Fan scorned As for the clip where Ashlee (Voilet) asks Auggie, "Did you know her?" (Syd) I felt like saying yeah, and I liked her alot better than your ass, you get in that pool, lol Also, so apparently Syd becomes an alcoholic? She kind of made fun of Alison for being one, "Miss Twelve Step" and now she is going to be Miss Twelve Step herself?? LOL If they wanted an alcoholic, you know who they should've gone with, butI don't want Alison dying either. The pilot shouldn't have ANY old cast member dying, period...I never thought I'd seriously say, but based on what I saw, our writing and ideas are better and much truer to the original. He needs to get in touch us now, lol I just feel they are totally ruining Syd....the one line I did like though, and I want to use it myself on the RPG:

Syd: I did something REALLY. REALLY bad..
David: Yeah, well, what's new?
LMAO

And at least Syd's style seems okay, youthful for 40, but not too child-like, and no dumb hats or baby doll dresses so far

Thank you for cheering me up with that funny post. I also love the quote with Sydney and a part of me still hopes that all these rumors are fake and just to get a buzz about the show - I haven't given up on the idea of that. Since she said that, she could easily be the killer and that is my new hope :p lol. A part of me missed the hats ha ha - it'd be deja-vu all over again! LOL! I also liked that she threatened David, that's just so her and I love my Syd that way - my BIG wish is that Samantha is the body in the pool If they contact us we'd change it to that! ;D