It’s now official, Full House will return as a 13-episode sequel series on Netflix in 2016, the streaming service confirmed. John Stamos, who played Uncle Jesse on the popular family sitcom, broke the news Monday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The new series will be called Fuller House, this time around the series will focus on Candace Cameron Bure’s character, D.J.
Tanner, who is a recently widowed (similar to her father in the parent series, no pun intended) pregnant veterinarian with two sons. Jodie Sweetin returns as her
younger sister and aspiring musician(akin to Uncle Jesse) Stephanie Tanner and her childhood best friend, Kimmy Gibbler, (Andrea Barber), along
with Gibbler’s feisty teenage daughter Ramona, move in to help D.J.
raise her two sons the rebellious 12-year-old J.D. and neurotic 7-year-old
Max and soon-to-arrive baby. Basically the new show is the next generation of he same show. All of the fixtures of the original series is here, the widowed main character (Danny in original, D.J. in the new), the musician (then Uncle Jesse, now Aunt Stephanie), the comedian (then Joey, now Kimmy) and the three kids in which they raise with Kimmy's daughter thrown in to act as the new Gibbler.
Stamos
is set to produce the show and reprise his role as a guest
star. Discussions are on-going with original Full House stars Bob Saget, Mary-Kate
and Ashley Olsen, Dave Coulier and Lori Loughlin regarding guest
appearances in the new show according to the Netflix
release. Fuller
House comes from Miller-Boyett Productions and Jeff Franklin
Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television for Netflix
Check out John Stamos on Jimmy Kimmel Live! below:
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