This Iconic 1970s Show To Be Rebooted on Netflix

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The 1800s will be getting the 2020s treatment. Little House on the Prairie, the NBC show based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's memoir of the same name, will be remade for Netflix.

The streaming service, which recently raised its rates for most subscribers, announced the project on Wednesday, January 29 via their TUDUM blog. "Written during the Great Depression and first published in the 1930s, Wilder's stories were adapted into the hit TV series Little House on the Prairie, which ran for nearly a decade in the 1970s and into the '80s. Now a new generation will have its own version with Netflix's reimagining of the treasured novels," read the article. The original series starred Melissa Gilbert and Michael Landon. As of yet, no casting announcements have been made for the reboot.

Little House On The Prairie cast featuring Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Sue Anderson, Melissa Gilbert, Lindsay Greenbush. FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images

At the helm of the series will be showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine, who previously worked on Prime Video's The Boys, The CW's The Vampire Diaries, and Netflix's own Archive 81. Sonnenshine is "a lifelong fan," who told TUDUM that she "fell deeply in love with these books when [she] was 5 years old," and that they inspired her "to become a writer and a filmmaker." Sonnenshine went on to declare, "I am honored and thrilled to be adapting these stories for a new audience."

Melissa Gilbert with Michael Landon Jr. Circa 1980's. Ralph Dominguez/MediaPunch via Getty Images

According to Netflix, this new take on Little House will be "part family drama, part epic survival tale, and part origin story of the American West" and "will offer a kaleidoscopic view of the struggles and triumphs of those who shaped the frontier."

The announcement comes shortly after Netflix had to put a modern-day Western story on hold Tuesday, January 28. Tim McGraw, who was set to star in and executive produce an untitled rodeo drama for the streamer, had to exit the project due to an injury. While that series was "set in the fierce, competitive world of bull riding," Netflix says that Little House on the Prairie will be "wholesome and heartwarming" and popular with fans of "Virgin River, Sweet Magnolias, My Life with the Walter Boys, and the upcoming Ransom Canyon."

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