New 90210 Looks Unbearably Awful/Wonderful
As it's gone from early speculation to cold, hard fact, we've learned quite a bit about the new Beverly Hills: 90210 remake (though, The CW is calling it a "spin off"), simply called 90210. Shenae Grimes (Degrassi: The Next Generation), Tristan Wilds (from The Wire, depressingly), Jessica "Lucille Bluth" Walters (sigh), Lori "Aunt Becky" Loughlin, Rob Estes (Melrose Place), and Jennie Garth (from the o.g.) are all in the hip, hip cast. There will be orphans and movie stars, jocks and bloggers. And now there is a promotional cast meet-and-greet video promising that the show will be "cooler, sexier, and more provocative" than its once cool, sexy, and provocative forefather. Much like Gossip Girl or "grownup" soaps-with-mysteries like Desperate Housewives, "everyone has a secret" on this show. Ohh! What could the secrets possibly be? Is the blogger girl (ugh) secretly annoying? (I'm sure.) Does the sexy young English teacher want to bone a student? (Probably.) Is the athelete/guitar-playing wild kid secretly geigh? (God I hope so.) Watch the promo clip after the jump and let me know if you're as excited/wary/queasy about this whole project as I am.