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Jessica Biel says 7th Heaven reboot will tackle modern family issues
Jessica Biel is producing the 7th Heaven reboot, but will not reprise her role as Mary Camden.
The series will address issues facing teenagers and families, including technology, school, bullying, drugs and alcohol.
It will also explore faith, family and community, themes Biel says are less common on television.
The original show followed the Camden family, led by a Protestant minister, in a California town.
Biel says the reboot will keep its family-viewing appeal while dealing with subjects more directly than the original did.
The original ran for 11 seasons, and the reboot is in preparation at CBS Studios; no release date is given.
Jessica Biel says the 7th Heaven reboot will address issues affecting teenagers and families, including technology, school, bullying, drugs and alcohol.
Biel is an executive producer on the reboot and will not reprise her role as Mary Camden.
She says the new series will retain the original’s family-friendly feel while addressing topics more openly.
Biel also says the reboot will explore faith, family and community.
The original series ran for 11 seasons and followed the Camden family in Glen Oak, California.
- Who
- Jessica Biel, an executive producer on the reboot, discussed its plans.
- What
- The 7th Heaven reboot will address modern issues affecting children, teenagers and families while retaining the original series’ character.
- When
- Biel discussed the reboot in an interview with Collider. The interview’s release date is not stated in the Just Jared article.
- Where
- The reboot is in preparation at CBS Studios.
- Why
- Biel said the series aims to address issues facing families today and to discuss faith, family and community.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The original 7th Heaven series aired, according to Allociné.
Beverley Mitchell said she had read several reboot scripts and found them very good.
Jessica Biel became involved in the reboot as an executive producer, according to Allociné.
Collider released footage of its interview with Biel about the reboot.
Allociné and Just Jared published reports on Biel’s comments about the reboot.
- Original series
- 11 seasons
- Biel’s role
- Executive producer; she will not reprise Mary Camden
- Reboot studio
- CBS Studios
- Issues to address
- Technology, school, bullying, drugs and alcohol
- Original setting
- Glen Oak, California
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What people are saying
What we want to create, how we want to modernize it, is really the things that are happening for teenagers and families that have teenagers all the way down to the youngest child — technology-based issues, school stuff, bullying stuff, drugs, alcohol
We still want to keep the DNA of what it was, where you can sit down and watch with your families, but we’re not going to hold back, I think, as much as we did before
We have fewer restrictions today. We want to keep the DNA of the original series, which you can sit down and watch with your family, but we will not censor ourselves as much as we did back then
I think it is important to talk about the relationship with religion. You don't see much of that on television, whether you are a believer or whether it interests you or not.