20 years after ending its five season run on Fox, ABC is looking to resurrect Ally McBeal, and is in the “early development” stages of a sequel to the series.
However, Calista Flockhart’s level of involvement in the series is a quandary still left to be answered.
According to Deadline, writer and executive producer Karin Gist, who served as co-executive producer on Grey's Anatomy and executive producer on Our Kind of People and Mike, says the sequel will reportedly follow "a young Black woman who joins the law firm from the original series (or its current incarnation) straight out of law school."
The new character is believed to be the daughter of McBeal's D.A. roommate Renée Raddick, played by Lisa Nicole Carso, from the original series.
Deadline reports that Flockhart has been approached to executive produce and reprise her role in some capacity, although a decision is not expected until a script is completed.
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