If thereâs even a sliver of a chance that the former CW series Girlfriendsâthe show where we met and fell in love with Tracee Ellis Rossâcan get a reboot or a movie with a proper ending, Iâm giving Hollywood my blessings to make it happen.
Girlfriends aired for eight seasons and was highly rated and appreciated among black viewers, if not widely, before being unceremoniously canceled in 2008. Since we never got a finale to see where Joan, Toni, Maya, and Lynn end up in life, the showâs creator Mara Brock Akil is down to remedy that, according to Page Six:
âI would like to end the âGirlfriendsâ story,â Akil told us.
Sheâs even reportedly written a script for a film version.
âThereâs an audience globally,â she added. âAnd to tell the story right .â.â. probably needs about $40-, $50-, $60 million, but I know what the budget is. Letâs write that check to make hundreds of millions of dollars â but for me to carry that on my back begging people to make it .â.â. No, Iâm not interested.â
Give her the money. Iâm personally more into a Best Man Holiday-style Girlfriends movie than a full rebootâmaybe a movie where Lynn is into wellness and married to William, and Joan is working as the head lawyer for a smart womenâs site.
Tracee Ellis Ross told ABC Radio in 2017, when asked about a reboot, âI think thereâs definitely a possibility. Iâm so intrigued by the fact that all these years later people are still wanting that. Iâm still open to the idea and weâve had conversations about it so weâll see.â She added, âWe never got a finale. We didnât get anything. So I think thereâs the sense of wanting that, but who knows.â