Hilary Duff considers that the return of the Lizzie McGuire series would make more sense on the Hulu platform, which is more adult, and fears the specifications of Disney+, which would impose too “family” productions.
The return of the series Lizzie McGuire seems more and more complicated. It was actress Hilary Duff herself who had announcement the existence of this “resurrection” of the series from the early 2000s, on August 23, 2019 during Disney’s annual D23 conference.
From the beginning, the “new” Lizzie McGuire is planned for Disney+, the American multinational’s subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platform, launched in November in the United States and arriving in France and Europe on March 24. But this decision seems to weigh on the creative process of the creators and actors of the series, who want to show the life of Lizzie, now an adult.
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To the point where Hilary Duff is now pleading for this new project not to be created for Disney+, but for Hulu, the SVOD platform which also belongs to Disney, but which is intended for a more adult audience. “ It would be a real shame, for everyone, to limit the reality of the life of a thirty-something by partitioning it to an age limit.spectators “, she wrote on February 28 on instagramreferring to the “PG rating”, an American rating that indicates whether content can be seen by a young audience.
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A chaotic start for the reboot of Lizzie McGuire
This post comes two months after showrunner Terri Minsky, behind the seriesLizzie McGuire (which aired between 2001 and 2004 on the Disney Channel) was fired by Disney, as variety had reported it in early 2020.” After filming two episodes, we came to the conclusion that we had to go in another direction, and be able to look at the project through a new prism “, had commented a spokesman for the firm of Mickey at the time. Since then, the series has appeared to be “on hiatus”, and no further production news has been shared.
Disney+ has the assumed objective of being a family platform. Across the Atlantic, there is a lot of content for children or young teenagers, whether through its cartoons, its Pixar brand or even its Marvel blockbusters (which all have the mention “ PG-13 », or not recommended only for children under 13).
Several series originally developed for Disney+ have already been redirected to Hulu, such as the remake of High Fidelity with Zoe Kravitz, or the series Love, Victorfrom the movie Love, Simonrecently migrated after being judged not “family” enough to be on Disney+, because of its theme (the discovery of one’s sexuality) and certain scenes (consumption of alcohol, for example).
Disney now has three platforms that it tries to keep distinct: Disney+ (family), Hulu (more adult) and ESPN+ (sports). The multinational has even launched a very competitive joint offer in the United States, at $12.99 per month, for the three SVOD services. Disney+ costs $6.99 per month, while Hulu is $5.99 per month.
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