Whatever happened to predictability? The milkman, the paperboy, Full House on our TVs? Well throughout the past few months, the Full House cast has been “everywhere we look” again! If you haven’t read any articles or watched any trailers, don’t worry. HC UConn will catch you up on everything we know so far about the new sequel show, Fuller House.
All 13 episodes of the show will become available for free streaming on Netflix, February 26. The show will star Candace Cameron Bure (D.J Tanner), Jodie Sweetin (Stephanie Tanner) and Andrea Barber (Kimmy Gibbler). However, Bob Saget (Danny Tanner), Dave Coulier (Joey Gladstone), John Stamos (Jesse Katsopolis), Lori Loughlin (Becky Katsopolis), Scott Weinger (Steve Hale), Blake Tuomy-Wilholt (Nicky Katsopolis) and Dylan Tuomy-Wilholt (Alex Katsopolis) will all be making appearances.
In fact, the only original cast members who will not be returning for Fuller House are Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as the youngest Tanner daughter; Michelle Tanner. Their exact reasons for not wanting to do the reboot have not been confirmed but according to Bob Saget in an interview with People Magazine, Ashley said that she does not feel comfortable acting since she hasn’t been in front of a camera since age 17 and Mary-Kate agreed that the timing is very bad for them. While it is really disappointing that Michelle will be missing from the family, it is still beyond exciting that the rest of the Full House cast was able to return.
The plot of the show is very similar to the original but with a gender flip. Whereas Full House featured three single men raising three girls, Fuller House features three single women raising three boys. The show is set in San Francisco California and focused on D.J Tanner as a widowed mother who moves back into her childhood home to raise her three sons. As life becomes too difficult for her to handle on her own, her sister Stephanie and best friend Kimmy move in to help. Sound familiar?
Although the plot line doesn’t stray far from the original’s, according to Candace Cameron Bure, fans should still expect some changes. In August, 2015 she told MTV News: “I think the biggest difference between ‘Full House’ and ‘Fuller House’ is that this show is going to handle today’s topics—it’s current and it’s modern. We’re dealing with things today that we never dealt with 20 years ago. Our kids are on social media and they have cellphones, that just opens up whole different conversations.”
But Full House fans can rest assured that the heart of the show will remain the same. “The heart of the show is so there, the funny is right there, we have amazing kids on the show that the fans are gonna fall in love with. I think there’s enough differences with ‘Fuller House’ that it is a brand new show but it’s so familiar that fans are just gonna feel so comfortable watching it. They’re just gonna feel at home again,” Candace said.
The first episode is titled “Our Very First Show, Again” to compliment the title of the original pilot episode “Our Very First Show” that aired on September 22nd, 1987.
Among the new faces pictured below are D.J’s sons and Kimmy’s daughter.
In an interview with People Magazine John Stamos confessed, “We never stopped loving each other. That magic you saw? It’s still there because it never stopped from the day that we ended the show.” We never stopped loving them either and we can’t wait to feel at home again on February 26!
Check out the recently released official Fuller House trailer below (WARNING: May cause extreme nostalgia).