It’s official: Vanderpump Rules is getting a refresh.
Bravo announced on Tuesday that its hit reality series will be returning — but with an all-new cast. The news comes as the series, which was borne as a spinoff of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, has been on hiatus following the aftermath of “Scandoval,” the scandal that catapulted the original cast into the zeitgeist and played out over the last two seasons to both eye-popping and controversial results.
Season 12 will feature Lisa Vanderpump — Vanderpump Rules executive producer and the boss of SUR, the Los Angeles restaurant around which the show orbits — with a new group of “close-knit SUR-vers who are as complicatedly involved with one another as their iconic predecessors,” according to the announcement. “Under Lisa Vanderpump’s watchful eye, the West Hollywood mainstay SUR — and now TomTom — welcomes the next batch of servers, hosts and bartenders rife with plenty of drama, situationships and frenemies.”
The new season is set to begin production next year. The premiere date and names of the new cast will be announced at a later date.
Original castmembers Lala Kent, Scheana Shay, Brock Davies and Tom Schwartz will all make appearances on the next season of Vanderpump Rules spinoff The Valley, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. A source close to the show leaves the door open for the entire cast — which also includes Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval, James Kennedy and Katie Maloney — within The Valley, Vanderpump Rules and larger Bravoverse.
There will also be a retrospective special highlighting the past 11 seasons that will “celebrate the past decade of heartbreaks, friendship rifts and scandals.”
“What a thrill it is to build on the legacy of this series by doing it all over again,” said Alex Baskin, executive producer of Vanderpump Rules via 32 Flavors. “With profound appreciation for the original group and their iconic run, we can’t wait for the audience to see a dynamic new group of co-workers and friends make their way through life together.”
Vanderpump herself added, “The last 12 years of filming have been an extraordinary run full of laughter, tears and everything in between. I can’t thank enough those who have shared their lives. How I love you all. In the restaurant business, one shift always gives way to another. Cheers to the next generation of Vanderpump Rules.”
Vanderpump Rules is produced by 32 Flavors and Evolution Media. Baskin, Barry Poznick, Jenn Levy, Joe Kingsley, Vanderpump and Ken Todd executive produce.
More to come.
Source: Hollywoodreporter
