Little House on the Prairie, a staple of family TV viewing in the late 1970s and early 1980s is set for a reboot, with Netflix planning a new adaptation of the show for a new audience.
Based on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books, the series brought the story of a family in the Old West to television screens. Much beloved by its audience, it has attracted some criticism for supposedly sanitising the history in which it is set.
Rebecca Sonnenshine has been named as executive producer, enjoyed the original show as a child. “I fell deeply in love with these books when I was 5 years old. They inspired me to become a writer and a filmmaker, and I am honoured and thrilled to be adapting these stories for a new audience,” she said.
Another producer involved in the project is Trip Friendly, whose father worked as a producer on the original series. “It has been a long-held dream of mine to carry on my father’s legacy and adapt Wilder’s classic American stories for a 21st-century audience in a way that brings together fans of both the books and the original television series,” he commented.
Not everyone is thrilled, however. There are concerns that Netflix will “reimagine” it to comport with modern sensitivities.
Journalist Megyn Kelly wrote on X: “@Netflix if you wokeify Little House on the Prairie I will make it my singular mission to absolutely ruin your project.”
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