Popular Wilmington-shot TV drama 'One Tree Hill' may be getting a Netflix reboot

Netflix is developing a sequel to the popular Wilmington-shot drama "One Tree Hill," according to a story from entertainment industry publication Variety.

According to the story, "original series stars Sophia Bush, Hilarie Burton, and Daneel Ackles are executive producing the reboot," with Bush and Burton set to reprise their roles and "Ackles also in talks to return."

The Variety story said that "Warner Bros. Television, which produced the original series, would also produce."

"One Tree Hill," which ran on The CW network from 2003-2012, shot in Wilmington for all nine of its seasons.

Fans of the show from around the world continue to visit the show's Wilmington location to this day, sitting on the Wilmington Riverwalk's "Naley Bench" writing their names on the Harry Forden Sixth Street Bridge, now often called the One Tree Hill Bridge. The show's actors have come back to the show for fan conventions multiple times.

Over the years, actors in the long-running show have been open to the idea of rebooting and/or revisiting their teen/young adult drama.

In May, actor Chad Michael Murray told The Today Show that a reboot is "needed," echoing comments he made to People magazine in 2022, when Murray said, "there's so many issues today that society faces that could be handled on this show."

In January, Bush — who with OTH co-stars Burton and Bethany Joy Lenz on their podcast "Drama Queens" have discussed being victims of sexual harassment behind the scenes of the show — told E! News in January that she and her fellow castmates have started to wonder "what might a feminist reclamation of our show look like?"

Looks like we might find out sooner rather than later.

Whether a rebooted "One Tree Hill" would shoot in Wilmington is not known at this time, though it would be hard for many fans to imagine it taking place anywhere else.

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