Information of a Friday Night Lights reboot doesn’t imply that each acquainted face will likely be again in Dillon.
The sports activities drama, which aired on NBC from 2006 to 2011, adopted a highschool soccer group in a fictional Texas city. Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton lead the forged of FNL, which helped skyrocket a number of folks to fame together with Taylor Kitsch, Zach Gilford, Minka Kelly, Jesse Plemons, Scott Porter, Aimee Teegarden, Michael B. Jordan and extra.
Greater than a decade after the collection got here to an finish, it was confirmed that authentic creators Jason Katims, Pete Berg and Brian Grazer have been within the early stages of rebooting the present. The difference would introduce Us to new characters — however will a few of the OG discover a strategy to reprise their fan-favorite characters?
A number of Friday Evening Lights alums have weighed in on whether they bought the decision — or whether or not they would even be keen on returning to the fictional soccer world after discovering success with new tasks.
Hold scrolling to seek out out the place the forged stands on the reboot:
Connie Britton
Britton, who performed Tami, hasn’t revealed her ideas on the 2025 reboot information, however she beforehand questioned a possible onscreen reunion.
“We’ll do a reunion for certain, like a forged reunion, [but] I don’t see them going again into that story, at the very least with this forged,” she stated in a July 2021 interview with Leisure Tonight. “I heard inklings a couple of years in the past that they have been gonna make one other Friday Evening Lights. Now in the meantime, we all know we’ve already had a film, we already had this TV present, after which in the event that they have been to do it once more with like, a complete completely different iteration of it, I don’t know. I might suppose that might be form of odd.”
Kyle Chandler
As of early 2025, there was no official supply for Chandler to play coach Eric Taylor once more.
“I’ve not [been offered anything]. No calls. Nothing,” Chandler stated on the At the moment present in January 2025. “I don’t know what I’ll say [if I’m asked].”
Taylor Kitsch
After the reboot was introduced, Kitsch teased on SiriusXM’s The Highlight With Jessica Shaw in January 2025 that he obtained a proposal, saying, “I’ve been requested and we’ll depart it at that. However I’m good. I’m all the time flattered. By no means say by no means.”
Kitsch didn’t rule out returning as fullback Tim Riggins. “I might are available in and do one thing, possibly for an episode or one thing, however I don’t need to go and do the entire thing. I’d go and have enjoyable,” he clarified. “However I don’t need to lead FNL or a reboot or something. I like the continual difficult roles and to maintain pushing.”
To be much more particular, Kitsch stated he may either return as Riggins or as a brand new character.
“I may create one thing that may very well be hopefully fairly enjoyable. However I believe when you noticed me as another person, you’d be like, ‘That’s Riggins,’” he continued. “Particularly in that factor when you’re in Texas or doing it the way in which they’re gonna do it. I might go do possibly play an opposing group’s coach or one thing and be on display screen for, like, eight seconds.”
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Zach Gilford
Gilford gained Us over enjoying quarterback-turned-art faculty scholar Matt on all 5 seasons of Friday Evening Lights. Whereas he has but to weigh in on the reboot, he completely informed Us Weekly that he was actually onboard with returning to the FNL world — with a couple of stipulations.
“What made that present was the authenticity. So long as there was some storyline that wasn’t contrived to carry a lot of the characters again collectively, I’m all for it,” he shared in Could 2024 about supporting a revival “even when I’m not a component” of it. “But when it was just a few very contrived method of getting the band again collectively. I believe it will diminish what that present was.”
Minka Kelly
“I believe it’s all the time greatest leaving folks — if even they do — wanting extra. I believe leaving that the place it was might be the fitting factor to do,” Kelly, who performed Lyla, informed Deadline in April 2025. “Perhaps an excessive amount of generally is an excessive amount of. I don’t know that they want extra Lyla.”
Kelly famous that her character on Ransom Canyon was similar to Lyla, including, “I believe Quinn is possibly Lyla 20 years later, a bit of bit extra grown up. So I’m simply gonna deal with Quinn for now.”
Scott Porter
Porter, who performed Jason Road, joined Gilford and Friday Evening Lights fan and fellow actress Mae Whitman as a cohost of a FNL rewatch podcast. Porter hasn’t weighed in on potential plans to make an look within the reboot but.
Aimee Teegarden
Teegarden has been outspoken about her shut bond along with her former Friday Evening Lights costars after enjoying Julie, telling Us in March 2024, “I see castmates from time to time at completely different occasions or issues like that or simply catching up … It was actually great simply reconnecting with individuals who have been in your life [during] your early life. Everyone will get busy with life and simply having the ability to spend some face time was nice.”
Teegarden stated the Texas-based TV present “performed such an vital a part of my life and was such an enormous a part of my life for therefore lengthy.” Whereas she famous she wouldn’t be against doing one other mission about soccer, there hasn’t been an replace on her finish but in regards to the Friday Evening Lights reboot particularly.
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Jesse Plemons
It stays to be seen whether or not there’s room for Landry within the reboot however Plemons has continued to reunite along with his costars. In 2025, the actor shared the display screen with Britton on Netflix’s Zero Day, which she informed Us about, saying, “It was so great. While you get onto a set like this — a giant present like this the place it could really feel fairly daunting — to have folks there that you simply’ve labored with earlier than, that and love and belief, it’s the most effective factor on the earth.”
Michael B. Jordan
Vince may make a cameo within the reboot — if Jordan will get the decision.
“I might pop in for an episode. I might. I believe I really feel that far more than I do The Wire, as a result of I believe I used to be a part of the unique forged,” he informed GQ in April 2025. “I believe the truth that I got here in season 4 FNL, I felt like in the event that they did a reboot, I used to be like ‘Alright, I can come get on this world. I’m cool with that.’”
