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03/24/2022 4:41 pm
Since 2019 it was mentioned that a new series of Drake and Josh was already being developed by Nickelodeon. Obviously, the project never materialized and in reality we never had an exact answer as to why, but thanks to some recent statements by the Drake BellNow we have a better idea of what happened.
In case you weren’t aware, currently Drake and his wife, Janet Von SchmelingThey host a podcast called Drake&Janet, and it was here that they mentioned that both Drake What Josh they had rejected the script of this reboot project because it was full of “racist and xenophobic insults”.
“The premise was pretty weird to me. He (Josh Peck) wanted you to just act and for him to be a producer, writer and executive producer. I think one thing Josh doesn’t know is why we dropped out of the reboot project. We asked Josh’s agent to change it to a country that didn’t exist, but they refused.”
On the other hand, Janet mentioned that Josh wanted his character to be “this successful real estate salesman,” while Drake would be a “failed musician”, something that obviously did not seem to Drake.
In general, the proposed script portrayed in a very bad way Mexicoand considering that Drake is a great fan of our country, he did not agree with the idea and his producers did not agree to modify the script they already had.
Publisher’s note: It’s a shame this project never got off the ground, but if the script was as bad as it’s described, maybe it was for the best. I highly doubt that Nickelodeon or any other production company has any intention of picking it up, especially since both actors don’t want to go through with it anymore.
Via: E-Online