ABC/Lou Rocco(LOS ANGELES) — Fuller House, the highly anticipated Full House spin-off, is set to come to Netflix in 2016, but the cast has already started filming, said the cable network’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos.
“At the taping of the episode this past week, when the cast shows up on stage the audience reacts immediately,” he added Tuesday at the Television Critics Association’s Summer TV Press Tour 2015. “And the actors have fallen right back into those roles. It’s very much in the same spirit but it’s a modern take on Full House.”
Sarandos also explained why the cable network decided to create a spin-off in the first place.
“Full House is a really unique show in the culture in that it never really went away,” he said. “After its network run, it’s been very successful in syndication. It is been very kind of cross-generational, where parents are watching the show with their kids.”
On Fuller House, Candace Cameron-Bure’s character will reportedly be a widowed mother of three, who has her sister Stephanie and friend Kimmy — played by Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber, respectively — move in to help. The show also will feature guest appearances by original stars Bob Saget, John Stamos, Dave Coulier and Lori Loughlin.
Although it was reported that two of the show’s biggest stars, twins Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, have declined to participate, Sarandos said not so fast.
“The Olsen twins are teetering whether or not they’ll be around,” he said.
Fuller House premieres in 2016.
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