'Dawson's Creek' creator Kevin Williamson on possible reboot
'Dawson's Creek' aired on The WB from 1998 to 2003, created by Kevin Williamson – and in this age of endless spinoffs and reboots, it's possible that it could come back.
'Not in television form. I think there's other ways that [a 'Dawson's Creek' revival] can come to fruition,' Williamson, 60, exclusively told The Post. 'But I'm not so sure… I feel complete. I feel like we told the story.'
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The 'Scream' screenwriter noted that at the end of the teen drama, 'we even flash forward five years at the end to show where all the characters ended up, and how they were doing.'
He added, 'I feel that's a box, and it's exactly where it should be.'
'Dawson's Creek' was set in the fictional town of Capeside, Mass. The cult classic ran for six seasons, following the lives of aspiring teenage filmmaker Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek), his best friend Joey (Katie Holmes), his other underachiever friend, Pacey (Joshua Jackson), and the new girl from the big city, Jen (Michelle Williams).
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Dawson, Joey, and Pacey were an iconic '90s TV love triangle.
The show ultimately ends with Jen dying, Pacey and Joey together, and Dawson having a successful Hollywood career.
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'Dawson's Creek' proved to be a starmaker, launching the careers of Van Der Beek, 48, Holmes, 46, Williams, 44, and Jackson, 47, as well as Busy Philipps.
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'We were making this little bitty show for this little-bitty network, and we had no idea that it would explode the way it did,' Williamson said. 'That cast was terrific. It's hard to stumble upon a cast like that.'
Williamson, who is now working on the Netflix crime drama 'The Waterfront,' isn't opposed to the show getting another life.
'But I'm not so sure… I feel complete. I feel like we told the story,' he explained.
'If someone else comes along with a great idea and can just freshen it up and do something new to it… I mean, I'll be the first one there to watch it. But I don't think that probably it will be me.'
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