It’s happening, TGIF fans! Actor John Stamos announced that a deal has been signed to make that rumored “Full House” sequel series, which will be called “Fuller House,” a reality during an appearance on Monday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,”
Lori Loughlin told Zap2it earlier this month that while she had casually discussed the project with Stamos and would certainly be up for returning if others were, she had not been reached out to.
“I have not received any official phone call, nothing, and that is the truth,” Loughlin said. “My agents, my managers, none of my representation has gotten a phone call. Nobody.”
It should be noted that while both Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen portrayed the youngest Tanner, Michelle, on “Full House,” they’re both adults now.
With child labor laws no longer standing in the way, “Fuller House” would technically only need one of them to reprise Michelle.
Stamos has a back-up plan should the sisters prove indisposed. “If we can’t get the Olsen twins, we’re gonna dress you up,” he told Kimmel.
Netflix also provided a detailed “Fuller House” plot synopsis:
“With veterinarian D.J. Tanner-Fuller (Cameron-Bure) pregnant and recently widowed, living in San Francisco. D.J.’s younger sister/aspiring musician Stephanie Tanner (Sweetin) and D.J.’s lifelong best friend/fellow single mother Kimmy Gibbler (Barber), along with Kimmy’s feisty teenage daughter Ramona, all move in to help take care of D.J.’s two boys — the rebellious 12-year-old J.D. and neurotic 7-year-old Max — and her soon-to-arrive baby.”
Given that D.J.’s married name is “Fuller,” one can surmise her high school boyfriend Steve Hale (Scott Weinger) isn’t the husband that died.
Perhaps he’ll re-enter her life at some point, once she’s ready to date again.
Netflix is aiming for a 2016 release for the series.
