Don’t stop believin’ – Glee confirmed for series reboot

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-21 · by Lauren Del Fabbro

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Disney has confirmed that the musical comedy series Glee will return with a reboot set to air on Hulu. The original show, which ran from 2009 to 2015 and followed the high school glee club New Directions, saw significant viewer numbers but experienced a decline in later seasons. Ryan Murphy, one of the creators, recently completed a script for the revival and has been in touch with several cast members who were enthusiastic about the idea. While details such as storyline and casting remain undisclosed, the announcement follows a recent reunion between Chris Colfer and Darren Criss at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Glee, a popular musical comedy series that originally aired from 2009 to 2015, is set for a reboot on Disney+ and Hulu, according to an official Instagram post by Disney+. The show, created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan, followed the adventures of high school students in the New Directions glee club at William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio. While many original cast members have expressed interest or confirmed their return, including Lea Michele, Heather Morris, and Chord Overstreet, some challenges remain due to the deaths of Cory Monteith and Naya Rivera, as well as other controversies involving cast members. The announcement has sparked enthusiasm among fans who are excited about potential storylines and guest stars for the revival.

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It comes days after Glee cast members, Chris Colfer, who played Kurt Hummel and Darren Criss, who played his boyfriend Blaine Anderson, reunited at the Royal Albert Hall in London to sing one of their duets, Baby It’s Cold Outside, during Kriss’s solo concert.

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🔮 Disney said the series revival has been ordered and will screen on Hulu in a joint post shared on Wednesday which said: “It’s Official, Glee is returning.”

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Don’t stop believin’ – Glee confirmed for series reboot · assertive framing

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Don’t stop believin’ – Glee confirmed for series reboot asserted

Glee → stop → reboot

The hit musical comedy Glee is to return with a series reboot, Disney has confirmed. asserted

Disney → return → reboot

The series aired from 2009 to 2015 and followed a group of high school students who were members of the New Directions glee club as they navigated issues around relationships, family, sexuality and teamwork. asserted

they → air → relationships

Disney said the series revival has been ordered and will screen on Hulu in a joint post shared on Wednesday which said: “It’s Official, Glee is returning.” asserted

Glee → say → Wednesday

Details of the storyline and casting has not been revealed. asserted

Details → reveal → storyline

It → come → concert

In September, Murphy, who also created American Horror Story, told Entertainment Tonight: “I just finished the script an hour ago. asserted

I → create → script

So we have a script, Brad and Ian and I, who wrote all the first two seasons, have written something. asserted

who → have → something

“I’ve been in touch with around 10 of the original cast members and it’s very sweet. asserted

it → ’ → members

“They all had a lot of questions but they were very enthusiastic about the idea. asserted

they → have → idea

Nobody’s read it, so we’ll see. asserted

we → read → it

“I vowed to myself that I wanted to write a couple of them to see what people think, particularly the cast, because we were very close when we were making it.” asserted

we → vow → it

The series, which saw the cast perform renditions of hit songs, was positively received by critics and drew in millions of viewers, although the audience declined in later seasons. asserted

audience → see → seasons

The show also starred Jane Lynch as gym teacher Sue Sylvester, Matthew Morrison as glee club coach Will Schuester and the late Naya Rivera as cheerleader Santana Lopez. asserted

show → star → Lopez

Monteith died in 2013 at the age of 31 from a toxic mix of alcohol and heroin. asserted

Monteith → die → alcohol

Rivera died in 2020 at the age of 33 in an accidental drowning. asserted

Rivera → die → drowning

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