Things are starting to take shape for Netflix’s upcoming reboot ofThe Baby-Sitters Club. The family-friendly adaptation will bring authorAnn M. Martin’s YA series about a group of suburban teenage girls who run a babysitting business into the modern era. Two previous adaptations of Martin’s novels were released in the early to mid-90s: a 1990 13-episode TV series for HBO and a 1995 feature-length film starringSchuyler Fisk,Larisa Oleynik,Rachel Leigh Cook, andEllen Burstyn.
Thanks to a press release we know thatAlicia SilverstoneandMark Feuersteinhave been cast in the new Netflix adaptation. Silverstone will play Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer, mom of Baby-Sitters Club ringleader Kristy Thomas and the love interest of Feuerstein’s character, Watson Brewer. No additional casting announcements have been made yet but we should expect them to roll in soon with Silverstone and Feuerstein already on board.
The casting of two ’90s and ’00s icons couldn’t be more perfect for this project. Silverstone made a name for herself in the ’90s with roles inCluelessandThe Crush. Feuerstein nabbed roles onGuiding LightandCaroline in the Citybefore moving on to bigger fare likeWhat Women Wantin the early ’00s. These actors will undoubtedly connect with Millennial viewers tuning in to the reboot to hit that nostalgia button as they watch this new series tackle a property they grew up with. It will be interesting to see if casting for other parent or adult characters will continue this trend.
The Baby-Sitters Clubwill include all of the characters we know and love, just with more updated takes. The series will follow the friendship and babysitting adventures of five best friends — Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, Stacey McGill, and Dawn Schafer — in Stoneybrook, Connecticut. Filming on the single-camera family-friendly adaptation has already begun in Vancouver.
