Hilary Duff announced to her fans that the long-anticipated Lizzie McGuire is not happened due to a “lack of authenticity” for the titular character.
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Duff posted the following statement on her Instagram page after months of halted production due to the pandemic and said there have been multiple conversations about the reboot. She writes, “I’ve been so honored to have the character Lizzie in my life. She has made such a lasting impact on many, including myself. To see fans’ loyalty and love for her, to this day, means so much to me. I know the efforts and conversations have been everywhere trying to make a reboot work but, sadly & despite everyone’s best efforts, it isn’t going to happen.”
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The actress also mentioned she wants the reboot to be an “honest and authentic” representation of the character and what it means to fans.
I want any reboot of Lizzie to be honest and authentic to who Lizzie would be today. It’s what the character deserves. We can all take a moment to mourn the amazing woman she would have been and the adventures we would have taken with her. I’m very sad, but I promise everyone tried their best and the stars just didn’t align. Hey now, this is what 2020s made of.”
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After news of the halted reboot, fans quickly reacted on Twitter and tagged Disney Plus for not continuing on with the show.
Disney+ can give us all the Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar content it wants but I will still never forgive it for having a Lizzie McGuire reboot ALREADY FILMING and throwing it in the trash bc Hilary Duff wanted to make it good. https://t.co/OK64PSK8mE
— Lauren Piester (@laurenpiester) December 16, 2020
The #LizzieMcGuire reboot isn’t happening now and this is NOT what dreams are made of! https://t.co/OVI1jxDGz2
— n 💋 (@tny_dancer__) December 17, 2020
I want a statement from @disneyplus @Disney as to why they cancelled the #LizzieMcGuire reboot and why they didn’t give it to Hulu! The fans demand that at the very least. This reboot would’ve been awesome and gotten a lot of viewers. Disney missed out on a great opportunity here
— Nishty ☕️ (@TaraPersad) December 16, 2020
This feels like the Lizzie McGuire fandom just got dumped by Ronnie 💔Disney were acting crappy, but we all hoped they would change their ways, ignoring the signs all around us. We all got hurt… Now we just need our very-own Gordos to treat us to big cookies 🥺 #LizzieMcGuire pic.twitter.com/C5rYatMvI7
— dramallamas (@dramallamas2) December 17, 2020