Neighbours is returning to our small screens and the new season will take place two years in the future.
The new trailer shows that the Neighbours season (reboot?) will kick off with an extravagant wedding between Mike Young (Guy Pearce) and his former love interest Jane Harris (Annie Jones). However, because nothing in soapie land can be straightforward and simple, the quick clip teases a “jaw-dropping twist”.
Of course, Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis), Neighbours’ most infamous villain, appears to have something to do with the twist. He’s shown holding the wedding ring and talking to his friend who asks, “You’re not having second thoughts about today, are you?”
Furthermore, avid Neighbours fans will remember that Paul and Jane have a complicated romantic history – suggesting that Paul may be at the wedding to break it up. Watch the trailer for yourself below:
When does Neighbours air?
Neighbours is returning to 10 and 10Play on Monday, September 18. UK and U.S. audiences can view the series on Amazon Freevee plus Prime Video in Australia and New Zealand seven days following free to air viewing on Network 10.
I thought Neighbours was cancelled?
Well, you’re not wrong. Neighbours was cancelled, and its “series finale” aired in July 2022. However, it was revived when Amazon’s AVOD service, Freevee, bought the rights from former Neighbours distributor, Fremantle.
Who will be in the Neighbours reboot?
Not all of the Neighbours cast will be returning for the reboot, however, there is a big chunk of characters coming back, plus some newcomers.
Alan Fletcher, Jackie Woodburne, Stefan Dennis, Ryan Moloney, Annie Jones, Rebekah Elmaloglou, Georgie Stone, Tim Kano, Lucinda Cowden and Lucinda Armstrong Hall are all returning to the soap. While new kids on the block Mischa Barton (yes, that Mischa barton), Shiv Palekar, Sara West, Naomi Rukavina and Xavier Molyneux will all be coming on board.
Plus, Guy Pearce who starred in over 450 episodes from 1986 – 1989 and who returned for the series finale last year, is re-joining the cast, too.
Speaking of his return, Pearce said that he’s happy to come back again, even though he thought his appearance in the series finale would be the last of Mike Young.
“Obviously, if I’m going to extricate myself from the show, I want to do it respectfully. I wasn’t just gonna go, ‘Well, bad luck. You had your chance, that was it,’ you know. So there may be a little appearance or two, shall we say,” he said during an appearance on the Good Weekend Talks podcast.
Neighbours airs on Monday, September 18 on 10 and 10Play.
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