Hilary Duff is reportedly frustrated Disney+ wants a family-friendly Lizzie McGuire reboot

Variety

The Lizzie McGuire reboot is still on, despite an ominous message Duff posted last night to her Instagram Stories, pointing to Love, Simon sequel series Love, Victor moving from Disney+ to Hulu because of its mature themes. Variety's Joe Otterson reports that Lizzie McGuire creator Terri Minsky and Duff "wanted a reboot wanted to do a more adult version of Lizzie for the revival, while Disney wants a show that would appeal to kids and families, something more akin to the original series. Sources say that Disney was initially onboard with Minsky and Duff’s take from the time they pitched it to filming, during which time executives from Disney were onset and were aware of the type of content that would be featured in the show." But after filming on two episodes, Minsky was fired in January with Disney planning to go in another direction. Otterson reports that Duff found out Minsky was fired from Variety's report on her exit, and not from Disney: "Minsky, her writing staff, the production team and Duff learned that Minsky was being removed as showrunner only after the Variety story was published, despite Variety having reached out to Disney for comment hours prior to publication," reports Otterson. He adds that Duff, who declined comment, is said to be "none too happy" with Minsky's firing. Minsky wouldn't discuss how she learned about her ouster, but she tells Otterson: "I am so proud of the two episodes we did. Hilary has a grasp of Lizzie McGuire at 30 that needs to be seen. It’s a wonderful thing to watch. I would love the show to exist, but ideally I would love it if it could be given that treatment of going to Hulu and doing the show that we were doing. That’s the part where I am completely in the dark. It’s important to me that this show was important to people. I felt like I wanted to do a show that was worthy of that kind of devotion.” Meanwhile, a Disney spokesperson denies Lizzie McGuire is being scrapped. “We paused production on Lizzie McGuire a few weeks ago to allow time for some creative re-development,” a Disney spokesperson said in a statement. “Our goal is to resume production and to tell an authentic story that connects to the millions who are emotionally invested in the character, and a new generation of viewers too.”