Sophia Bush and Hillary Burton celebrate going back home with One Tree Hill sequel series there's only on Tree Hill and it's sopia Bush and Hillary Burton's onscreen home again as deadline revealed today a One Tree Hill sequel series is in development at Netflix with bush and Burton reprising the roles of Brook Davis and pton Sawyer in addition to serving as executive producers the pairs celebrated the return to their TV Roots posting a recent cast reunion photo with the Neil Les and Bon Prince what if you really can go back home if there's an opportunity to team with brilliant creatives and build a space where all our friends can show off their talents own our history reclaim our turf honor our fans sign us up the pair wrote in a joint statement posted individually to their respective Instagram accounts There's Only One Tree Hill after all they continued and you the # otam have shown us that it's it's not just an idea it really is the place where everything's better and everything's safe original cast members responded in the comments of the posts hoping they too can return home including Brian Greenberg Janet Kramer Robert Buckley and Daphne Zuniga the sequel series hails from writer executive producer Becky Hartman Edwards and Warner Brothers TV denil and her husband Jensen akles are executive producing the project through their chaos machine Banner with the lad and talk to return as Rachel Scott Emily Moss Wilson is a producer created by Mark Schwan One Tree Hill premiered in 2003 and ran for nine seasons on the WB Network and its successor the CW the sequel is said to take place 20 years later following best friends Brooke and pton who are now parents to teens and facing challenges not unfamiliar to what they tackled in the original series like love insecurities and grief we understand the coming of age drama also star Chad Michael Murray James laferty Bethany Joy lens Austin Nichols Antoine Tanner and Paul Johansson among others deadline hears there have been informal conversations with other members of the ensemble cast Bush and Burton are the only ones set thus far with formal approaches to others expectative when the series is green light Murray who played Lucas Scott across six seasons and returned as a guest star in season 9 has no plans to return for the following up we understand Point One Tree Hill Creator Schwan who served as executive producer and showrunner on the Original Series has no involvement in the sequel in 2017 a number of OT female cast and crew members including Bush and Burton spoke out accusing him of sexual harassment the follow-up headlined by The Duo represents the women of OT reclaiming the show set in a fictional North Carolina town One Tree Hill begins as a story about two half Brothers Lucas Murray and Nathan laferty with a strained relationship forced to navigate high school together whose Social Circles eventually intersect as the show progressed the story opened to follow all of the friendships romance heartbreak and familial tensions in Tree Hill through the lens of the teens Brook Davis pton Sawyer and Haley James Scott lens often anchored the story line Payton and Brooke are childhood best friends who throughout the series become more like sisters their relationship is put through the ringer as they overcome a myriad of obstacles most notably their love triangle with Lucas when the series begins Lucas joins their Social Circle and brings along his best friend Haley who has a whirlwind romance with Nathan and marries him in high school the two also have a son jimie Jackson Brundage who was born their senior year D in the end pton marries Lucas and Brook falls in love with Julian Austin Nichols with whom she has twins Davis and Jude characters who will return in the new series as teens according to the show's synopsis denil akles also recurred for several seasons as Rachel gadana initially as an antagonist to Brooke but they later developed a friendship cementing Rachel as part of the group Burton and Bush also host a One Tree Hill rewatched podcast with co-star lens titled drama queens which continues to Air and is currently in its seventh season season they also welcome guest stars to the podcast including Janna Kramer who joined for their most recent episode Burton most recently stepped back from working on the podcast with Robert Buckley