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'Dawson's Creek' creator Kevin Williamson on possible reboot
Dawson may cry again.
'Dawson's Creek' aired on The WB from 1998 to 2003, created by Kevin Williamson – and in this age of endless spinoffs and reboots, it's possible that it could come back.
'Not in television form. I think there's other ways that [a 'Dawson's Creek' revival] can come to fruition,' Williamson, 60, exclusively told The Post. 'But I'm not so sure… I feel complete. I feel like we told the story.'
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9 Joshua Jackson, Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams and James Van Der Beek in 'Dawson's Creek.'
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9 Kevin Williamson at the CBS segment of the 2019 Summer TCA Press Tour at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on August 1, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California.
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9 Michelle Williams, James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson in 'Dawson's Creek.'
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The 'Scream' screenwriter noted that at the end of the teen drama, 'we even flash forward five years at the end to show where all the characters ended up, and how they were doing.'
He added, 'I feel that's a box, and it's exactly where it should be.'
'Dawson's Creek' was set in the fictional town of Capeside, Mass. The cult classic ran for six seasons, following the lives of aspiring teenage filmmaker Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek), his best friend Joey (Katie Holmes), his other underachiever friend, Pacey (Joshua Jackson), and the new girl from the big city, Jen (Michelle Williams).
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9 James Van Der Beek, Michelle Williams, Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson in 'Dawson's Creek.'
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9 Katie Holmes and James Van Der Beek in 'Dawson's Creek.'
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Dawson, Joey, and Pacey were an iconic '90s TV love triangle.
The show ultimately ends with Jen dying, Pacey and Joey together, and Dawson having a successful Hollywood career.
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'Dawson's Creek' proved to be a starmaker, launching the careers of Van Der Beek, 48, Holmes, 46, Williams, 44, and Jackson, 47, as well as Busy Philipps.
9 Kevin Williamson attends 'Barbara Berlanti Heroes Gala' Benefiting F*ck Cancer at Barker Hangar on October 01, 2022 in Santa Monica, California.
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9 Kerr Smith, Michelle Williams, James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, and Busy Philips on 'Dawson's Creek.'
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9 Michelle Williams, James Van Der Beek, Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes in 'Dawson's Creek.'
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'We were making this little bitty show for this little-bitty network, and we had no idea that it would explode the way it did,' Williamson said. 'That cast was terrific. It's hard to stumble upon a cast like that.'
Williamson, who is now working on the Netflix crime drama 'The Waterfront,' isn't opposed to the show getting another life.
'But I'm not so sure… I feel complete. I feel like we told the story,' he explained.
'If someone else comes along with a great idea and can just freshen it up and do something new to it… I mean, I'll be the first one there to watch it. But I don't think that probably it will be me.'
