The brilliant women of the First Wives Club, without thinking, may have swung into an old dance routine with aplomb – but that doesn’t mean everything has to be revisited.

Over the past several months, we’ve been met with many TV and film studios announcing reboots, remakes and revivals from another decade. And the latest to be added to the seemingly never-ending list? A First Wives Club TV reboot in 2019. Is the cast line-up (so far) of high calibre? Sure, who doesn’t love comedian Michelle Buteau? And is the writer top notch, too? Absolutely. Tracy Oliver already proved her worth with box-office hit, Girls Trip.

But why can’t we leave these TV shows and films where they belong? In the moment they were made.

From where I sit, all I can see being played out are old classics being reworked to suit a more diverse and inclusively aware audience of today. I’m completely on board with creating more diverse and inclusive material for the screen (I desperately need and want it). But don’t insult us, the audience, by playing it safe with reworks of well-loved stories with a modern update.

I want something bigger, better – I want to feel the excitement for something entirely shiny and new.

“Why I’m not going to watch a remake of the First Wives Club”