Scrubs reboot is officially happening with original cast set to return

It sounds like we're returning to Sacred Heart Hospital.

Deadline reports that the project is still in its early stages, but that ABC has officially confirmed that the reboot is happening.

The studio behind the original series, 20th Television, will be producing the revival, and original creator Bill Lawrence will also be heavily involved, although he won't be acting as showrunner.

According to Deadline, Lawrence's involvement had been the main hurdle for ABC to overcome.

He is under and exclusive overall deal at Warner Bros TV, so negotiations had been underway for several weeks to reach an agreement that would secure his involvement in the project.

Whilst cast details have yet to be confirmed, Deadline reports that discussions are already underway with original cast members, including lead Zach Braff.

The hospital-based sitcom ran for nine seasons from 2001 to 2010, and followed the lives of employees at the fictional Sacred Heart Hospital, as they worked their way up from interns to doctors.

The series was loved by the public and critics alike. During its run, it received 17 Emmy nominations, winning two.

Braff starred as main character John ‘J.D.’ Dorian, who provided the narration and whose daydreams often gave way to surreal alternative realities that the series became famous for.

The cast also included Sarah Chalke (J.D.'s love interest and fellow physician Elliot Reid), Donald Faison (his best friend and surgeon Chris Turk), Judy Reyes (Chris’s wife and nurse Carla Espinosa), John McGinley (J.D.'s cruel mentor Perry Cox) and Ken Jenkins (the hospital's chief of medicine Bob Kelso).

The likes of Braff and Faison have both previously said they’d be up for an on-screen reunion. When asked back in 2017 about the show returning, Braff said he’d “do it”, whilst Faison said: “We all want a reboot and want to work together again.”

However, he said he didn’t think it could be a full season and that it would have to be “a movie or something we could shoot in a few months.”

Back in October, Lawrence told Deadline that a Scrubs return was "getting really close to being figured out," adding that he believed a hybrid cast made up of old and new characters would be the best way forward.