Drake Bell has an idea for a “Drake & Josh” reboot inspired by “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
In an interview on the “Beyond the Velvet Rope” podcast, Bell said he would be more than willing to reunite with his former co-star Josh Peck for some sort of reboot, noting that his “dream” would be to emulate Larry David’s Emmy-winning sitcom.
“I have a really special place in my heart for ‘Drake & Josh’ and I would love to revisit the character. I’d love to revisit something with Josh,” Bell said. “My dream is to do something kind of like ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ where we’re playing ourselves but trying to navigate life today.”
Bell elaborated on how the plot of this meta-reboot could play out. “Maybe I’m trying to get him back together with me, and he’s like, ‘Dude, you’re annoying, get away.’ I don’t know what it is, but I would love to do some kind of ‘Entourage’ or ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’-type thing with Josh one day.”
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Bell went on to say that it would be “really cool” to bring the entire expanded cast of the Nickelodeon hit in on the project, which includes his on-screen family Miranda Cosgrove, Nancy Sullivan and Jonathan Goldstein, as well as Jerry Trainor, Allison Scagliotti, Yvette Nicole Brown and Vince Deadrick Jr.
“Drake & Josh” ran for 56 episodes across four seasons, and was one of the most popular Nickelodeon shows of the mid-2000s. The series followed the popular guitar-shredding Drake Parker (Bell) and the helplessly dorky Josh Nichols (Peck), two high schoolers who become unlikely step-brothers after their parents get married.