Via YouTubeFilm & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsWatch the first trailer for the Saved by the Bell sequelSlater and Jessie are back, 30 years after the original show airedShareLink copied ✔️April 16, 2020April 16, 2020TextJessica Heron-Langton After a sequel was announced late last year, the first glimpse of the brand new Saved by the Bell has landed. Coming 30 years after the original show aired, the reboot’s trailer sees Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley reprise their roles as A.C. Slater and Jessie Spano. Slater is now a gym teacher at the fictional Bayside High School, where the OG show was set, while Jessie is a mum to one of the students. “Remember how fun high school used to be?” Slater says in the trailer. Jessie replies: “Can you believe that was like 30 years ago?” Another original cast member set to return is Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who played Zack Morris, although he doesn’t feature in the trailer. Also taking on the role of a parent, Gosselaar will play a local politician who has been forced to merge Bayside High School with a lower-income school. This narrative will be one of the show’s overriding storylines. “The influx of new students gives the overprivileged Bayside kids a much-needed and hilarious dose of reality,” read a synopsis on the Hollywood Reporter last year. With the new series following a group of teenagers (some of them children of the original cast), the 1989 Saved by the Bell followed the lives of a group of high schoolers, including Slater, Jessie, and Zack, as well as Kelly, Lisa, and Screech, who grappled with relationships, school, and drugs. Despite getting an upgraded cast, the show still seems to retain some of its 80s aesthetic. The new series will be directed by Great News creator Tracey Wigfield, and co-produced and written by original series creators Peter Engel and Franco Bario. Featuring new cast members, including Dexter Darden, Josie Totah, and Mitchell Hoog, the show is set to air on streaming service Peacock, though no release date has been announced as of yet. Watch the full trailer below. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREDazed x MUBI Cinema Club’s season finale: Father Mother Sister Brother6LILITH6: Inside the witchy femme mall cult of Forbidden FruitsOnMeet the creatives turning up the heat in Lagos with Burna Boy and OnDJ Ahmet, a coming-of-ager about an EDM-obsessed teen sheep farmerWho is Takashi Miike? An intro to Japanese cinema’s cult provocateurThe Good Boy is a sick, twisted nightmare about delinquent teensArco, a striking, soul-stirring sci-fi about lonely kids in 2075Bill Skarsgård and Gus Van Sant on their scrappy thriller Dead Man’s WireScarlet: Anime legend Mamoru Hosoda’s trippy new take on Hamlet7 unmissable films from South by Southwest 2026 Why fans are turning against Timothée ChalametOscars 2026: The biggest snubs from this year’s nominationsEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy