On the eve of Pretty Little Liars’ 15-year anniversary, the five original “Liars” and series creator I. Marlene King have gone on record saying they are ready to return to Rosewood—if the format is right. “It would need to be a film because I don’t think it could sustain another season,” Troian Bellisario told The Hollywood Reporter, comments later amplified by E! Online. King echoed the idea, saying she’s “game” for “a movie or limited 10 episodes” so long as she can craft “a good idea to bring everybody back.”
Castmates Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell, Ashley Benson and Sasha Pieterse each laid down their own conditions—Mitchell “can’t do it without my girls,” Benson jokingly wants Hanna to be the new “A,” while Pieterse is simply “always open” to a reunion. Hale, who reunites with co-star Tyler Blackburn whenever schedules allow, recently told fans she would join a project “in a heartbeat.”
The momentum arrives as Warner Bros. Discovery’s streamer Max has closed the door on the most recent franchise entry, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin/Summer School, after two seasons. Some commentators welcomed the cancellation, arguing the reboot “lost its intrigue and uniqueness,” and may clear the path for a tighter one-off featuring the original cast.
Even without a green-light, the brand has stayed visible. Max and the ATX TV Festival staged a screening and cast conversation for Summer School in Austin last year, keeping fan interest alive. Off-screen, the friendships that powered the Freeform hit still run deep: Mitchell recently called her bond with Benson and Bellisario “one we’ll have for a lifetime.” Hale and Blackburn rang in 2025 together on a beach, posting “so very thankful” reflections on social media.
Yet any revival would have to confront aspects of the original that have aged poorly. In a new Entertainment Weekly round-table, King admitted that teacher–student romance “Ezria” would be handled differently today given increased awareness of grooming, a point Ian Harding also concedes. Critics note that addressing such controversies—alongside the franchise’s legacy of cliff-hangers—could give a reunion the dramatic stakes the spinoffs lacked.
With cast enthusiasm high and the marketplace newly free of competing PLL content, the question is no longer whether the Liars want to reunite, but whether a studio will bet that audiences are ready for one last secret. For now, fans—and the cast themselves—are left waiting for the next text from “A.”
