‘Vanderpump Rules’ renewed with brand new cast in Bravo Refresh

It’s official: Vanderpump rules get a refresher.

Bravo announced Tuesday that its hit reality series is returning — but with an all-new cast. The news comes as the series was carried as a spinoff of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hillshas been on hiatus in the wake of “Scandoval,” the scandal that catapulted the original cast into the zeitgeist and played out over the past two seasons to both eye-popping and controversial results.

Season 12 will feature Lisa Vanderpump — Vanderpump rules executive producer and the boss of SUR, the Los Angeles restaurant around which the show revolves — with a new group of “tight-knit SUR-verses as intricately entwined with each other as their iconic predecessors,” according to the release. “Under Lisa Vanderpump’s watchful eye, West Hollywood staple SUR—and now TomTom—welcomes the next batch of servers, hosts, and bartenders filled with plenty of drama, situations, and fun.”

The new season will start production next year. The premiere date and names of the new cast will be announced at a later date.

Original cast members Lala Kent, Scheana Shay, Brock Davies and Tom Schwartz will all appear on the next season of Vanderpump Rules spinoff The Valley, The Hollywood Reporter have learned. A source close to the show leaves the door open for the entire cast — which also includes Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval, James Kennedy and Katie Maloney — within The valley, Vanderpump rules and greater Bravoverse.

There will also be a retrospective special highlighting the past 11 seasons that will “celebrate the past decade of heartbreak, friendship breakups and scandals.”

“What a thrill it is to build on the legacy of this series by doing it all over again,” said Alex Baskin, executive producer of Vanderpump rules via 32 flavours. “With great appreciation for the original group and their iconic run, we can’t wait for audiences to watch a dynamic new group of colleagues and friends make their way through life together.”

Vanderpump herself added, “The last 12 years of filming has been an extraordinary run full of laughter, tears and everything in between. I can’t thank enough those who have shared their lives. How I love you all. In the restaurant business, change always gives way for another. Cheers to the next generation of Vanderpump rules.”

Vanderpump rules is produced by 32 Flavors and Evolution Media. Baskin, Barry Poznick, Jenn Levy, Joe Kingsley, Vanderpump and Ken Todd executive produce.

More to come.