New Version of The Real World Coming To Facebook Watch

TVLine reports that MTV is preparing to launch a new version of The Real World for Facebook Watch in the United States. They are also preparing native productions for Thailand and Mexico.

The series will follow a group of strangers forced to live and work together. The reboot will allow fans to vote on who joins the house before the season begins. The cast will talk with fans through Facebook Live and Watch Party, with more social media elements coming later on. The deal was announced by Matthew Henick, Facebook’s Head of Content Planning and Strategy, Paresh Rajwat, Facebook’s Director of Product Management, and Chris McCarthy, President of MTV, during Facebook Watch’s presentation at MIPCOM 2018.

McCarthy said: “MTV’s The Real World helped to define a generation and created a new genre of television with a simple yet powerful idea of connecting people from wildly divergent backgrounds to find common ground on the issues that often divided them. By partnering with Facebook Watch and [Bunim/Murray Productions], we have the opportunity to impact culture and create a new genre of television all over again, while engaging the next generation of content consumers around the world.“