The actress says the original "Little House on the Prairie" was "Michael Landon's interpretation" of Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved novels.

Melissa Gilbert Says 'Little House On The Prairie' Reboot At Netflix "Will Do Things We Didn't Get To Do So Easily In '70s"

Netflix is planning a reboot of the “Little House on the Prairie” series that was based on the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It’s an historic intellectual property with modern appeal, given that Nielsen recently revealed the 50-year-old television series had 13.3 billion minutes of viewing time on Peacock last year.

Netflix has ordered a Little House on the Prairie series, 40-plus years after a long-running adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved books aired its last episode on NBC. The new version comes from showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine ( The Boys, The Vampire Diaries ).

Netflix isn't the only company that has planned a reboot of the series based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Netflix has greenlit a new TV adaptation of “Little House on the Prairie,” the beloved book series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Rebecca Sonnenshine (“The Boys,” “Vampire Diaries,” “Archive 81”) will serve as showrunner and executive producer on the new series.

Best known for its TV adaptation starring Michael Landon, the Laura Ingalls Wilder book saga is getting a new lease on life from Netflix.

"The reason I opened my big fat mouth, was because someone else opened hers," Gilbert tells PEOPLE Melissa Gilbert speaks out about the things that are important to her. After making headlines for her recent comments reacting to Megyn Kelly's tweet about the Little House on the Prairie reboot,

Melissa Gilbert is reflecting on the literally explosive ending of Little House on the Prairie in the TV movie Little House: The Late Farewell 41 years later. In the TV movie, the people of Walnut Grove fought against a tycoon and ultimately detonated explosives in the buildings as the Ingalls family watched.