Vanderpump Rules Season 12 Begins Filming With Full Cast Reboot

Vanderpump Guidelines season 12 is formally underway with the brand new solid already filming, Us Weekly can affirm.

Lisa Vanderpump was noticed filming outdoors her famed SUR eatery on Wednesday, April 9, in footage obtained by TMZ.

Information broke in November 2024 that season 12 will function a brand-new crop of SURvers, and never longtime solid members Katie Maloney, Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval, Scheana Shay, Tom Schwartz, James Kennedy and Lala Kent.

“What a thrill it’s to construct on the legacy of this collection by doing it once more,” government producer Alex Baskin mentioned in an announcement on the time. “With profound appreciation for the unique group and their iconic run, we will’t watch for the viewers to see a dynamic new group of work-mates and mates make their method by life collectively.”

The press launch additional known as the brand new solid a “close-knit” group of SUR staff who’re “complicatedly concerned with each other as their iconic predecessors.”

Whereas Bravo has not confirmed the casting lineup, Vanderpump, 64, is for certain that they’ll be capable to uphold the truth TV present’s legacy.

“When you’ve got a restaurant, particularly in Hollywood, with a revolving door of gorgeous people who find themselves all form of usually slightly giant personalities as a result of they arrive to Hollywood for a motive, it’s at all times sophisticated,” Vanderpump solely informed Us Weekly in February. “I’m certain it’s gonna be very totally different with these younger little minxes after they get to work, however we will see.”

In keeping with the Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, she has “some very fascinating characters” becoming a member of the collection.

“SUR has been round a very long time,” Vanderpump informed Us. “And as I [always] say, it’s a present we might have shot 12 months of the yr.”

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Whereas the present is shifting on from the OG solid members, Vanderpump nonetheless holds all of them in excessive esteem.

“I do love all of them no matter their antics and their foibles,” Vanderpump mentioned on Bravo’s “Sizzling Mic” podcast earlier this month. “There’s a deep love simply due to what we’ve been by collectively and seeing them at such a younger age, though they’ve been very irritating at occasions, for certain, and so they’ve made errors.”

Per Vanderpump, she heard from Schwartz, 42, Kent, 34, and Kennedy, 33, “right away” after the casting shakeup made headlines.

“I believe Ariana texted me or tweeted me or one thing. Katie, I didn’t hear from. However, as I say, that doesn’t actually shock me,” the restaurateur additional claimed. “It’s unusual as a result of I’m not saying they need to be grateful to me — however they need to be pleased about the present. We at all times celebrated them. However that present gave them a plethora of alternatives they wouldn’t essentially have had.”

Maloney, 38, in the meantime, alleged on the Thursday, April 10, episode of “The Viall Recordsdata” podcast that she hasn’t heard “a peep” from Vanderpump both.