Dave Coulier to Reprise Role as Uncle Joey for “Fuller House”

By Rosemary Vega on May 7, 2015@rosevega

Dave Coulier confirmed earlier today he would reprise his role as Uncle Joey for Netflix’s Full House spinoff- Fuller House. Coulier posted a photo with Mark Cendrowski and captioned it, “Yes, I’ll be on the Fuller House reunion. And this guy, Mark Cendrowski will be directing. #cutitout”

Yes, I'll be on the Fuller House reunion. And this guy, Mark Cendrowski will be directing. #cutitout

A photo posted by Dave Coulier (@dcoulier) on May 7, 2015 at 5:58am PDT

Coulier played Danny Tanner’s (Bob Saget) comedian best friend, Joey Glastone, in the original Full House. After Danny’s wife died, Joey and Danny’s brother in law, Unless Jesse (John Stamos) move in to help raise his daughters, DJ (Candace Cameron Bure), Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin), and Michelle (Mary-Kate and Ashely Olsen). Saget and Lori Loughlin, who played Uncle Jesse’s wife Rebecca, are reportedly in negotiations to join the spinoff. Still no word if Mary-Kate and Ashley have plans to return.

Joining the original cast will be three children; DJ’s two sons JD and Max, as well as her best friend Kimmy Gibler’s (Andrea Barber) daughter, Ramona. TVLine describes JD as “ladie’s man”, a musician, and a bike rider, much like his Uncle Jesse. JD has a tough time with the loss of his father and lashes out. Meanwhile, Max is more like his Grandpa Danny and likes to keep everything tidy- appearance, room, etc. As a bit of a tech geek, he looks to his brother for approval. Kimmy’s daughter is bi racial, and fully embraces her Latina heritage. She considers living with the “white-bread Tanners” as lame. Though Ramona is smart, her interests are in boys, fashion, and social media rather than school.

No official release date has been announced for Fuller House, but it’s expected to make it’s debut in 2016.