Magpie Mason Cox set to join Sonia Kruger and Celia Pacquola as guest stars in the Kath and Kim special

A host of celebrities, including a Magpies player, are set to feature alongside the Fountain Lakes foxes in the upcoming Kath and Kim special.

It will be, as Kath And Kim famously said, noice, different and unusual.

Noice because Gina Riley and Jane Turner, creators of the beloved sitcom, have returned to reprise their roles.

Different because, according to TV insiders, Riley and Turner, have shot 10 minutes of new footage for the show, a 20th anniversary special, which will run as a 20 To 1 style format of hits, memories and unseen clips from the vault.

Unusual because Turner and Riley have recruited celebrities to discuss their favourite scenes of the Fountain Lakes foxes, and supporting cast including Magda Szubanski, Glenn Robbins and Peter Rowsthorn.

Gina Riley and Jane Turner are reprising their roles as Kath and Kim.

Industry website TV Tonight broke the story earlier this week, and said Sonia Kruger and Celia Pacquola are among a parade of celebrities contributing to the show, which is filming at NEP Studios in South Melbourne.

Magpies star Mason Cox is also reportedly in the mix.

Producers shot a stack of interior photos of the Patterson Lakes home, where the original show was filmed before it was recently demolished.

Those pictures will be used in green screen footage at NEP.

The Kath and Kim special is filming at NEP Studios in South Melbourne.

But a TV insider said: “The Kath And Kim project filming in Melbourne is a clip show. There is no deep storyline, no new episode.

“The conveyor belt of black SUVs outside the NEP Studio are celebrities who are there to talk about their favourite Kath And Kim moments.”

As for talk about a full series reboot, Szubanski, who played popular netballer Sharon Strzelecki, hosed it down saying she wouldn’t want to taint their “perfect gem”.

“For my money? It’s a perfect gem — leave it,’’ she told Now To Love on Thursday.

Magda Szubanski says she wouldn’t want to taint the show by doing a full series reboot.

“It said so many things. It said everything it had to say. I really don’t see the need. There’s the fear that you might taint the memory somehow. You have to know when to let things go.”

TV Tonight said sources suggest there will be a hefty price tag associated with the special, which could also be sold to British television.

It is believed Channel 7 is connected to the project.

Channel 7 has been contacted for comment.