Fresh Prince Reboot in Development, Will Smith on Board as Producer

[tortous]

Fresh Prince Reboot in Development, Will Smith on Board as Producer


By Michael Ausiello / August 13 2015, 9:30 AM PDT

Now, this is the story all about how The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air got flipped, turned upside-down.

TVLine has learned exclusively that the exploding revival craze is expanding to include the classic ’90s sitcom, with original star Will Smith leading the charge (this time solely as a producer).

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According to multiple sources, Smith’s production shingle, Overbrook Entertainment, is in the very early stages of developing a present-day Fresh Princereboot that puts a new spin on the fish-out-of-water tale while maintaining the spirit of the original series. (An official longline is still being hammered out.)

I’m told a pitch is being finalized now and Overbrook will begin shopping it around in the coming weeks. Smith would serve as an EP alongside his Overbrook producing partners James Lassiter, Caleeb Pinkett and Jada Pinkett-Smith.

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The ’90s Fresh Prince — which launched then-rapper Smith’s acting career — ran for six seasons on NBC, before ending in 1996.

It remains unclear if Fresh Prince 2.0 will be a straight reboot along the lines ofHawaii Five-0, or a revival/continuation a la Netflix’s Fuller House.

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[ChuckTaylor84]

SMH blasphemy

 

[kane916]

Get ready for Will to played by

 

[tortous]

^yep nepotism at its finest

 

[:ab:]

SMH blasphemy

exactly. they need to leave the series alone, no one out there has the charisma to play will smith. plus uncle phil passed.

I liked light skin aunt viv, but dark skin aunt viv would get it

 

[gimmefreemusic]

Free suge so he can play uncle phil 2.0

 

[Magick Wisdom]

I'm not going to watch this. It will not be as good as the first.
No one can act better than Will Smith as The Fresh Prince !

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Get ready for Will to played by

Is that really Jaden Smith? Or An Image of Jayden Smith In The Future That We Dreamt In The Past While Looking In Mirrors? How Can Mirrors Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Even Real? That's Just A Baby Jayden. If Newborn Babies Could Speak They Would Be The Most Intelligent Beings On the Planet Earth So How Can You Even Question It? You Can't Since It Doesn't Exist. One.

 

[VERSACERO]

I heard Wesley snipes might play Carlton

 

[:ab:]

exactly. they need to leave the series alone, no one out there has the charisma to play will smith. plus uncle phil passed.

I liked light skin aunt viv, but dark skin aunt viv would get it

iono how to post youtube vids
but chocolate aunt viv got body tho
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[2-0-Sixx]

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[:ab:]

 

[Cheaptimes]

Get ready for Will to played by

Jayden gets sent from Bel Air to Philadelphia.

I thought I read that theory here. I guess I didnt.

So Ill just take credit for it.

#mEtoG