Will Smith rebooting Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as TV drama

The cast of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” are reuniting for an unscripted TV special, celebrating the 30-year anniversary of the cult-classic TV show.

Will Smith is set to join his The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air co-stars for a one-off reunion special to celebrate the show’s 30th anniversary.

hosted a virtual reunion, during which they paid tribute to late co-star James Avery, who played Will’s uncle, Philip Banks, and died at the age of 68 in 2013. Meanwhile, the special is the latest major cast reunion planned for HBO Max.The streaming platform previously announced it was reuniting the cast for a new in-audience special, which has been delayed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and the cast for a staged production of the political drama’s season 3 episode “Hartsfield’s

a drama reboot of the series based on Morgan Cooper’s viral video “Bel-Air.”This also marks the latest TV reunion special to find a home at HBO Max. Last week, the streamer announced that the cast of “The West Wing” was reuniting for a theatrical staging of the “Hartsfield’s Landing” episode from the show’s third season, which will be shot at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles in early October.

Also Read: 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' Drama Reboot in DevelopmentThe “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” reunion will launch on HBO Max “around Thanksgiving.” But if you need a way to kill time until then, the WarnerMedia-owned streaming service has all six seasons of “Fresh Prince” available now.The unscripted event will be directed by Marcus Raboy (“Laugh Aid,” “Whitney Cummings: Can I Touch It?”) and executive produced by Rikki Hughes, who will serve as showrunner, as well as Miguel Melendez, Lukas

Peter White Television EditorThe cast of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air are the latest to reunite for a reunion special at HBO Max.Will Smith and gang are set to reunite for the unscripted special to celebrate 30 years since the sitcom first aired.Smith and co-stars including Tatyana Ali, Karyn Parsons, Joseph Marcell, Daphne Maxwell Reid and Alfonso Ribeiro as well as the recurring DJ Jazzy Jeff will tape the special on September 10.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe cast of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” is reuniting at HBO Max to celebrate the show’s 30th anniversary.Series star Will Smith and series regulars Tatyana Ali, Karyn Parsons, Joseph Marcell, Daphne Maxwell Reid, and Alfonso Ribeiro will all be part of the special, as will DJ Jazzy Jeff. It is set to tape on Sept.

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NBC's beloved comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is getting the reboot treatment with a bit of a spin. The new series will be a reimagining of the classic sitcom, inspired by a viral YouTube trailer created by Fresh Prince superfan Morgan Cooper.

Moving on—literally. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry bought a house in Santa Barbara and secretly moved into it six weeks ago.

The Hollywood Reporter, Will Smith has now teamed up with Cooper to adapt the one-off trailer into a brand new drama series called Bel-Air.The script for the series will be co-written by Morgan Cooper, as well as being directed and executively produced by him, while Will will also executive produce alongside original show producers Quincy Jones and Benny Medina and creators Andy and Susan Borowitz.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series ‘will dive deeper into the inherent conflicts,

Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios and Universal TV will serve as the studios. Cooper will direct and co-executive produce the potential series, which he is co-writing with Chris Collins.

“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” is the latest sitcom to get the reboot treatment, but don't expect it to be the fun show fans know and love. The beloved 1990s sitcom about a street-smart kid from Philadelphia who is forced to move in with his well-off uncle in the ritzy California neighborhood of Bel-Air ran for six seasons and catapulted Will Smith to the stardom he enjoys today.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, that made Will Smith a household name, is being rebooted. Not remade, with smart phones and , but rebooted as a dark, high-intensity drama. The tale of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot is just as wild and unlikely as the tale of a teenage boy who goes from shooting some b-ball in the neighborhood to drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass.