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[cormack12]

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to be rebooted as gritty drama

Will Smith's beloved 1990s sitcom is coming back in a hard-hitting reboot.

www.bbc.co.uk

But this time the story of the streetwise teen who moves in with his upper-class uncle and aunt will not be a comedy, according to US reports.

The new version will be based on a viral YouTube trailer that reimagined the series as a hard-hitting drama.

Smith is working on the series with Morgan Cooper, who created the alternative trailer last year.





We betting on downtrodden black kid in white suburbia kept down by the white supremacists?

 

[#Phonepunk#]

 

[mango drank]

Ha, Carlton looks more like Will Smith in that trailer than Nu Will does.

 

[Mistershine.]

This is a story all about how my show got fucked and I was so disappointed I couldn't be bothered to think of any more lyrics.

 

[justonething]

steaming pile of shit

 

[Stouffers]

Reinvent Perfect Strangers next.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Nah, I don't spend money or attention on franchises soaked in the piss and disdain of a modern studio.

 

[Tesseract]

not looking good, we kinda need more comedy right now

 

[Keihart]

Looks like an april's fool joke.
How could anyone keep a straight face while making this...

 

[AquaticSquirrel]

Do not want

 

[DESTROYA]

Why are studios stuck in the past ?
Think of new shows and don't ruin the memories of past glory.
Has there ever been a reboot of a show that’s popular ? Most if not all crash and burn.

 

[triplestation]

 

[TrainedRage]

Fresh Cuck of Bel-Air

 

[NecrosaroIII]

It's fake. Read the description.

"Ever wonder what The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air might look like if it suddenly returned to the airwaves in 2019? Well, given Hollywood’s current penchant for giving everything a “dark” and “gritty” backstory, it would probably look quite a bit like this superbly made fan film by director Morgan Cooper. Simply titled Bel-Air, it gives Will Smith’s young “Will” a considerably more dire origin story while keeping all of the major Fresh Prince beats intact."

 

[Tesseract]

some of the shots are nice, everything is incredibly focused and balanced

and yeah, i recall there being a thread about this somewhere around april

 

[Stouffers]

 

[ExpandKong]

Now do a gritty dramatic reboot of Seinfeld.

It's fake. Read the description.

"Ever wonder what The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air might look like if it suddenly returned to the airwaves in 2019? Well, given Hollywood’s current penchant for giving everything a “dark” and “gritty” backstory, it would probably look quite a bit like this superbly made fan film by director Morgan Cooper. Simply titled Bel-Air, it gives Will Smith’s young “Will” a considerably more dire origin story while keeping all of the major Fresh Prince beats intact."

My understanding is the trailer was created last year just for fun or as a personal project or something and now it's inspired them to actually consider it as a real project...or something?

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

It's fake. Read the description.

"Ever wonder what The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air might look like if it suddenly returned to the airwaves in 2019? Well, given Hollywood’s current penchant for giving everything a “dark” and “gritty” backstory, it would probably look quite a bit like this superbly made fan film by director Morgan Cooper. Simply titled Bel-Air, it gives Will Smith’s young “Will” a considerably more dire origin story while keeping all of the major Fresh Prince beats intact."

The trailer was fan made. Will Smith saw it and wants to make a TV series along the same lines.

 

[Aggressive Carrot]

Can't wait to not watch this.

 

[Aggressive Carrot]

 

[cryptoadam]

Will Smith carried the show with his charisma and Uncle Phil can't be replaced.

 

[FreedomOfSpeech]

Reinvent Perfect Strangers next.

Let us do TEH DANCE OF JOY!

c.c.captain insane-o


Also, is there anyone on planet earth that preferred aunt Viv #2 over the OG aunt Viv?

 

[Goro Majima]

Oh it's a movie. That's not too terrible.

I'd love for a reboot of the actual original show to be made since I feel like I'm drowning in procedural dramas and dramedies in scripted television.

 

[Dacon]

I don't understand? Why?

What's wrong with the original?

 

[Kreen101]

I don't remember: in the sitcom, is Jazz a friend of Will's from Philly, or someone he meets while in Bel-Air?

 

[Tesseract]

I don't understand? Why?

What's wrong with the original?

nothing, it's a masterpiece

 

[FreedomOfSpeech]

I don't understand? Why?

What's wrong with the original?

They will destroy your world, if there's a buck in it.

 

[Prison Mike]

 

[Happosai]

Nah, I don't spend money or attention on franchises soaked in the piss and disdain of a modern studio.

You've been reading my thoughts. Can't do it without James Avery anyway.