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[Broken Joystick]

http://tvline.com/2015/08/13/fresh-prince-reboot-will-smith/

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).

According to multiple sources, Smith’s production shingle, Overbrook Entertainment, is in the very early stages of developing a present-day Fresh Prince reboot 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.

(thanks Penguin )

 

[Penguin]

Reboot it all they said!

According to multiple sources, Smith’s production shingle, Overbrook Entertainment, is in the very early stages of developing a present-day Fresh Prince reboot 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.

http://tvline.com/2015/08/13/fresh-prince-reboot-will-smith/

 

[Slayven]

Empire, Blackish, and Fresh off the Boat let a fire under everyone's ass

 

[webkatt]

Double rainbow!
Posted same time!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1095717

Pleaase be a Jaden joint!

 

[zeemumu]

Not sure how to feel.

 

[Izuna]

This is going to ruin a legacy. Terrible idea.

 

[sixteen-bit]

RIP James Avery

 

[Tansut]

 

[Aiii]

Fuck off, because you KNOW it will star fucking Jaden Smith.

Get out.

 

[Vanillalite]

The specific actors themselves made that show.

Just redoing the premise does nothing for me.

 

[Slayven]

The ep where Carlton and Will go jail would end with them getting shot.

 

[Africanus]

Two people made the thread at the exact same time...

 

[cirrhosis]

They should do a reverse Fresh Prince.

Jaden is kicked out of Malibu by his mom and pop and dropped to live with his aunty in West Philly.

 

[sixteen-bit]

This is going to ruin a legacy. Terrible idea.

also ruin childhoods, amirite?

don't worry about it

after what they did yo Aunt Viv, what could be worse?

 

[alr1ght]

Lemme guess...starring his children?

 

[Tansut]

 

[Good Job Bob]

Jaden as Will, Willow as Hilary/Ashley?

 

[Strictly]

Oh for Fuck's sake.

 

[Lightning_Roller]

It won't have the timeless magic of the original series, though.

 

[RedEther]

Why

 

[Penguin]

Fuck off, because you KNOW it will star fucking Jaden Smith.

Get out.

That was my first thought exactly

"Can't make him a movie star, we'll make him a TV star!"

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Does the article say that they're developing... the logline?

We have a logline in development story for a remade TV show. That's crazy.

 

[freeofgreed]

No.

 

[Africanus]

Two people made the thread at the exact same time...

 

[Shuggananas]

is this real life

 

[CountBlack]

RIP James Avery

 

[Tenebrous]

There's no way this isn't terrible.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

These redo/reboot announcements have absolutely no effect on me anymore.

 

[sixteen-bit]

They should do a reverse Fresh Prince.

Jaden is kicked out of Malibu by his mom and pop and dropped to live with his aunty in West Philly.

The Fresh Prince of West Philadelphia

 

[infiniteloop]

Two people made the thread at the exact same time...

this one was first though

 

[spindashing]

The first Aunt Viv held back no punches.

I don't want this to happen. RIP James Avery. Just let this one live in the history books as is...

 

[Slayven]

Does the article say that they're developing... the logline?

We have a logline in development story for a remade TV show. That's crazy.

what does that mean?

The first Aunt Viv held back no punches.

I don't want this to happen. RIP James Avery. Just let this one live in the history books as is...

Too bad her actress was nutty as squirrel shit

 

[freeofgreed]

is this real life

OMG

 

[Nibel]

Not sure if this will work in this day and age; besides, one of the best things about Fresh Prince is that it always had a fantastic balance between comey and covering serious issues people grow up with.

And damn, young Will was one of a kind. Not sure who could have similar charisma and mojo.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

God no

 

[Africanus]

Fuller House, Fresher Prince.

 

[Penguin]

what does that mean?

Think it means... they don't even know what the show is about to pitch it yet

 

[Bobby Roberts]

what does that mean?

The logline is the single-sentence description of the show.

This article is suggesting that they don't know how to sum-up the remake of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air into a single sentence yet. Will Smith's production company has to hammer out a logline to a remake of his show.

 

[Nakkilokki]

dam son

 

[spindashing]

Too bad her actress was nutty as squirrel shit

yeah for real LOL

 

[Sephzilla]

 

[Wagram]

Yeah i'll skip this incoming disaster.

 

[Aylinato]

Jayden's gonna be the star. No way

 

[Africanus]

Unfortunately, like Hydrox, it's the less popular version of the same thing.

 

[Enzom21]

This doesn't need to happen.

 

[DeathyBoy]

Who the Hell is that talking smack to Will? One and done guest star?

 

[brochiller]

is this real life

Damn, first I've seen this on GAF.

 

[spindashing]

The first Aunt Viv held back no punches.

I don't want this to happen. RIP James Avery. Just let this one live in the history books as is...

 

[Frecklestein]

I'm all for adjusting it for a modern generation. As funny as they show was, it tackled a lot of topics that just weren't being talked about. Curious as to see what they'd do with today's landscape. Cautiously optimistic. I'm just wondering if they can find a lead as good as Will was. The whole cast was so good.

 

[neorej]

Who would want this? It will honestly never come close to the magic that was created on that set by that crew, all it will achieve is make you long to the original, like how every Cypress Hill album made people want to listen to Black Sunday again.