In August 2021, casting announcements started being made with Will passing the metaphorical crown to newcomer Jabari Banks, who will play Will in Bel-Air. With a reimagined vision, Bel-Air will dive deeper into the inherent conflicts, emotions and biases that were impossible to fully explore in a 30-minute sitcom format, while still delivering swagger and nods to the original show.” “Set in modern-day America, Bel-Air is a serialized one-hour dramatic analogue of the 90’s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air that leans into the original premise: Will’s complicated journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air,” Peacock’s official logline of the show reads. Will announced in a September 2020 YouTube video that the show would be coming to life. Morgan, for his part, is named as a director, cowriter and executive producer on the series. Once the three-minute video went viral, the idea for Bel-Air came to fruition. Fans will watch protagonist Will as he adapts to his new life in the wealthy California suburb of Bel-Air after growing up in West Philadelphia.įilmmaker Morgan Cooper‘s fan-made Bel-Air trailer from 2019 served as the inspiration for this new series.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot, aptly titled Bel-Air, is headed to Peacock and will introduce fans to a new generation of stars.Įxecutive produced by Will Smith - who starred in the original series, which aired on NBC from 1990 to 1996 - the reimagined version of the show has the same premise but is set in modern-day. There’s a lot more drama coming to Bel Air.
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