Will Smith an American TV actor and popular movie personality, has announced the reboot of the popular TV series Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and that it has been signed by Peacock, NBC’s streaming service for two seasons.
The news was recently broken by the TV star in his YouTube page alongside Morgan cooper and Chris Collins, the brains behind the new series.
”We have just officially secured the deal with Peacock with an unprecedented two seasons order from a pitch he said”.
Talking about the event, the fifty one year old singer and rapper paid special tribute to his team and crew for the deal, stating that Peacock’s interest in the show was inspired by the enormous efforts invested in the pitch which eventually led to its successful completion and acceptance.
He could not hold back his joy at the success recorded with this endorsement by Peacock and claimed that ”he had been in the show biz and entertainment industry for thirty years and never had he seen where such a feat happened. They ordered two straight seasons of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air based on the quality of the pitch and enormous work you guys have done and to this I say a very big congratulation. I am seriously hyped he added.
In 2019, Cooper had released the trailer of Bel-Air a new version of the show which eventually ran on NBC from 1990 to 1996, re-imagining the rags to riches story as a drama.
The less than four minutes video which has so far gone viral and attracted more than six million views, had also caught the attention of Will Smith, who was an original actor and lead character in the original movie version.
The duo, plan later to work on the trailer and consequently turn it into a series of a one hour duration drama.
In this new series, Peacock claims that the intrigues and interesting twist that were lacking in the previous and original version, will come to bare.
Speaking further on, Peacock affirmed that with a new rebranded vision and version, Bel-Air will delve deeper into the inherent conflicts, emotions, suspense, and biases that were impossible to fully explore in a thirty minutes sitcom format while still delivering swagger and nods to the original show.
Viewers and Fans of the TV show and series are equally eager and waiting in anticipation to behold what this new deal and version of the series, will bring to the entertainment world in general.
Gift Joseph Okpakorese.
Staff Writer
