That is the story all about how a sitcom bought flipped, turned the other way up.
“Bel-Air,” the reboot of the Nineteen Nineties NBC tv hit launched a full-length trailer Monday, and there’s not a touch of comedy on this new spin on Will Smith’s iconic character.
Within the contemporary “Contemporary Prince” take, the premise is kind of the identical solely this time the main focus is on the darkish undertones of why Will — now performed by newcomer Jabari Banks — has moved out west from Philadelphia.
“I hope sooner or later we are able to discuss why you’re actually right here,” Will’s cousin Carlton tells him earlier than the clip flashes again to Philly, the place Will seems to have been concerned in a battle ending in a gun being fired and the police being referred to as.
The intention behind the dramatization of the beloved and previously lighthearted present premise is to “actually peel again the layers of those characters and themes in a approach that you just couldn’t do 30 years in the past within the half-hour sitcom format,” Morgan Cooper — who directed, co-wrote and executive-produced the brand new collection — mentioned in a November press launch, At the moment reported.
“We’re capable of go have robust conversations that problem views,” Cooper added. “At its core, ‘Bel-Air’ is a celebration of the black expertise by the angle of a household.”
“3 years in the past, my man Morgan Cooper uploaded his fan trailer to YouTube, displaying how he envisioned the Contemporary Prince as a drama,” Smith captioned the trailer, which he posted to his private YouTube web page, the place it has thus far racked up 199,000 views. “Now, right here is the primary full have a look at his retelling of the story that’s at all times been so near my coronary heart. Cant anticipate you guys to see it Feb 13 on Peacock.”
Web denizens’ preliminary evaluations of the trailer, and whole premise, have been blended.
“I’ll be trustworthy, if it wasn’t for the truth that I grew up watching The Contemporary Prince, I might say this seems fairly good, sadly, this isn’t TFP & after they attempt to splice in very [Fresh] Prince photographs (such because the jacket being inside out) it seems like a parody. Hope it’s good,” wrote one optimistic “Contemporary Prince” fan on Twitter.
“The Bel-Air reboot seems actually, actually dangerous,” tweeted a much less hopeful one. “Like, for those who muted the trailer, you'll have completely no thought what it’s primarily based on. It comes throughout like a Contemporary Prince reboot afraid of individuals remembering that it’s a Contemporary Prince reboot.”
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