reboots
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Can You Feel the Love in the Moonlight? Barry Jenkins Is Directing The Lion King Reboot Sequel
You know that shadowy place Mufasa was telling Simba about in The Lion King? That’s where 2020 dwells. This year has provided non-stop surprises and most of them have been bad (and downright devastating), but miracles happen every day. With this latest news, I was pleasantly surprised. What is the news? According to Deadline, Barry…
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Will Smith and Kevin Hart Set to Star in, Produce Planes, Trains & Automobiles Reboot
Planes, Trains & Automobiles—the 1987 Steve Martin and John Candy-led comedy film from the late John Hughes—is set to get a 21st-century reboot, with Will Smith and Kevin Hart reportedly locked to star and produce. The original film is centered around two men attempting to use various modes of transportation in order to get back…
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A Little Help From My (Black) Friends: A Reboot of The Wonder Years Featuring a Black Family Is Coming to ABC
“What would you do if I sang outta tune?” Well, if I do it in front of a Black family, I’ll probably get roasted—followed by being accused of clapping on the 1 and 3. Speaking of Black families, we have another reboot on our hands! This time, it’s The Wonder Years. That’s right, the popular…
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Since Brandy Says We're Getting a Moesha Reboot, Maybe We Can Finally Find Out WTF Happened to Myles
Mo to the, E to the, up in the morning, a new day is starting and Brandy Norwood is realizing her responsibility, which is to let us know (again) Moesha is being rebooted! As Vibe reports, Norwood had a bit of a reunion with co-stars Sheryl Lee Ralph and William Adam Young at Ralph’s 29th…
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New Jack City Reboot, Sit Your Five-Dollar Ass Down Before We Make Change
We have another reboot, y’all. This time, we’re gentrifying New Jack City. According to Deadline, Warner Bros. will be rebooting the 1991 “neo-noir gangster film” with Malcolm M. Mays (Snowfall) penning the script. Sigh. As that old man in New Jack City yelled, I yell to Hollywood reboot-happy executives, “Idolater! Your soul is required in…
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Issa Rae Is About to Set It Off With a Reimagining of the 90s Heist Film
You ready for Awkward Black Heist?! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Issa Rae will be producing a reimagining of the 1996 blackity-black fave, Set It Off, which originally starred Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett (before she had the Smith), Kimberly Elise and Vivica A. Fox. As THR notes: The original movie told of four friends, fed…
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Jaleel White to Reprise His Role as Steve Urkel in New Series
As favorites like Full House and DuckTales have been resurrected from the grave, black audiences have waited impatiently to revisit some of our most beloved television characters. Thankfully, we’ll finally get a long overdue dose of nostalgia, as Jaleel White took to Instagram to announce he’ll be reprising his role as Steve Urkel for an…
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What’s Your Favorite Scary Reboot? Mary J. Blige, Keke Palmer, and Tyga to Star in Queen Latifah-Produced Scream Series on VH1
The year was 1996, and one question looped in our heads over and over before the term “meme” was even realized: What’s your favorite scary movie? From the moment it hit theater screens everywhere, the Wes Craven slasher flick Scream became a pop cultural phenomenon. Now, 23 years later, we have a trailer for the…
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He Did Say He Was ‘Never Scared’—Chris Rock to Reboot Saw Franchise
Want to see people with Apple Watches be forced to hack off their hand with a saw? Well, Chris Rock is here for you! According to Deadline, the funnyman will be rebooting the film that set a wave of similar “torture porn” projects in that era. “I’ve been a fan of Saw since the first…
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The Twilight Zone Trailer: Jordan Peele's Mind Is Out of This Dimension
We’re entering Jordan Peele’s dimension—also known as his mind, y’all. Peele’s reboot of the Rod Serling classic The Twilight Zone now has an official trailer, and I can’t wait to get lost in the world he creates. “Everything that happens in this universe has to be the way it is,” we hear in the voiceover…