Will Smith To Produce New TV Series Similar To ‘The Fresh Prince’

THE RUMORS OF THE HIT SHOW COMING BACK ARE REPORTEDLY UNTRUE

(AllHipHop News) The Internet was buzzing with rumors that Will Smith was attempting to bring back the classic 1990’s television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. EW is now reporting the Philadelphia actor/rapper’s potential program is not an updated take of his NBC hit.

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The show is said to be similar to The Fresh Prince by focusing on a “fish-out-of-water” story. Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment is producing the family sitcom, but there is no script or network attached at the moment.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ran on NBC from 1990 to 1996. Smith played a fictionalized version of himself. The series also starred Jazzy Jeff, Alfonso Ribeiro, Tatyana Ali, Karyn Parsons, and the late James Avery.

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