Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVIn a very competitive situation, Peacock has landed Bel-Air, an hourlong series based on The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, Morgan Cooper’s popular fan film that reenvisions the 1990s Will Smith sitcom as a drama.
The project hails from Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios and Universal Television. Will Smith just announced the deal online in a video that captures him breaking the news to Morgan Cooper and the adaptation’s co-writer Chris Collins. (You can watch it above)“We have just officially closed the deal with Peacock with an unprecedented two-season-order from a pitch,” Smith said. “I’ve been in this business for thirty years and that does not happen.
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