‘The Wonder Years’ Reboot In the Works At ABC From Saladin K. Patterson, Lee Daniels & Fred Savage

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Cynthia Littleton Business EditorIn their last outings as leaders of ViacomCBS, the executive team led by Shari Redstone and Bob Bakish finally started to sound like they have a solid plan to compete in streaming.On the day ViacomCBS unveiled its corporate rebrand to Paramount, starting as of Feb. 16, the company put on a nearly three-hour virtual presentation for investors that demonstrated how much its operations have been turned inside out to focus on streaming growth opportunities.

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Scarlett Johansson, 37, is looking amazing in her latest ad pics! The actress posed as one of David Yurman’s first celebrity ambassadors for the jewelry brand’s “Come Closer” campaign and showed off her sexy side while she was at it. In one of the eye-catching photos, she is in bed with nothing but a white sheet wrapped around her as she stares into the camera with a serious look.

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reports Deadline.This time around the show will still be set in the Sixties but will instead feature an all-black family. Unlike the original which deliberately had no location so as to resemble any town in America, this new series, if it goes ahead, will be set in the deep south.The official statement describes the series as: ‘How a Black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama in the turbulent late 1960s, the same era as the original series, made sure it was The Wonder Years for them too.’Writer Saladin K.

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The Wonder Years is set to return to screens, now with a Black family as the focus.ABC have ordered a reboot of the show, which ran for six seasons between 1988 and 1993.As The Hollywood Reporter reveals, Empire co-creator Lee Daniels is set to head up the reboot, which will focus on a Black family in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1960s. The original show was based around a white middle-class family in a typical American suburban home.The original Wonder Years co-creator, Neal Marlens, is set to act as a consultant on the show, while Fred Savage, who played the role of Kevin Arnold in the show, will direct the pilot episode of the show.Daniels is set to executive produce the show alongside Saladin K.

The Wonder Years. Per , the series—which ran for six seasons from 1988-1993—is being rebooted for ABC by original cast member Fred Savage, co-creator , and Dave executive producer Saladin K. Patterson to tell the story of a Black family growing up in 1960's Montgomery, Alabama. The new show will tell the story of "how a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama in the turbulent late 1960s—the same era as the original series—made sure it was The Wonder Years for them too."This is just one more example of Hollywood rebooting nostalgic franchises and prioritizing inclusivity.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – A reboot of “The Wonder Years” has landed a pilot production commitment at ABC.

“The Wonder Years” is getting an update ideally in time for the 2021-2022 television season.

The Wonder Years is coming back.

A reboot of “The Wonder Years” has landed a pilot production commitment at ABC.The new half-hour comedy series would focus on how a black middle class family in Montgomery, Alabama in the turbulent late 1960’s made sure it was The Wonder Years for them too.  That puts the new show in the same time period as the original series, which was set between 1968 and 1973. A mini writer’s room for the show will be opened once ABC approves a pilot script.Saladin K.

The Wonder Years is getting the reboot treatment. ABC announced on Wednesday that the network has committed to producing a pilot for a new reimagining of the iconic coming-of-age sitcom, which ran from 1998 to 1993. Empire co-creator Lee Daniels will executive produce the reboot alongside Saladin K.

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The Wonder Years reimagining is in the works at ABC, Us Weekly has learned.The network has picked up a pilot for the half-hour comedy, produced by 20th Century Fox, which will focus on a middle-class Black family in Montgomery, Alabama, in the turbulent late 1960s — the same era as the original series — and how they “made sure it was The Wonder Years for them too.”Empire cocreator and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lee Daniels will serve as Executive Producer, along with writer and producer Saladin Patterson and producer Marc Velez. Fred Savage, who starred in the original hit sitcom, will also executive produce and direct.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA reboot of “The Wonder Years” has landed a pilot production commitment at ABC.The new half-hour comedy series would focus on how a black middle class family in Montgomery, Alabama in the turbulent late 1960’s made sure it was The Wonder Years for them too.  That puts the new show in the same time period as the original series, which was set between 1968 and 1973. A mini writer’s room for the show will be opened once ABC approves a pilot script.Saladin K. Patterson will write and executive produce.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has put in development Rip Crew, a crime drama from Code Black creator/executive producer Michael Seitzman, executive producer Mike Weiss and ABC Signature Studios.Written by Weiss, in Rip Crew, when a disgraced ex-FBI agent turned criminology professor discovers that his most gifted students are planning a massive heist, he decides to scoop their score and become the criminal he used to chase.Weiss and Seitzman executive produce with Ross Dinerstein of Campfire. American Dream/American Knightmare producers Eva Gunz and Edward McGurn are co-executive producers.