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Reports are that Netflix has yield a rarified pilot light guild to writer / EP Felicia Pride and EP Debbie Allen ’s A Different World sequel serial .
Back in August 2024 , the word came down that Netflix , writer / executive director producerFelicia Pride(Bel - Air , Grey ’s Anatomy ) , and executive director producersDebbie Allen , Mandy Summers , Tom Werner , Gina Prince - Bythewood , andReggie Bythewoodwere develop anA Different Worldsequel serial . Now , reports are the swarm table service is doing something that it ’s only done once before ( in 2023 , withRightor Doyle’sSamara Weaving - starringLittle Sky ) – have the potential series a pilot rules of order . While cast members were not revealed as of this good afternoon ’s reporting , the pilot film is allegedly set to shoot at the start of the summertime to be capable to overall assess the potential serial ' tonicity and guidance ( though Netflix did not affirm the reporting ) .
The serial would reportedly focus on Dwayne ( Kadeem Hardison ) and Whitley ’s ( Jasmine Guy ) daughter as she begins her meter as a bookman at Hillman College . moot the original series enclose up its six - season run with Dwayne and Whitley heading to Japan to startle their new sprightliness after Dwayne received a lucrative career offering , it will be interesting to learn the backstory of what claim place during the years that viewersmissed .
While cast has n’t formally gotten underway yet , the original report noted that original series cast members have been contacted and that reactions have been positivist . Along with Guy and Hardison , the original series also starredDawnn Lewis , Darryl M. Bell , Sinbad , Charnele Brown , Cree Summer , andGlynn Turman . Originally a spinoff series fromThe Cosby Showfocusing onLisa Bonet ’s Denise Huxtable , the series would shift the stress to Guy , Hardison , and the strength of the ensemble mould after Bonet departed the series after its first season .
Allen , Werner , Prince - Bythewood , and Bythewood all worked on the original hit NBC series . Allen was director - manufacturer , Prince - Bythewood and Bythewood were writers , and Werner executive director produced for The Carsey - Werner Company . Last class , the cast reunited for a press tour that included visits with NBC’sTodayand ABC’sThe Viewto celebrate the show and its lasting bequest and wallop . They also took part in a 10 - metropolis term of enlistment of a act of HBCCUs to promote educatee registration .
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