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The Banks Family is back! Welcome to summer in Bel-Air 😎 Season Three is streaming now @Peacock. Acted, written, produced, directed, edited, styled and all the things by the most talented team ever.
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- “Yo Homes, to Bel-Air (and Beyond)!”
- Introducing The Fresh Princesses of Bel-Air
- Dice in The Mirror… and in The Boardroom
In recreating a believed franchise as Bel-Air, Banks-Waddles, her fellow writers, and the rest of the crew wanted to prioritize keeping the essence of The Fresh Prince alive while also creating a new universe for Generation Z and millennials. We’ve seen shows defeat the dreaded “reboot curse” one after another, from Peacock’s Saved By The Bell and ...
At the center of both The Fresh Prince and Bel-Air are Will Smith and Jabari Banks as the dual incarnations of central protagonist Will. But this time around, the show has something for the ladies that wasn’t always there in the original. With Aunt Viv, Lisa, Hillary, and Ashley — portrayed respectively Cassandra Freeman (Luke Cage), Simone Joy Jon...
Banks-Waddles describes the Bel-Airwriters’ room warmly as a productive environment through which her team works to define emotional throughlines to tap into their characters and the story of the show. “I always say it sounds weird, but the characters sort of speak to you. They tell you what their stories are gonna be and so we don’t have to jump t...
2 Videos. 8 Photos. A native Detroiter, Carla Banks Waddles has been working as a television writer in Los Angeles since 2000. She has written and produced such TV shows as For Your Love (Warner Bros.), That's So Raven (Disney), Half & Half (UPN), The Bill Engvall Show (TBS), Sonny With A Chance (Disney), Let's Stay Together (BET), Lab Rats ...
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Jul 19, 2024 · Exclusive new photos of Bel-Air season 3 reveal the return of Fresh Prince star Joseph Marcell, aka Geoffrey—Jabari Banks and Carla Banks Waddles discuss.
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Carla Banks-Waddles is a co-executive producer and the appointed showrunner of Peacock's modern-day reinterpretation, Bel-Air. She replaces T.J. Brady and Rasheed Newson as showrunner from Season 2 onward due to creative differences after the duo stepped down.
Feb 23, 2023 · Banks-Waddles discussed Tatyana Ali, the original Ashley Banks from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, making an appearance in season 2 as an important figure to the Banks family. Banks-Waddles also broke down Will exploring LA outside Bel-Air and his new basketball mentor, Doc.
Jul 19, 2024 · “Bel-Air” showrunner Carla Banks-Waddles said figuring out how to get the very booked and busy “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star, Joseph Marcell, onto the show’s third season was mighty...
