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🙏🏽 ️ @BelAirPeacock Season 3! So much gratitude. Excited that we get to tell more stories with this iconic Banks family. Congrats to our wonderful writers, our uber talented cast and our tireless crew.
- “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...
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 (Disney XD ...
- Producer, Writer, Director
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Feb 24, 2023 · 35 views 5 months ago. At the heart of "Bel-Air" is the story of a black family navigating the hardships and victories of life in the affluent neighborhood of Bel Air. As showrunner/co-executive...
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.
- Joe Deckelmeier
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Carla Banks-Waddles. Producer: Bel-Air. 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 ...
Mar 19, 2023 · Bel-Air showrunner, writer, and executive producer Carla Banks Waddles sat down to talk about the second season of the series, her favourite episode, and working with Tatyana Ali, who played...
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