Bel-Air | Official Trailer | Peacock Original
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Bel-Air is streaming February 13th on Peacock: https://pck.tv/3DcdDDySynopsis: Set in modern-day America, Peacock’s new one-hour drama series Bel-Air reimagi...

When I first saw the this video I thought it was funny as hell. Exactly the kind of narrative the modern media machine would create from its vacuum of creativity - a paint by numbers melodrama with none of the spirit of the property whose name it trades on in order to get noticed.

Will Smith apparently thought it looked like a great idea.

  • Horsepaste [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Right? Me too. I’d honestly be completely writing this off if they did a soft reboot ala “Fuller House”.

    Pitch for that hellworld:

    30 years later, Will Smith returns as the “Fresh King” of Bel Air. Life is off the hook for Will, he has wealth, fame, fortune, and family. That is until one day, his doorbell rings and he meets the estranged nephew from the south side he never knew he had. Can Will get back in touch with “his roots” and remember what it’s like to live in “the hood”? Find out when this heart felt family comedy premiers next month on NBC!