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ralfy · Mission Specialist Joined: 23 Sep 2014 Posts: 473

"Roots" TV Movie Adds Forest Whitaker, Anna Paquin, More to Cast"

https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/roots-forest-whitaker-anna-paquin-jonathan-rhys-meyers-1201595185/

"LeVar Burton: "Roots" reboot will be updated for younger audience"

http://nypost.com/2015/09/02/roots-star-ae-reboot-will-be-updated-for-younger-audience/

Robert (Butch) Day · Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 3:25 pm Post subject:

The original Roots got in trouble because it wasn't historically accurate and because of stealing a large portion of it's story from the novel Mandingo. I wonder what is going to change this time.
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Robert (Butch) Day · Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 5:24 am Post subject:

From Wikipedia:

The History channel is planning a remake of the miniseries after acquiring rights from David L. Wolper's son, Mark Wolper, and Alex Haley's estate. The planned new eight hour miniseries, with Mark Wolper as executive producer, will draw on Haley's novel and the original miniseries albeit from a contemporary perspective. In April 2015, it was announced that along with The History Channel, Lifetime and A&E would also broadcast the remake of the Roots miniseries. Will Packer, Marc Toberoff and Mark Wolper will executive produce alongside Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal. LeVar Burton, star of the original series, and Korin Huggins will co-executive produce.

Oh,Boy (NOT).

http://www.thewrap.com/t-i-mekhi-phifer-james-purefoy-join-aes-roots-miniseries/

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