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NETFLIX'S A DIFFERENT WORLD SEQUEL SERIES
ADDS LEGACY CAST
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Netflix announced yesterday that beloved cast members from A Different World (1987-1993) will reprise their roles in the upcoming sequel, which will explore the lives and loves of a new generation at the iconic fictional HBCU.
· Kadeem Hardison (he/him) (A Different World, White Men Can't Jump) as Dwayne Wayne.
· Jasmine Guy (she/her) (A Different World, Harlem Nights) as Whitley Gilbert.
· Darryl M. Bell (he/him) (A Different World, School Daze) as Ron Johnson.
· Cree Summer (she/her) (A Different World, Atlantis: The Lost Empire) as Freddie Brooks
More About A Different World
· Previously Announced Cast:
o Maleah Joi Moon (Hell's Kitchen) as Deborah
o Alijah Kai Haggins (Everybody Hates Chris) as Rashida
o Cornell Young (Doing Life) as Shaquille
o Kennedi Reece (TK) as Hazel
o Jordan Aaron Hall (The Idea of You) as Amir
o Chibuikem Uche (One Of Us Is Lying) as Kojo
· Showrunner/Executive Producer/Writer: Felicia Pride (Grey's Anatomy, Queen Sugar)
· Director/Executive Producer: Debbie Allen (Grey's Anatomy) - who directed 83 episodes of the original series and served as primary director from 1998-1993 - returns for the sequel. She will direct three episodes including the first episode.
· Executive Producers: Writers from the original series Reggie Rock Bythewood (Shots Fired, Swagger) and Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Woman King, Love & Basketball) return as Executive Producers alongside Mandy Summers (That 90's Show, The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh) and Tom Werner (The Connors, Roseanne).
· Logline: When Deborah, Dwayne Wayne, and Whitley Gilbert's free-spirited, well-intentioned, yet rebellious youngest child, enters her freshman year at Hillman College, she fiynds the shadow of her parents difficult to escape as she sets out to build her own legacy, while having the time of her life, alongside a whole new generation of Hillman's best and brightest.
· Format: 10 episodes, single camera, half-hour format
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