"A DIFFERENT WORLD" SEQUEL WRAPS PRODUCTION IN ATLANTA ADDING CLIFF 'METHOD MAN' SMITH AND MORE TO CAST

· Today, Netflix announced that production for Netflix's sequel series of A Different World has officially wrapped in Atlanta, Georgia. The show will explore the lives and loves of a new generation at the iconic fictional HBCU, Hillman College.

· Cliff 'Method Man' Smith and Norman Nixon Jr. join the cast, along with legacy cast members Karen Malina White as Charmaine Brown and Ajai Sanders as Gina Deveaux.

· New Cast Announcements:
· Cliff 'Method Man' Smith (PowerBook II, Godfather Of Harlem, The Wire) as Coach Coles
· Ajai Sanders (Phat Tuesday, 2 Degrees, 'Are We There Yet?') as Gina Deveaux
· Karen Malina White (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Malcolm & Eddie) as Charmaine Brown
· Norman Nixon Jr. (Grey's Anatomy, Haus of vicious, The Ms. Pat Show) as Professor Baptiste

· Showrunner and Executive Producer Felicia Pride says to Tudum.com "Reaching this point in the process to wrap production has been such a long time in the making. I can't tell you how proud I am of the work that everyone - from our amazing cast to our awesome crew - has done and the creativity and heart that we have poured into this show. I am so excited for the world to see the magic we've been creating together."

More About A Different World

· Previously Announced Cast:
· Maleah Joi Moon (Hell's Kitchen) as Deborah
· Alijah Kai Haggins (Everybody Hates Chris) as Rashida
· Cornell Young (Doing Life) as Shaquille
· Kennedi Reece (TK) as Hazel
· Jordan Aaron Hall (The Idea of You) as Amir
· Chibuikem Uche (One Of Us Is Lying) as Kojo
· Kadeem Hardison (A Different World, White Men Can't Jump) as Dwayne Wayne
· Jasmine Guy (A Different World, Harlem Nights) as Whitley Gilbert
· Darryl M. Bell (A Different World, School Daze) as Ron Johnson
· Cree Summer (A Different World, Atlantis: The Lost Empire) as Freddie Brooks
· Charnele Brown (Old Gray Mare, The Reading, A Different World) as Dr Kimberly Reese Boyer
· Jenifer Lewis (black-ish, What's Love Got to Do with It, and GOAT) as Professor Davenport
· Jada Pinkett Smith as Lena James
· Vincent Jamal Hooper (Chicago Med, Shots Fired) as Ellington
· Elijah J. Roberts (NIGHT SWIM) as Jalen
· Renee Harrison as Candace (All American: Homecoming, The Supreme's At Earl's All You Can Eat, Law and Order: SVU)
· Famecia Ward as Nellie Gaines (Blue Bloods Season 6, Curse of War, Fear Lake Lanier)
· Dasan Frazier (STRAW, Law & Order, BET+ The Ms. Pat Show) as Xavier
· Dawnn Lewis (A Different World, Star Trek: Lower Decks) as Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor
· Glynn Turman (A Different World, In Treatment) as Col. Bradford Taylor
· Tichina Arnold (The Neighborhood, Martin) as Darlene Duvall
· Joshua Suiter (All's Fair) as Andre
· Raven Goodwin (Grotesquerie, Single Black Female) as Dr. Brooklyn Boyer

· 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 1989-1993 - returns for the sequel.

· 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 finds 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