Netflix Debuts 'A Different World' Sequel Trailer — SkimNews
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- Netflix released the official trailer and new images for a new "A Different World" series, a followup to the NBC sitcom of the same name that aired from 1987 to 1993 and was itself a spin-off of "The Cosby Show."
- Jasmine Guy and Kadeem Hardison reprise their roles as Whitley Gilbert and Dwayne Wayne, now parents whose youngest daughter Deborah begins her freshman year at the fictional HBCU Hillman College.
- Maleah Joi Moon stars as Deborah, with additional new cast including Alijah Kai, Cornell Young IV, Kennedi Reece, Jordan Aaron Hall, and Chibuikem Uche.
- Debbie Allen, Darryl M. Bell, Cree Summer, Jenifer Lewis, and Jada Pinkett Smith return from the original cast alongside Guy and Hardison.
- Felicia Pride serves as creator, showrunner, writer, and executive producer, with Allen also executive producing the premiere; Tom Werner, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Gina Prince-Bythewood, and Mandy Summers are also executive producers.
- The original "A Different World" ran for six seasons, with Whitley and Dwayne moving to the center of the show after Lisa Bonet's departure as Denise Huxtable following the first season.
Why it matters: The revival reunites a stacked roster of original cast members — Allen, Summer, Pinkett Smith, Bell, Lewis — under a prestige nostalgia banner tied to one of TV's rare HBCU-set sitcoms and its six seasons of established fan affinity, giving Netflix a flagship scripted property for a younger Hillman generation.
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