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Bewitched Reboot With Interracial Family From Kenya Barris & Yamara Taylor

In  Bewitched , written by Barris and Taylor, Samantha, a hardworking black single mom who happens to be a witch, marries Darren, a white mortal who happens to be a bit of a slacker. They struggle to navigate their differences as she discovers that even when a black girl is literally magic, she’s still not as powerful as a decently tall white man with a full head of hair in America. Barris is executive producing via his Khalabo Ink Society banner alongside Taylor and Davis Entertainment’s John Davis and John Fox. XCLUSIVE : Just before he recently  departed ABC Studios  to embark on  a rich overall deal at Netfli x,  Black-ish  creator  Kenya Barris  sold one last high-profile project to  ABC :  Bewitched ,  a single camera, an interracial blended family comedy based on the popular 1960s sitcom of the same name.  It took a little while for all the deals to close, but the network has given a pilot production commitment to the new take on the classic supernatural sitcom, from Barr

“Sex And The City 3” Would Have Killed Off Mr. Big And Kim Cattrall Wasn’t Into It

#KimCattrall is said to have felt that centering the film on the death of Mr. Big “didn’t have a lot to offer the character of Samantha.” The third Sex And The City film that almost happened, the version actor Kim Cattrall declined to sign on for, would have killed Mr. Big within the first act, according to an oral history with cast and creators of the iconic show. Journalist James Andrew Miller revealed on his Originspodcast that, after talking to Sex And The City creator Michael Patrick King, and stars #SarahJessicaParker, #CynthiaNixon, and #KristinDavis, the plan for Sex And The City 3 was to have Mr. Big (#ChrisNoth) die of a heart attack in the shower early on in the film. Miller says he also spoke to sources close to Cattrall who did not believe she ever planned on joining the third movie but was put off even more by the plot detail. Miller's sources said "the remainder of the movie [was] more about how Carrie recovers from Big’s death than about the relation