Now we all know this little story all about how Will Smith became ‘The Fresh Prince’ it a ballad that no one will forget. A series that is licensed to air in 193 territories. Well according to recent reports ‘The Fresh Prince’ is back. 

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Will Smith’s entertainment company Westbrook Inc. is developing a spinoff of the popular ’90s sitcom series.

Westbrook Inc. is a cross-platform company Will and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith run launched back in July, “designed to expand the Smith family brand beyond film and TV into new media, technology, and even merchandising.”

The corporation has been busy cooking up the recently announced Bel-air Athletics clothing line, featuring homages to the first few seasons which was spent at Bel-air prep. One of the track jackets has a funky design meant to be reversible, reminisced of how Will wore his uniform jacket to be an individual.

The rumor of a reboot or sequel have run rampant since 2015, the thoughts of a sequel would star son Jaden Smith. Jaden’s character would be the son of the Fresh Prince but would go from riches to rags in a sense moving from Bel-air to West Philly to stay with his cousin and learn the value of hard work. Now that a story Netflix can get behind. It was reported that Smith was shopping a remake of the classic ’90s sitcom for modern times. 

Currently, there’s a trailer of this exact idea entitled “Bel-Air” on YouTube created by Morgan Cooper, starring Jerry Madison as Will Smith. The trailer was so good it even caught the attention on ‘The Fresh Prince’ himself.

“I had no idea that ‘Fresh Prince’ would have that kind of impact,” Smith said during a 2018 interview, on TIDAL’s Rap Radar podcast. “When I look back on it, I can see. It was like, ‘Duh.’ The intercultural racism between the rich blacks and poor blacks and the idea of being uprooted and put into the full mainstream white world, I can see where those ideas would make for a rich show.”

With no further details on the show, we can only speculate on the direction the spin-off/sequel will take. But we know for certain episode one will pay homage to James Avery aka Uncle Phil, because as J. Cole put it “First things first: rest in peace Uncle Phil, For real, you the only father that I ever knew.”

Now with the news of the shows return what do you guys think, will it be as funny, impactful, and needed for the black community as its predecessor or will it be another failed attempt at reviving a 90s sitcom? Let us know in the comments below: