Whitey Ford
01-30-2024, 12:15 AM
'It’s a Wonderful Life' and 'Wizard of Oz' to get 'diverse' reboots for people who 'hadn't felt seen'
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Apair of Hollywood's most iconic classic films will be undergoing "diverse" reboots at the hands of Hollywood writer Kenya Barris, who has planned to change main characters to a "person a color."
Barris has written or directed many race-centric titles since 2020, including TV shows "#BlackAF" and "Black-ish" and films "You People" and the remake of "White Men Can't Jump."
Barris' next ventures are reportedly a reimagining of two industry classics: "The Wizard of Oz" and "It's a Wonderful Life."
The Oz movie will utilize a completely different setting and take place in an apartment complex in Inglewood, California, called the Bottoms, where the new Dorothy will live.
"I think that this is the best time to turn a mirror on society because we need to see ourselves, and I want to do it with diverse characters," he said to Fallon. "The character lives in Inglewood, and someone comes up and she ends up in Underhood, which is right outside of Oz, and it takes place from there."
"I wanted to make people think, but also make them feel good, and also make people feel seen who hadn't felt seen," Barris added.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/kenya-barris-oz-wonderfullife-reboots
https://i.imgur.com/u8LoIEN.jpg
Apair of Hollywood's most iconic classic films will be undergoing "diverse" reboots at the hands of Hollywood writer Kenya Barris, who has planned to change main characters to a "person a color."
Barris has written or directed many race-centric titles since 2020, including TV shows "#BlackAF" and "Black-ish" and films "You People" and the remake of "White Men Can't Jump."
Barris' next ventures are reportedly a reimagining of two industry classics: "The Wizard of Oz" and "It's a Wonderful Life."
The Oz movie will utilize a completely different setting and take place in an apartment complex in Inglewood, California, called the Bottoms, where the new Dorothy will live.
"I think that this is the best time to turn a mirror on society because we need to see ourselves, and I want to do it with diverse characters," he said to Fallon. "The character lives in Inglewood, and someone comes up and she ends up in Underhood, which is right outside of Oz, and it takes place from there."
"I wanted to make people think, but also make them feel good, and also make people feel seen who hadn't felt seen," Barris added.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/kenya-barris-oz-wonderfullife-reboots