BET is bringing the basic 1990s movie Boomerang again within the kind a 10-episode collection.
Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry will function the present’s govt producer together with Emmy-winning Lena Waithe (Masters the Solar, The Chi) — who may even co-write the pilot.
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Boomerang facilities round a fractured love triangle with Eddie Murphy enjoying the function conceited girls man Marcus Graham, Robin Givens as lovely, man-eating boss girl Jacqueline Boyer and Berry as Angela Lewis. All three have been put to the duty dealing with Woman Eloise’s (Eartha Kitt) beauty marketing campaign with eccentric trend diva Strangé (Grace Jones) as the corporate’s face.
Upon its debut, Boomerang was one the highest-grossest films 1991 and its soundtrack was much more profitable than the movie. The LaFace Information-produced Boomerang soundtrack peaked at #four on the Billboard 200 charts and is dwelling to Boyz II Males‘s Grammy Award-winning single “Finish the Street” in addition to P.M. Daybreak’s Scorching 100 hit “I’d Die With out You.”
Waithe assures followers the beloved movement image movie to not anticipate the collection to be a reboot the love story fashioned between Angela and Marcus.
“That is much less a reboot and extra a continuation the unique story,” Waithe tells The Hollywood Reporter. “There’s no level in attempting to remake a basic. It could actually’t be accomplished. So, we need to create one thing recent that speaks to a brand new technology. We hope individuals will come to the present with an open thoughts and able to embrace the brand new world we’ve created!”
As a substitute, the collection will chronicle the lives Marcus and Angela Graham’s daughter and Jacqueline’s son, as they step out their father or mother’s shadow to embark on creating legacies their very own.
“I’m thrilled to crew up with Lena on this challenge as she is indubitably a number one voice her technology and a trailblazer in her personal proper. I’m really excited to be a component bringing this iconic and beloved movie to the small display screen,” Berry says.
A premiere date for Boomerang is but to be introduced.