Black-ish Team Discusses Upcoming Spinoff And Election Special – mxdwn.com

Tara Mobasher September 29th, 2020 - 2:42 PM

Kenya Barriss (Black-ish, #BlackAF, Mixed-ish) ish universe has been relatively busy within the last few years, adding new spinoff series Grown-ish, Mixed-ish onto the parent seriesentitled Black-ish,according toVariety.Barris has recently confirmed the upcoming release of yet another spinoff series,Old-ish, during a virtual panel on Tuesday.

The series will starBlack-ishs Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix, Boyz n the Hood) and Jenifer Lewis (The Princess and the Frog, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), who play Dres parents onBlack-ish.Old-ishwill follow the couple as they attempt to give their marriage a second try, years after their divorce. With regards to filling his plate with a fourthBlack-ishspinoff, Barris stated, Everyones been wanting to see Pop and Ruby together because theyre basically together anywayIts the weirdest divorce Ive seen in my life. And truthfully in real life there is a huge recurrence of second time around in the older demographic.people are living longer and having experiences later in life, and it was just finding something that we felt we could tell a good story [about], that fit with the brands and what were doing, perVariety.

Barriss series have received acclaim for their politically affiliated subject matter and oftentimes blatant and humorous methods of raising awareness for social justice issues. One season 4Black-ishepisode entitled Please, Baby, Please dealt with notable political events that occurred after the 2016 election as Dre attempts to put his infant son to sleep, however, it was never aired due to creative differences between Barris and ABC. Now, two years later, it is available to watch on Hulu, to which Barris reacted, This was more of a situation of the timing is rightwere in a different place with the team. Hulu was the right place for itI really feel like when we [would have] put it on it would have been great, but it was just as received and just as timely now, viaVariety.

While the Black-ishseason 7 premiere was set to debut mid-season, Anthony Anderson (Kangaroo Jack, Scary Movie 3), who plays the role of Dre onBlack-ish,claimed that to keep this show off the air at such a revolutionary time in our history would be a disservice to our community, a disservice to our audience, and a disservice to our show, according toVariety.The show is now back on the ABC fall schedule.

In other news,Black-ishcreators will release a two-part election episode weeks prior to the season premiere. The episode will feature both a mixture of live-action and animation, an idea brought on by star Tracee Ellis Ross (The High Note, Mixed-ish), who plays Rainbow on the show. In order to remain safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ross attempted to share ways we could get back to work quickly viaVariety.

Black-ishwill return to ABC with their election special episode on October 4 and will premiere its seventh season on October 21, with no signs of slowing down in terms of any future spinoffs or a cancellation.

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