{"id":3897,"date":"2019-03-12T20:15:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=3897"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:20:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:20:30","slug":"watch-the-fresh-prince-is-reimagined-as-a-modern-day-gritty-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/watch-the-fresh-prince-is-reimagined-as-a-modern-day-gritty-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: \u2018The Fresh Prince\u2019 Is Reimagined As A Modern Day Gritty Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3898\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/belair.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/belair.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/belair-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/belair-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/belair-220x150.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>In a new concept trailer by writer and director Morgan Cooper, the cherished and cheerful \u201890s sitcom <\/b><b><i>The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air<\/i><\/b><b> is thoughtfully transformed into a darker, modern-day drama. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Simply titled \u201cBel-Air,\u201d the three-minute trailer reveals a more troubled side of Will, who is sent to California by his distraught mother after being caught with a handgun at the neighborhood basketball court. Rather than wearing the colorful and vibrant \u201890s attire that defined the Fresh Prince, modern-day Will sports a \u201cWhat Would Meek Do?\u201d sweatshirt, complete with skinny jeans and Jordans on his arrival to the extravagant city of Bel-Air.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>We watch Will and his difficulties adjusting to his new environment, and we\u2019re given a taste of the initial conflict he has with Uncle Phil and Carlton. We witness the joyous meeting of Jazz and Will, which marks a turning point in the trailer where the tone becomes lighter. There\u2019s dancing with cousin Ashley, uplifting basketball moments, and overall smiles from our protagonist and the Banks family. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>While \u201cBel-Air\u201d isn\u2019t an official teaser for a full feature film, we\u2019re hopeful that the positive feedback surrounding the project will garner enough attention from production companies who believe in Cooper\u2019s vision. And with the exceptional cinematography behind the trailer alone, we\u2019re quite certain that Cooper has a promising filmmaking career ahead of him. Check out the trailer below, and stay up to date with Morgan Cooper by visiting his <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cooperfilms\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Instagram<\/b><\/a><b> and <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/morgancooperdp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Twitter<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe  id=\"_ytid_83417\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WAfJpyBgcgA?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new concept trailer by writer and director Morgan Cooper, the cherished and cheerful \u201890s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is thoughtfully transformed into a darker, modern-day drama. Simply titled \u201cBel-Air,\u201d the three-minute trailer reveals a more troubled side of Will, who is sent to California by his distraught mother after being caught [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[607,31,606,608,51,473],"class_list":["post-3897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","tag-bel-air-2019","tag-featured","tag-fresh-prince","tag-morgan-cooper","tag-trending","tag-will-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}