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Thread started 10/10/15 1:55pm

morningsong

‘Roots’ A+E Mini Sets Cast: Anna Paquin, Forest Whitaker, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Derek Luke, Others Take On Iconic Roles

(I guess I'll move this out of a thread and give it its own)
A+E Networks has lined up a roster of established actors and newcomers for its eight-hour event miniseries Roots, a remake of the iconic 1977 ABC mini, which drew critical praise and blockbuster viewership. Cast in the reboot, from A+E Studios, are Oscar winners Forest Whitaker and Anna Paquin, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anika Noni Rose, Derek Luke, Chad L. Coleman and Erica Tazel.


http://deadline.com/2015/...201530127/
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Reply #1 posted 10/10/15 2:23pm

CynicKill

No more Roots please.

I will not be watching this.

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Reply #2 posted 10/10/15 2:29pm

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eek A remake of Roots?! Can't be done; I won't be watching.

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Reply #3 posted 10/10/15 4:41pm

babynoz

Ummm...I don't think so.

Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise.
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Reply #4 posted 10/10/15 4:47pm

morningsong
Really?


I'm glad my job isn't predicting these things, I'd fail miserably.


I'm kind of curious.
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Reply #5 posted 10/12/15 2:50am

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I gagged when I heard about the remake a while back...I double-GAGGED when I read that LaVar Burton is an executive Producer....They did not even come close to casting the ICONS that were cast in the original mini-series...A&E/Lifetime network did not have the GUTS to cast Regina King, Alfre Woodard, Idris Elba, David Oyelowo, Jeffrey Wright and the list goes on...There are Powerhouse Actors out there but A&E did not know what they were thinking when they chose to produce the project...

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Reply #6 posted 10/12/15 5:10am

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Urgh!!!! What is the problem in Hollywood? Have they ceased hiring quality writers anymore or are there no more left with originality? Why is it that they have to keep REMAKING every successful project, whether from TV or film, from the past???? STOP IT!!!!!! hammer

As good as the original "Roots" is, it's still hard to watch. Whose idea was it to think it would be great to remake this? I'm not tuning in. Nope, not doing it. disbelief

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Reply #7 posted 10/12/15 6:12pm

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missfee said:

Urgh!!!! What is the problem in Hollywood? Have they ceased hiring quality writers anymore or are there no more left with originality? Why is it that they have to keep REMAKING every successful project, whether from TV or film, from the past???? STOP IT!!!!!! hammer

As good as the original "Roots" is, it's still hard to watch. Whose idea was it to think it would be great to remake this? I'm not tuning in. Nope, not doing it. disbelief



I wish they would stop already. It's just like music, tv, etc. Assembly line style content because all they want to do is replicate a known successful formula. I think it's mainly a few independents taking chances on original ideas these days.

This project is ill conceived.

Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise.
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Reply #8 posted 10/12/15 7:02pm

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By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory!
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Reply #9 posted 10/12/15 8:37pm

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Saw it already, it was great in the 70's so you know it will suck now

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Reply #10 posted 10/12/15 9:27pm

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purplethunder3121 said:

eek A remake of Roots?! Can't be done; I won't be watching.


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Reply #11 posted 10/13/15 7:41pm

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Anybody who saw the original could tell you this shouldn't be done.

The geniius of the original was not only the brilliance of the black actors in the cast who became household names, but the casting of the white characters. Sandy Duncan. Robert Reed. Chuck Connors. Carolyn Jones. Lorne Greene. Lloyd Bridges. These were All-American, Main Street celebrities who agreed to put their squeaky-clean images aside to portray villains in the story.

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Reply #12 posted 10/13/15 7:50pm

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers? Fitting perhaps. whistling

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Reply #13 posted 10/14/15 2:01am

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Lammastide said:

Jonathan Rhys Meyers? Fitting perhaps. whistling

I saw him in the Mega Flop-Epic "The Mortal Instruments"..He was convincing as the Villain...I could see him playing an Evil Plantation Master..

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Reply #14 posted 10/14/15 8:27am

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Chancellor said:

Lammastide said:

Jonathan Rhys Meyers? Fitting perhaps. whistling

I saw him in the Mega Flop-Epic "The Mortal Instruments"..He was convincing as the Villain...I could see him playing an Evil Plantation Master..


I was being a bit more fecetious than that, given at least one unflattering incident he found himself in at an airport a few years back.

In fairness to his acting chops, I've not seen much of his work. From all I hear, though, yeah -- he'd be as decent as anyone, I suppose.

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Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ
πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν
τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.”
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Reply #15 posted 10/14/15 9:34am

Empress

luv4u said:

purplethunder3121 said:

eek A remake of Roots?! Can't be done; I won't be watching.


yeahthat

I concur!

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Reply #16 posted 10/14/15 9:49am

morningsong

Lammastide said:

Chancellor said:

I saw him in the Mega Flop-Epic "The Mortal Instruments"..He was convincing as the Villain...I could see him playing an Evil Plantation Master..


I was being a bit more fecetious than that, given at least one unflattering incident he found himself in at an airport a few years back.

In fairness to his acting chops, I've not seen much of his work. From all I hear, though, yeah -- he'd be as decent as anyone, I suppose.

[Edited 10/14/15 8:32am]

You must tell me what he's done. I know he's supposed to have a substance abuse problem, but I need to know if he has people issues.

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