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A Different World: Netflix Shares New Image Gallery for Sequel Series
Set for Sept. 24th, check out the new images for Netflix and Showrunner Felicia Pride’s Maleah Joi Moon-starring A Different World.
Article Summary
- Netflix’s A Different World sequel premieres September 24, bringing Hillman College back for a new generation.
- Maleah Joi Moon stars as Deborah, daughter of Dwayne Wayne and Whitley Gilbert, forging her own path at Hillman.
- The A Different World sequel follows Deborah’s freshman year as she steps out of her famous parents’ shadow.
- Original stars including Jasmine Guy and Kadeem Hardison return as Hillman’s legacy meets a fresh class of faces.
Just before the start of June, we were treated to a teaser and poster for Director/EP Debbie Allen and Showrunner/EP Felicia Pride‘s Maleah Joi Moon (Hell’s Kitchen)-starring A Different World sequel series. In addition, the news came down that class would officially be back in session on Sept. 24th. Now, we’re getting a look at the new and familiar faces set to appear in the series with the release of an official image gallery. Moon’s Deborah is the free-spirited, well-intentioned yet rebellious youngest child of Kadeem Hardison and Jasmine Guy‘s original characters, Dwayne Wayne and Whitley Gilbert. The series follows Deborah as she begins her freshman year at her HBCU alma mater and struggles to escape the shadow of her parents. She sets out to build her own legacy – while having the time of her life – alongside a whole new generation of Hillman’s best and brightest.
Joining Guy and Hardison from the original series are Darryl M. Bell (A Different World, School Daze) as Ron Johnson, Cree Summer (A Different World, Atlantis: The Lost Empire) as Freddie Brooks, Ajai Sanders (Phat Tuesdays,Two Degrees,Are We There Yet?) as Gina Deveaux, Karen Malina White (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder,Malcolm & Eddie) as Charmaine Brown, Charnele Brown (Old Gray Mare, The Reading, A Different World) as Dr. Kimberly Reese Boyer, Jenifer Lewis (Black-ish, What’s Love Got to Do with It, GOAT) as Professor Davenport, Dawnn Lewis (A Different World, Star Trek: Lower Decks) as Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor, Glynn Turman (A Different World, In Treatment) as Colonel Bradford Taylor, and Jada Pinkett Smith (Girls Trip) as Lena James.
And here’s a look at the new faces set to join the sequel series when it debuts on Netflix this fall:
- Alijah Kai Haggins (Everybody Hates Chris) as Rashida
- Cornell Young IV (Doing Life) as Shaquille
- Jordan Aaron Hall (The Idea of You) as Amir
- Kennedi Reece (Charged) as Hazel
- Chibuikem Uche (One of Us Is Lying) as Kojo
- Cliff “Method Man” Smith (PowerBook II, Godfather of Harlem,The Wire) as Coach Coles
- Norman Nixon Jr. (Grey’s Anatomy,Haus of Vicious,The Ms. Pat Show) as Professor Baptiste
- Vincent Jamal Hooper (Chicago Med,Shots Fired) as Ellington
- Elijah J. Roberts (Night Swim) as Jalen
- Renee Harrison (All American: Homecoming,The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat,Law and Order: SVU) as Candace
- Famecia Ward (Blue Bloods,Curse of War, Fear Lake Lanier) as Nellie Gaines
- Dasan Frazier (Straw, Law & Order,The Ms. Pat Show) as Xavier
- Tichina Arnold (The Neighborhood,Martin) as Darlene Duvall
- Joshua Suiter (All’s Fair) as Andre
- Raven Goodwin (Grotesquerie,Single Black Female) as Dr. Brooklyn Boyer
Original series director and producer Debbie Allen is returning as executive producer and will direct three episodes (including the series opener). Original series writers Reggie Rock Bythewood (Get on the Bus, Swagger) and Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Woman King, Love & Basketball) return as executive producers, alongside Mandy Summers (That ’90s Show, The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh) and Tom Werner (The Connors, Rosanne, A Different World).
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