Netflix had some good news to share regarding Director/EP Debbie Allen and Showrunner/EP Felicia Pride's (Grey's Anatomy, Bel-Air) A Different World sequel series. Not only has production wrapped in Atlanta, but the streaming service also dropped a very cool key art poster as well as a release window: Fall 2026.
Netflix had some good news to share regarding Director/EP Debbie Allen and Showrunner/EP Felicia Pride's A Different World sequel series. Not only has production wrapped in Atlanta, but the streaming service also dropped a very cool key art poster as well as a release window: Fall 2026.
Maleah Joi Moon stars as Deborah, 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 enters her freshman year at her HBCU alma mater and finds it difficult 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. Image: Netflix Joining Guy and Hardison from the original series are Darryl M. Bell as Ron Johnson, Cree Summer as Freddie Brooks, Ajai Sanders as Gina Deveaux, Karen Malina White as Charmaine Brown, Charnele Brown as Dr. Kimberly Reese Boyer, Jenifer Lewis as Professor Davenport, Dawnn Lewis as Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor, Glynn Turman as Colonel Bradford Taylor, and Jada Pinkett Smith 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 as Rashida Cornell Young IV as Shaquille Jordan Aaron Hall as Amir Kennedi Reece as Hazel Chibuikem Uche as Kojo Cliff 'Method Man' Smith as Coach Coles Norman Nixon Jr. as Professor Baptiste Vincent Jamal Hooper as Ellington Elijah J. Roberts as Jalen Renee Harrison as Candace Famecia Ward as Nellie Gaines Dasan Frazier as Xavier Tichina Arnold as Darlene Duvall Joshua Suiter as Andre Raven Goodwin as Dr. Brooklyn Boyer Original series director and producer Debbie Allen is returning as executive producer and will direct three episodes .
Original series writers Reggie Rock Bythewood and Gina Prince-Bythewood return as executive producers, alongside Mandy Summers and Tom Werner .
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