Household Issues alum Bryton James just lately revealed he “received fairly far alongside” on an thought to revive the traditional sitcom in a brand new format that includes authentic forged members like star Jaleel White.
Talking to Leisure Weekly, the actor — who portrayed teenager Richie Crawford from Seasons 2 by way of 9 — stated he’s “had an thought to take the present and switch it into an animated sequence,” by “taking the previous episodes and modernizing them and type of ranging from scratch for the brand new era.”
The Younger and the Stressed star who just lately marked the primary crossover with CBS sister sudser Past the Gates added that he even received “a manufacturing firm in line to finance” the animated reboot and was aiming to convey “everyone on board.”
“It’s sitting in Warner Bros.’ arms proper now,” the Emmy winner instructed the outlet. “That plan continues to be type of floating round on the market, and I’m nonetheless attempting to pursue it.” Per EW, a supply accustomed to Warner Bros. Animation stated the corporate is conscious of the challenge however that it has not moved past James’ curiosity.
Airing from 1989 by way of 1998 on ABC and later CBS and which was spun off of Excellent Strangers, Household Issues centered on the Winslows, a center class Black household residing in Chicago. The sequence, which was created by William Bickley and Michael Warren and developed by Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett, launched the careers of Reginald VelJohnson (who performed patriarch Carl), White (who performed the eventual popular culture mainstay Steve Urkel) and James (who performed Carl’s nephew).
Final 12 months, White revealed that he shot down reprising his position of the nerdy next-door neighbor in a potential separate reboot of the sitcom that was a part of the TGIF block of programming. “If it’s only a money seize … I’m not considering that,” he stated on the time. “If I contact something that’s related to Household Issues, I need to advance the legacy and I need to assist the youngsters’ careers.”
