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With each nostalgic property below the solar being rebooted today, it was solely a matter of time earlier than somebody began wanting on the Eighties sitcom Good Strangers.
It has been introduced {that a} Good Strangers reboot is within the works at HBO Max with Robin Thede (Dangerous Hair, A Black Girl Sketch Present) and London Hughes (Damned) set to star. HBO Max has given the half-hour, multi-camera comedy a script improvement deal. The comedy will observe good strangers, Dejay, performed by Thede, and Poppy, performed by Hughes, who unexpectedly uncover they’re half-sisters once they each inherit a one-bedroom house above a entice yoga studio in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Although they’re opposites, the duo should discover ways to reside and work collectively.
After all, Good Strangers is impressed by the Eighties sitcom of the identical title starring Mark Linn-Baker and Bronson Pinchot. The quaint comedy lasted for eight seasons and 15 episodes between 1986–1993 on ABC. Linn-Baker performed Larry Appleton, an all-American Midwesterner, whereas Pinchot assumed the function of his distant cousin, Balky Bartokomous.
The rebooted collection is produced by Warner Bros. Tv with Thede govt producing by way of her For Higher or Phrases label, and Robert L. Boyett, who produced the unique, which was created by Dale McRaven.
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Thede is at present prepping the third season of A Black Girl Sketch Present for HBO, whereas additionally writing the movie Fashionably Black for HBO Max with Christa Gatewood. She’s additionally arduous at work writing the Amazon motion zombie-comedy, Killing It, which she will even produce. As for Hughes, you may catch her in a minor function for the present Fleabag, or as a caller for the TV collection Damned. Clearly, Thede’s Good Strangers mission will discover Hughes moving into the highlight in a giant approach.