A&E to reboot Roots

[terry78]

http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/613831-ae-announces-the-full-roots-cast

Cast has been announced.

 

[Urich Leeds]

Wow. That's a really good cast. I'm pretty excited to see this now.

And I'm glad to see they cast a light skinned actor to play Chicken George. Because Ben Vereen (as much as I love him and think highly of him in Roots) was no way the result of a black mom and white father.

 

[sueb1863]

Was Nancy Holt in the book? I don't remember her, but I read the book ages ago.

 

[terry78]

http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/638273-roots-remake-cast

Cast announced.

 

[sueb1863]

Didn't it turn out that Haley's book was pretty much entirely fiction?