ABC Reveals New Trailer for ‘The Wonder Years’ Reboot
The premiere of The Wonder Years is a month away and ABC just released a new trailer for the classic reboot. As with the original dramedy, the reboot looks at what growing up was like during the 1960s and ’70s while learning about personal and social issues.
We’ll be seeing you soon 🎬| @EJWilliams_42 pic.twitter.com/tRlRhaDPRg
— The Wonder Years (@WonderYearsABC) August 27, 2021
The Wonder Years (2021) changes the narrative by centering around a black family living in Montgomery, Ala. The show follows 12-year-old Dean Williams (Elisha Williams) as he grows up during this transformational period. Meanwhile, Don Cheadle will narrate the show.
“It’s weird to grow up in a time when your mom and dad have to give you the police talk, or when a presidential election creates a racial divide,” Cheadle says in the trailer. “But it was 1968, the year I turned 12. The age of locker rooms, bullies … and girls.”
Return to wonder… #TheWonderYears pic.twitter.com/Jtbdz27eop
— Elisha EJ Williams (@EJWilliams_42) August 24, 2021
“We want to really take the opportunity to show a part of Black, middle-class life that had not been seen before,” creator and executive producer Saladin K. Patterson shared, according to Variety. Usually, when you talk about the late ’60s, it’s talking about the struggle in the civil rights movement and things like that, that are very valid and a part of our story as well.”
Can’t wait to share the world of #wonder with you!!! #TheWonderYears #MilanRay #ElishaWilliams September 22nd on ABC pic.twitter.com/IG1TMdxTEs
— Saycon Sengbloh (@SayconSengbloh) August 25, 2021
Williams is joined Laura Kariuki, Dulé Hill, and Saycon Sengbloh who play his on-screen family. Other actors include Milan Ray, Amari O’Neil, Julian Lerner.
As shown in the trailer, Joe Cocker’s “With a Little Help From My Friends” is once again the theme song but this time as a cover. Fred Savage – who starred in the original The Wonder Years – will serve as executive producer of the reboot and even directs the pilot episode.
The Wonder Years premieres on ABC on Wednesday, Sept. 22 during the 8:30pm time slot. For now, check out the exciting trailer above.
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