Roots to Be Remade as an Event Series for History, A&E

“Roots” is being remade as an event series to air on A+E Networks’ History, A&E and Lifetime, with original “Roots” star LeVar Burton serving as co-executive producer. Will Packer (“Ride Along,” “Think Like a Man”) executive produces alongside Mark Wolper, whose Wolper Organization produced the original 1977 ABC miniseries. Based on Alex Haley’s 1976 book of […]