As part of a new deal with A+E Networks, Hulu has acquired the exclusive subscription streaming rights to History’s well-received Roots remake. “We’re so proud to welcome such a culturally important and highly-rated series… to Hulu,” said the streaming service’s head of content, Craig Erwich, in a statement. Roots’ Memorial Day premiere drew 5.3 million […]
HISTORY premieres Roots on Memorial Day 2016, airing over four consecutive nights at 9 p.m. beginning Monday, May 30, it was announced today by Paul Buccieri, President of A&E and HISTORY. The four-night, eight-hour event series developed by HISTORY, from A+E Studios, is a historical portrait of American slavery recounting the journey of one family […]
A+E Networks has announced new casting for its four-night, eight-hour scripted event miniseries Roots, from A+E Studios. The Roots cast includes: Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker (Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Southpaw) as “Fiddler,” a slave who tries to mentor Kunta Kinte and risks his life to help him escape; Academy Award winner Anna Paquin (“True […]
“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 […]
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