- [Tiffany Taylor] Here
are today's top stories.
First, Black Panther
film maker Ryan Coogler
is sharing an emotional tribute
to the late Chadwick Boseman
who died Friday after a
four year private battle
with colon cancer.
THR's Neha Joy has more.
- [Neha Joy] In a heart breaking reveal
Coogler said he wasn't privy
to the details of the actor's illness,
adding, after his family
released their statement,
I realized that he was
living with his illness
the entire time I knew him.
Coogler continued, because
he was a care taker, a leader
and a man of faith, dignity
and pride, he shielded his
collaborators from his suffering.
He lived a beautiful life
and he made great art
day after day, year after year.
That was who he was.
He was an epic firework display.
I will tell stories about being there
for some of the brilliant sparks
til the end of my days.
The director says he
is broken from the loss
referencing his time penning a script
for a Black Panther sequel.
I spent the last year preparing, imagining
and writing words for him to say
that we weren't destined to see.
- [Tiffany] Will Smith and the cast
of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
are reuniting for a special on HBO MAX.
Neha has more on that story too.
- [Neha] The special will reunite Smith
with series regulars
Tatyana Ali, Karyn Parsons,
Joseph Marcell, Daphne
Maxwell Reid, Alfonso Ribeiro,
and DJ Jazzy Jeff who
reoccurred on the show.
HBO MAX also says the special
will feature music, dancing
and even some surprise guests.
The special is scheduled
to tape September 10th,
the 30th anniversary of the
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's NBC debut
and launch sometime around Thanksgiving.
- [Tiffany] We now know
the next ambitious project
to come from Game of Throne
creators David Benioff
and D.B Weiss,
but this time it's part of
their overall deal with Netflix.
The duo will team up with
the Terror Infamy show runner
Alexander Woo to adapt the Hugo
award winning novel trilogy
The Three-Body Problem
which tells the story of
humanities first contact
with an alien civilization.
Benioff and Weiss called the trilogy
the most ambitious science
fiction series we've read.
Taking readers on a
journey from the 1960's
until the end of time.
From life on our pale blue dot
to the distant fringes of the universe.
We look forward to spending
the next years of our lives
bringing this to life for
audiences around the world.
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