And some of that is in appearance and looks but some of it is just in the background and those individual stories that come from those mixes of cultures. Patterson said they "wanted to represent the diaspora of Blackness for sure. When asked about casting Maldonado, whose character at the time was speculated to be Afro-Latino like Maldonado, writer and executive producer Saladin K.
#The wonder years narrator series#
Īt a Television Critics Association panel discussion in August 2021, crew members revealed that the series would tackle major events from 1968, including the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. In July, Allen Maldonado was cast in a recurring role. On May 14, 2021, The Wonder Years was given a series order. In March 2021, Saycon Sengbloh, Elisha "EJ" Williams, Dulé Hill, Laura Kariuki, Milan Ray, Julian Lerner, and Amari O'Neil joined the cast, with Don Cheadle announced to serve as the show's narrator. In January 2021, the pilot was confirmed, with production taking place in Atlanta, Georgia. The Wonder Years was announced on July 8, 2020, when ABC gave the project a pilot order with Fred Savage, the star of the original series, attached to direct and executive produce. At the end of the episode, she is promoted over Coach Long (who also works in the office). Dean finds new appreciation for how hard his mother works, despite the fact that her co-workers generally do not. Lillian is an accounting executive with a master's degree. Spence Moore II as Bruce Williams, Dean's older brotherĭean organizes the first integrated baseball game between his team and his friend Brad's team, the Williams family and their friends deal with the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and Dean gets his heart broken.ĭean spends the day at his mother's office.Allen Maldonado as Coach Long, a baseball coach.Milan Ray as Keisa Clemmons, the apple of Dean's eye.Julian Lerner as Brad Hitman, Dean's friend.Amari O'Neil as Cory Long, Dean's friend.Laura Kariuki as Kim Williams, Dean's sister.Saycon Sengbloh as Lillian Williams, Dean's mother.Dulé Hill as Bill Williams, Dean's father.The Wonder Years is set in the late 1960s and takes a nostalgic look at the Williams family, Black middle-class residents of Montgomery, Alabama, through the point of view of imaginative 12-year-old Dean.
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