John Amos, best known for his Emmy-nominated role as the older Kunta Kinte in the 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has died at 84, TheWrap has learned. A representative for the actor confirmed to TheWrap that ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Laurence Fishburne is joining the “Roots” miniseries remake. A&E Networks said Wednesday that Fishburne will play writer Alex Haley, whose novel about his African-American ancestry ...
Amid an already reboot-crazy TV season–a new Ironside here, a new Murder, She Wrote there–History channel now has plans to develop a remake of Roots, the 1977 slavery epic miniseries that remains one ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom “Good Times” and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has died. He ...