The Golden Girls is considered to be one of the greatest sit-coms of all time. The chemistry between the original cast is unmatched and the series has become a pop-culture staple. What does that all mean? It means a remaining is on the way!
The Golden Girls will be reimagined with an all-black cast on Mobilize’s Zoom Where It Happens. Mobilize announced that this revamped version of The Golden Girls will be the first episode of its Zoom Where It Happened event. The organization is partnering with Zoom to host the event as well as Color of Change – the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. Alfre Woodard (12 Years A Slave) will play Dorothy, Tracee Ellis Ross (Blackish) will play Rose, Sanaa Lathan (Love & Basketball) will play Blanche, and Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) will play Sophia. The cast will be lead by director Gina Prince-Bythewood, and Lena Waithe will host the event.
The Golden Girls first aired on NBC in 1985 and had a successful 7 season run. The series originally followed Dorothy (Bea Arthur), Rose (Betty White), Blanche (Rue McClanahan), and Sophia (Estelle Getty) as they live out their glory days together in Miami.
