Laurence Fishburne to Star in 'Roots' Remake for A&E Networks

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Updated July 1, 2015 at 12:56 PM

By Laura Prudom

Laurence Fishburne has been cast as Alex Haley in A&E Networks’ Roots remake, Dirk Hoogstra, EVP & General Manager, History Channel announced Wednesday.

Fishburne will play Haley, the author of the novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, an American family origin story based around the life of Kunta Kinte. The Roots remake will be an original, contemporary production, incorporating material from Haley’s novel, as well as carefully researched new scholarship of the time.

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