'Roots' miniseries on track to be remade

Kunta! Kunta Kinte!

Seems controversial seeing as Haley plagiarized.

It will be at least a heavy duty for the producers to remake such amazing masterpiece. Wish luck for them.

Goodness. I hope not. The History Channel is horrible.

Cool. I really did not catch the original back in the day. An updated remake - if done well - could be interesting to see.

I remember the original series. I loved the scene where the elderly Kizzy spits into that cup and offers the drink to a former acquaintance.

What an incredible waste of time! And another pitiful example of US filmmakers lacking in creativity. If any commenters haven't seen the original, do yourselves a favor - find it at your library; there's no way a new version will be any better. That's the screenwriter in me talking - it was required viewing and parsing, when I was learning the craft.

I agree with Trevor Peace. The original was excellent. A remake would likely do a disservice to the original.

They need to make this while James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman are still alive.

They need to make this while James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman are still alive

Why Morgan Freeman? He wasn't in the original. Re: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075572/fullcredits/

Also, I agree with earlier posts. Not much that can be done to improve upon the original.