Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake
Prestige television; prequel; all-Black gender-flipped remake
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- A television version is obvious but might depend on casting and network; a reported 2014 Judgment Day prequel adaptation failed to launch at NBC.
- Samuel L. Jackson is proposed as Milton, followed by enthusiasm for Viola Davis as a female devil. — Van Lathan
- Zazie Beetz or Tessa Thompson are proposed before the idea expands to a full gender flip.
- Jay Ellis is imagined in the spouse role, with concern about audience response to him obstructing a woman’s career; Michael B. Jordan and Jayson Tatum are floated as seductive alternatives. — Van Lathan
- Sam Jackson remains appealing, while Viola could have fun giving the fan-of-man monologue.