‘Barbershop’ Teaser: Jermaine Fowler Struggles To Win Over Calvin’s New Barbers In Prime Video Series Adaptation
Prime Video has released the first teaser for an eight-episode Barbershop series, bringing the Chicago shop Calvin’s back to screens. Jermaine Fowler plays its new owner, Travis “Trav” Porter, who tries to follow his grandfather Eddie’s legacy; the series centres on the shop as a lively community gathering place as well as a barbershop.
All episodes are due to premiere on 10 February 2027. Fowler is joined by Brett Gray, Punkie Johnson, Roy Wood Jr., E.J. Bonilla, Bresha Webb, Bokeem Woodbine, Tiana Okoye and Langston Kerman, with several guest stars. The series adapts the film franchise that began in 2002, while Marshall Todd, who co-wrote the original film, is a writer and co-showrunner.
- Prime Video has released the first teaser for a new Barbershop series.
- Jermaine Fowler plays Calvin’s new owner, Trav Porter.
- All eight episodes premiere on 10 February 2027.
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Barbershop began as a 2002 film about Calvin’s, a barbershop in Chicago, and the people who work and gather there. The shop is more than a place for haircuts: its regulars talk, joke and share views about life and their neighbourhood.
In the series, Jermaine Fowler plays Travis “Trav” Porter, who takes over the shop and tries to carry on the legacy of his grandfather Eddie. The story follows Trav and the barbers around him as they build their relationships and keep the shop going.
The series brings the film franchise’s setting and characters into a new format, with Marshall Todd, a co-writer of the original film, involved as a writer and co-showrunner. Its focus on a local business as a community meeting place gives the story a wider view of the people connected to it.