{"id":161476,"date":"2022-04-21T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=161476"},"modified":"2022-04-21T14:26:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T18:26:06","slug":"reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Reggie Rock Bythewood &#038; Gina Prince-Bythewood Tapped To EP Disney+ Original Series \u2018Genius: MLK\/X\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disney+<\/a> <\/strong>and National Geographic announced that <strong>Reggie Rock Bythewood <\/strong>and<strong> Gina Prince-Bythewood<\/strong> will serve as executive producers under their production company Undisputed Cinema on the Disney+ Original limited series <strong>\u201cGenius: MLK\/X,\u201d<\/strong> produced by Imagine Television Studios and 20th Television. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard return as executive producers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a first for the franchise, the new season will focus on two iconic geniuses: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. With three seasons of the critically acclaimed series garnering 20 Emmy nominations and premiering on National Geographic, \u201cGenius\u201d will move to Disney+ for the fourth installment and subsequent seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also joining \u201cGenius: MLK\/X\u201d as showrunners and executive producers are <strong>Raphael Jackson, Jr. <\/strong>and <strong>Damione Macedon<\/strong> (\u201cThe Mosquito Coast,\u201d \u201cPower\u201d), and <strong>Jeff Stetson<\/strong> is penning the pilot. Francie Calfo (\u201cGenius,\u201d \u201cEmpire\u201d) and Anna Culp (\u201cGenius,\u201d \u201cUnder the Banner of Heaven\u201d) return as executive producers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 492 365'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Picture1-1-1024x760.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-161483\" width=\"492\" height=\"365\"\/><figcaption><strong>Raphael Jackson, Jr. <\/strong>and <strong>Damione Macedon<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The fourth season will explore the formative years, pioneering accomplishments, duelling philosophies and key personal relationships of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. While King advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest, Malcolm X argued forcefully for Black empowerment, identity and self-determination. With their formidable wives, Coretta Scott King and Betty Shabazz, by their sides, King and Malcolm X became synonymous with the civil rights era and the fight for racial and economic justice. While they met only once and often challenged each other\u2019s views, neither would have been as successful without the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 235 379'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2ReggieRockBythewood_GeniusMLKX-scaled-e1650516478339-635x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Genius: MLK\/X\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-161478\" width=\"235\" height=\"379\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMalcolm and Martin are staggering icons, and we have been eager to explore the genius of these two very real men in a way that has not yet been seen,\u201d said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2020\/08\/gina-prince-bythewood-reggie-rock-bythewood-ink-first-look-deal-with-touchstone-television\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bythewoods<\/a>. \u201cWe are excited to team up with Imagine Entertainment and 20th Television to reflect their amazing lives and contributions to civil rights and the urgency of today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Multihyphenate Reggie Rock Bythewood is creator and showrunner of the Apple TV+ series from Imagine Television \u201cSwagger,\u201d inspired by NBA superstar Kevin Durant\u2019s youth basketball experiences. Bythewood began his professional career writing for the hit comedy series \u201cA Different World,\u201d where he met his future wife, Prince-Bythewood. Years later, after attending the Million Man March, he wrote the script for his first produced screenplay, \u201cGet On The Bus.\u201d Bythewood\u2019s numerous credits include \u201cNew York Undercover,\u201d \u201cDancing in September,\u201d and \u201cNotorious\u201d and Bythewood co-created and executive produced the acclaimed event series \u201cShots Fired\u201d produced by 20th Television and Imagine Entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 383 254'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3GinaPrinceBythewood_GeniusMLKX.png\" alt=\"Genius: MLK\/X\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-161479\" width=\"383\" height=\"254\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Award-winning director\/writer\/producer Gina Prince-Bythewood\u2019s next feature film, \u201cThe Woman King,\u201d starring Academy Award\u00ae winner Viola Davis and international Emmy Award-nominated South African actress Thuso Mbedu and an incredible ensemble, opens in cinemas later this year. Most recently, Prince-Bythewood directed the critically acclaimed Netflix feature \u201cThe Old Guard\u201d and will serve as a producer on the sequel. Prince-Bythwood also directed and wrote \u201cLove &amp; Basketball,\u201d \u201cThe Secret Life of Bees\u201d and \u201cBeyond The Lights.\u201d Additionally, Prince-Bythewood co-created and executive produced the acclaimed event series \u201cShots Fired,\u201d produced by 20th Television and Imagine Entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to taking the reins on \u201cGenius: MLK\/X,\u201d Jackson and Macedon were consulting producers on \u201cThe Mosquito Coast\u201d for Apple TV. They were recently under an overall deal at Legendary TV, where they collaborated with director David Leitch and comic icon Ed Brubaker on the adaptation of his Eisner Award-winning comic book, \u201cThe Dead and The Dying.\u201d Previously, Jackson and Macedon served as co-executive producers on the 50 Cent-produced hit franchise \u201cPower.\u201d Jackson and Macedon are represented by Rothman Brecher Ehrich Livingston, Stagecoach Entertainment, and Del, Shaw, Moonves, Tanaka, Finkelstein &amp; Lezcano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Calfo and Culp, Gigi Pritzker and Rachel Shane (MWM Studios) and Sam Sokolow (EUE\/Sokolow) will return as executive producers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1GeniusMLKX_01-1-1024x738.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-161487\"\/><figcaption>Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X after King&#8217;s press conference at the U.S. Capitol on March 26, 1964 about the Senate debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Library of Congress\/Marion S. Trikosko)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGenius\u201d dramatises the fascinating stories of the world\u2019s most brilliant innovators, exploring their extraordinary achievements along with their volatile, passionate and complex personal relationships. In 2017, National Geographic premiered the first season of \u201cGenius,\u201d which starred Geoffrey Rush as the brilliant scientist Albert Einstein. \u201cGenius: Einstein\u201d earned 10 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Limited Series, as well as Golden Globe\u00ae and SAG Award nominations for Rush. The follow-up season, \u201cGenius: Picasso,\u201d starred Antonio Banderas as the titular Spanish painter and matched much of the success of its predecessor, earning seven Emmy nominations \u2014 and two wins \u2014 as well as Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations for Banderas. The third installment, \u201cGenius: Aretha,\u201d starred Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin and premiered as the most-watched telecast for National Geographic in two years. Erivo received Emmy, Critics Choice and Golden Globe nominations for her critically acclaimed role as the Queen of Soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney+ and National Geographic announced that Reggie Rock Bythewood and Gina Prince-Bythewood will serve as executive producers under their production company Undisputed Cinema on the Disney+ Original limited series \u201cGenius: MLK\/X,\u201d produced by Imagine Television Studios and 20th Television. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard return as executive producers. In a first for the franchise, the [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":161477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,16,143],"tags":[36789,36786,8431,31273,36790,10230,36788,14092,20044],"reaction":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-161476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-news","9":"category-read","10":"tag-damione-macedon","11":"tag-disney-genius-mlk-x","12":"tag-gina-prince-bythewood","13":"tag-imagine-television-studios","14":"tag-jeff-stetson","15":"tag-malcolm-x","16":"tag-raphael-jackson-jr","17":"tag-reggie-rock-bythewood","18":"tag-undisputed-cinema"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reggie Rock Bythewood &amp; Gina Prince-Bythewood Tapped To EP Disney+ Original Series \u2018Genius: MLK\/X\u2019 - blackfilm.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cGenius: MLK\/X&quot; explores the formative years, pioneering accomplishments, duelling philosophies and key personal relationships of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reggie Rock Bythewood &amp; Gina Prince-Bythewood Tapped To EP Disney+ Original Series \u2018Genius: MLK\/X\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cGenius: MLK\/X&quot; explores the formative years, pioneering accomplishments, duelling philosophies and key personal relationships of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"blackfilm.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackfilm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-21T19:45:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1GeniusMLKX_01-scaled-e1650517371655.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1446\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ellen J. Wanjiru\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@blackfilm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@blackfilm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ellen J. Wanjiru\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ellen J. Wanjiru\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e7be70c00618699ece1ad16bde10eed2\"},\"headline\":\"Reggie Rock Bythewood &#038; Gina Prince-Bythewood Tapped To EP Disney+ Original Series \u2018Genius: MLK\\\/X\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-21T19:45:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":812,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/1GeniusMLKX_01-scaled-e1650517371655.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Damione Macedon\",\"Disney+ Genius: MLK\\\/X\",\"Gina Prince-Bythewood\",\"Imagine Television Studios\",\"Jeff Stetson\",\"Malcolm X\",\"Raphael Jackson Jr.\",\"Reggie Rock Bythewood\",\"Undisputed Cinema\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\",\"News\",\"Read\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\\\/\",\"name\":\"Reggie Rock Bythewood & Gina Prince-Bythewood Tapped To EP Disney+ Original Series \u2018Genius: MLK\\\/X\u2019 - blackfilm.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/1GeniusMLKX_01-scaled-e1650517371655.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-21T19:45:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"\u201cGenius: MLK\\\/X\\\" explores the formative years, pioneering accomplishments, duelling philosophies and key personal relationships of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/1GeniusMLKX_01-scaled-e1650517371655.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/1GeniusMLKX_01-scaled-e1650517371655.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1446},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Reggie Rock Bythewood &#038; Gina Prince-Bythewood Tapped To EP Disney+ Original Series \u2018Genius: MLK\\\/X\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/\",\"name\":\"blackfilm.com\\\/read\",\"description\":\"Movie, Television, and Theatre News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"blackfilm.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"blackfilm.com\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/B-Stamp-White-Blue-with-Logo-scaled.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/B-Stamp-White-Blue-with-Logo-scaled.png\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":612,\"caption\":\"blackfilm.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/blackfilm\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/blackfilm\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/blackfilm\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/blackfilm\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e7be70c00618699ece1ad16bde10eed2\",\"name\":\"Ellen J. Wanjiru\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d60e2a2af0081e3986ad3414d5909541b2b37e4f7bd9c28b897b80eccc79feb3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d60e2a2af0081e3986ad3414d5909541b2b37e4f7bd9c28b897b80eccc79feb3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d60e2a2af0081e3986ad3414d5909541b2b37e4f7bd9c28b897b80eccc79feb3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ellen J. Wanjiru\"},\"description\":\"Ellen J. Wanjiru is a media correspondent and staff writer for Blackfilm.com and a freelance creative writer with published poems, reviews and articles in FirstWriter Magazine, Freestyle Vision Magazine, bAwesome.com, Literati Magazine, and Changeupmag.com.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ellenthagreat.com\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ellenthagreat\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/author\\\/ellenwanjiru\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Reggie Rock Bythewood & Gina Prince-Bythewood Tapped To EP Disney+ Original Series \u2018Genius: MLK\/X\u2019 - blackfilm.com","description":"\u201cGenius: MLK\/X\" explores the formative years, pioneering accomplishments, duelling philosophies and key personal relationships of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Reggie Rock Bythewood & Gina Prince-Bythewood Tapped To EP Disney+ Original Series \u2018Genius: MLK\/X\u2019","og_description":"\u201cGenius: MLK\/X\" explores the formative years, pioneering accomplishments, duelling philosophies and key personal relationships of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/","og_site_name":"blackfilm.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackfilm","article_published_time":"2022-04-21T19:45:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1446,"url":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1GeniusMLKX_01-scaled-e1650517371655.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ellen J. Wanjiru","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@blackfilm","twitter_site":"@blackfilm","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ellen J. Wanjiru","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/"},"author":{"name":"Ellen J. Wanjiru","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#\/schema\/person\/e7be70c00618699ece1ad16bde10eed2"},"headline":"Reggie Rock Bythewood &#038; Gina Prince-Bythewood Tapped To EP Disney+ Original Series \u2018Genius: MLK\/X\u2019","datePublished":"2022-04-21T19:45:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/"},"wordCount":812,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1GeniusMLKX_01-scaled-e1650517371655.jpg","keywords":["Damione Macedon","Disney+ Genius: MLK\/X","Gina Prince-Bythewood","Imagine Television Studios","Jeff Stetson","Malcolm X","Raphael Jackson Jr.","Reggie Rock Bythewood","Undisputed Cinema"],"articleSection":["Featured","News","Read"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/","url":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/","name":"Reggie Rock Bythewood & Gina Prince-Bythewood Tapped To EP Disney+ Original Series \u2018Genius: MLK\/X\u2019 - blackfilm.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1GeniusMLKX_01-scaled-e1650517371655.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-21T19:45:00+00:00","description":"\u201cGenius: MLK\/X\" explores the formative years, pioneering accomplishments, duelling philosophies and key personal relationships of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1GeniusMLKX_01-scaled-e1650517371655.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1GeniusMLKX_01-scaled-e1650517371655.jpg","width":2560,"height":1446},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/reggie-rock-bythewood-gina-prince-bythewood-tapped-to-ep-disney-original-series-genius-mlk-x\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Reggie Rock Bythewood &#038; Gina Prince-Bythewood Tapped To EP Disney+ Original Series \u2018Genius: MLK\/X\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/","name":"blackfilm.com\/read","description":"Movie, Television, and Theatre News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#organization"},"alternateName":"blackfilm.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#organization","name":"blackfilm.com","url":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/B-Stamp-White-Blue-with-Logo-scaled.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/B-Stamp-White-Blue-with-Logo-scaled.png","width":2560,"height":612,"caption":"blackfilm.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackfilm","https:\/\/x.com\/blackfilm","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/blackfilm\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/blackfilm"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#\/schema\/person\/e7be70c00618699ece1ad16bde10eed2","name":"Ellen J. Wanjiru","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d60e2a2af0081e3986ad3414d5909541b2b37e4f7bd9c28b897b80eccc79feb3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d60e2a2af0081e3986ad3414d5909541b2b37e4f7bd9c28b897b80eccc79feb3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d60e2a2af0081e3986ad3414d5909541b2b37e4f7bd9c28b897b80eccc79feb3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ellen J. Wanjiru"},"description":"Ellen J. Wanjiru is a media correspondent and staff writer for Blackfilm.com and a freelance creative writer with published poems, reviews and articles in FirstWriter Magazine, Freestyle Vision Magazine, bAwesome.com, Literati Magazine, and Changeupmag.com.","sameAs":["https:\/\/ellenthagreat.com\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ellenthagreat\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/author\/ellenwanjiru\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161476"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161488,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161476\/revisions\/161488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161476"},{"taxonomy":"reaction","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reaction?post=161476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}