{"id":75454,"date":"2016-04-21T11:28:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T11:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2016\/04\/21\/bryshere-gray-elijah-kelley-luke-james-to-star-in-bets-new-edition-the-movie\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:28:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:28:32","slug":"bryshere-gray-elijah-kelley-luke-james-to-star-in-bets-new-edition-the-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/bryshere-gray-elijah-kelley-luke-james-to-star-in-bets-new-edition-the-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryshere Gray, Elijah Kelley, Luke James To Star In BET’s New Edition: The Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bryshere Gray, Elijah Kelley, Luke James To Star In BET’s New Edition: The Movie<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

April 21, 2016<\/p>\n

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COOL IT NOW! BET Networks has announced the cast of the much-anticipated New Edition biopic: NEW EDITION: THE MOVIE. Bryshere Gray (Empire), Elijah Kelley (The Butler, The Wiz Live!), Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Luke James, Keith Powers (Straight Outta Compton) and new comers Algee Smith and Woody McClain have joined the cast of the original miniseries based on the iconic music group New Edition. Acclaimed director Chris Robinson (ATL) signs on as director with Brooke Payne, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant and Bobby Brown signed on as co-producers for the film.<\/p>\n

Written by Abdul Williams<\/strong> (Lottery Ticket) the three-night miniseries event is scheduled to premiere on BET in 2017 with principal photography starting in Los Angeles in May 2016.<\/p>\n

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\u00b7 Bryshere Gray<\/strong> will play Michael Bivins as an adult and Dante Hoagland<\/strong> will play Michael as a child.
\n\u00b7 Elijah Kelley<\/strong> will play Ricky Bell as an adult and Caleb McLaughlin<\/strong> will play Ricky as a child.
\n\u00b7 Luke James<\/strong> will play Johnny Gill.
\n\u00b7 Algee Smith<\/strong> will play Ralph Tresvant as an adult and Jahi Winston<\/strong> will play Ralph as a child.
\n\u00b7 Keith Powers<\/strong> will play Ronnie Devoe as an adult and Myles Truitt<\/strong> will play Ronnie as a child.
\n\u00b7 Woody McClain<\/strong> will play Bobby Brown as an adult and Tyler Williams<\/strong> will play Bobby as a child.<\/p>\n

New Edition laid the foundation for how modern-day boy bands look, feel, and sound. Boyz II Men, N\u2019SYNC, The Backstreet Boys, and New Kids On The Block all took their cues from Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Ralph and Johnny. After 30 years of breaking hearts on the record and from the stage, New Edition finally gets the biopic that their stellar tenure in entertainment so richly deserves. This 3-part miniseries follows the group from their humble beginnings as kids in Boston to global megastardom – weathering the highs and lows of controversy, personnel changes, and the ultimate cost of fame.<\/p>\n

\"New<\/a>La La Anthony, Yvette Nicole Brown, Monica Calhoun, Lisa Nicole Carson<\/strong> and Sandi McCree<\/strong> have also been cast in the miniseries playing the mothers of the iconic 1980s R&B\/ pop group.<\/p>\n

Anthony will play Flo DeVoe, mother of the young Ronnie DeVoe, Brown will play Michael Bivins\u2019 mother Shirley Bivins, Calhoun is Ralph Tresvant\u2019s mother Patricia Tresvant, Carson will play Ricky Bell\u2019s mother Mae Bell and McCree is Bobby Brown\u2019s mother Carole Brown.<\/p>\n

In addition, Wood Harris, Michael Rapaport, Faizon Love, Duane Martin, Tank and Bre-Z <\/b>are also in the cast.<\/p>\n

\"New<\/a>Wood Harris will play Brooke Payne. Michael Rapaport will play Gary Evans. Faizon Love will play Maurice Starr. Duane Martin will play Louil Silas. Tank will play Jheryl Busby and Empire’s Bre-Z will play Peanut Bell.<\/p>\n

\u201cNEW EDITION: THE MOVIE\u201d is executive produced by Jesse Collins (Real Husbands of Hollywood) for JCE Films, a division of Jesse Collins Entertainment.<\/p>\n