{"id":75612,"date":"2016-05-05T19:02:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T19:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2016\/05\/05\/la-la-anthony-yvette-nicole-brown-monica-calhoun-lisa-nicole-carson-and-sandi-mccree-cast-in-new-edition-the-movie\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:03:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:03:52","slug":"la-la-anthony-yvette-nicole-brown-monica-calhoun-lisa-nicole-carson-and-sandi-mccree-cast-in-new-edition-the-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/la-la-anthony-yvette-nicole-brown-monica-calhoun-lisa-nicole-carson-and-sandi-mccree-cast-in-new-edition-the-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"La La Anthony, Yvette Nicole Brown, Monica Calhoun, Lisa Nicole Carson and Sandi McCree Cast In \u2018New Edition: The Movie’"},"content":{"rendered":"

La La Anthony, Yvette Nicole Brown, Monica Calhoun, Lisa Nicole Carson and Sandi McCree Cast In \u2018New Edition: The Movie’<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

May 5, 2016<\/p>\n

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BET Networks\u00a0announced that\u00a0La La Anthony, Yvette Nicole Brown, Monica Calhoun, Lisa Nicole Carson<\/strong> and Sandi McCree<\/strong> have been cast in the miniseries\u00a0\u2018New Edition: The Movie,’<\/strong> playing\u00a0the mothers of the iconic 1980s R&B\/ pop group, New Edition.<\/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

The miniseries will be directed by Chris Robinson (ATL) with Brooke Payne, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant<\/strong> and Bobby Brown<\/strong> serving\u00a0on as co-producers for the film.<\/p>\n

Written by Abdul Williams (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

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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

\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