{"id":75777,"date":"2016-05-19T16:50:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T16:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2016\/05\/19\/wood-harris-michael-rapaport-faizon-love-duane-martin-tank-and-bre-z-join-bets-new-edition-the-movie\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:03:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:03:28","slug":"wood-harris-michael-rapaport-faizon-love-duane-martin-tank-and-bre-z-join-bets-new-edition-the-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wood-harris-michael-rapaport-faizon-love-duane-martin-tank-and-bre-z-join-bets-new-edition-the-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood Harris, Michael Rapaport, Faizon Love, Duane Martin, Tank and Bre-Z Join BET’s New Edition: The Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wood Harris, Michael Rapaport, Faizon Love, Duane Martin, Tank and Bre-Z Join BET’s New Edition: The Movie<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

May 19, 2016<\/p>\n

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BET\u2019s original three-part miniseries NEW EDITION: THE MOVIE continues to dazzle with star power! Wood Harris<\/strong> (The Wire, The Breaks), Michael Rapaport<\/strong> (Boston Public, Justified), Faizon Love<\/strong> (Real Husbands of Hollywood), Duane Martin<\/strong> (Real Husbands of Hollywood), singer\/songwriter Tank<\/strong> and Bre-Z<\/strong> (Empire) join the cast to bring the iconic music group New Edition\u2019s story to life.<\/p>\n

\u25fe Wood Harris will play Brooke Payne.
\n\u25fe Michael Rapaport will play Gary Evans.
\n\u25fe Faizon Love will play Maurice Starr.
\n\u25fe Duane Martin will play Louil Silas.
\n\u25fe Tank will play Jheryl Busby.
\n\u25fe Bre-Z will play Peanut Bell.<\/p>\n

Written by Abdul Williams (Lottery Ticket) and executive produced by Jesse Collins (Real Husbands of Hollywood) for JCE Films, a division of Jesse Collins Entertainment, the three-night miniseries event is scheduled to premiere on BET in 2017. Principal photography is currently underway in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

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

Empire’s\u00a0Bryshere Gray<\/strong> will play Michael Bivins as an adult and Dante Hoagland<\/strong> will play Michael as a child. Elijah Kelley<\/strong> will play Ricky Bell as an adult and Caleb McLaughlin<\/strong> will play Ricky as a child. Luke James<\/strong> will play Johnny Gill. Algee Smith<\/strong> will play Ralph Tresvant as an adult and Jahi Winston<\/strong> will play Ralph as a child. Keith Powers<\/strong> will play Ronnie Devoe as an adult and Myles Truitt<\/strong> will play Ronnie as a child. Woody McClain<\/strong> will play Bobby Brown as an adult and Tyler Williams<\/strong> will play Bobby as a child.<\/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

\"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

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