Photos from BET’s New Edition Story First Look At Urbanworld
Posted by Wilson Morales
September 26, 2016
Over the weekend at the 20th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, and with a packed and SRO crowd in attendance, BET Network presented an exclusive first look at “The New Edition Story” on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. at Manhattan’s AMC Empire 25 on 234 West 42nd Street.
Some of the clips shown from the film included scenes of when the kids meet Brooke Payne (played by Wood Harris), who would become their long time manager, choreographer and to some a father figure. Another scene shown is the maturation during the song ‘Is This The End’ and then seeing the mothers negotiating contract deals for their sons.
Following that, there was a Q&A with New Edition’s Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe, along with the film’s stars Elijah Kelley (Bell in the film), Bryshere Y. Gray (Bivins in the film), Keith Powers (DeVoe in the film), Luke James (Johnny Gill in the film) and Woody McClain (Bobby Brown in the film), as well as Executive Producer Jesse Collins and Director Chris Robinson.
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.
The miniseries will be directed by Chris Robinson (ATL) with Brooke Payne, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant and Bobby Brown serving on as co-producers for the film.
Empire’s Bryshere Gray will play Michael Bivins as an adult and Dante Hoagland will play Michael as a child. Elijah Kelley will play Ricky Bell as an adult and Caleb McLaughlin will play Ricky as a child. Luke James will play Johnny Gill. Algee Smith will play Ralph Tresvant as an adult and Jahi Winston will play Ralph as a child. Keith Powers will play Ronnie Devoe as an adult and Myles Truitt will play Ronnie as a child. Woody McClain will play Bobby Brown as an adult and Tyler Williams will play Bobby as a child.
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.
La La Anthony, Yvette Nicole Brown, Monica Calhoun, Lisa Nicole Carson and Sandi McCree have also been cast in the miniseries playing the mothers of the iconic 1980s R&B/ pop group.
Anthony will play Flo DeVoe, mother of the young Ronnie DeVoe, Brown will play Michael Bivins’ mother Shirley Bivins, Calhoun is Ralph Tresvant’s mother Patricia Tresvant, Carson will play Ricky Bell’s mother Mae Bell and McCree is Bobby Brown’s mother Carole Brown.
In addition, Wood Harris, Michael Rapaport, Faizon Love, Duane Martin, Tank and Bre-Z are also in the cast.
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.
New Edition laid the foundation for how modern-day boy bands look, feel, and sound. Boyz II Men, N’SYNC, 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.
“NEW EDITION: THE MOVIE” is executive produced by Jesse Collins (Real Husbands of Hollywood) for JCE Films, a division of Jesse Collins Entertainment.
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