Just to be real, a lot of these new school kids have no idea of some of the greatest to ever do it such as the #Temptations and #MichaelJackson! Thankfully, due to their biopics, it’s nothing for the younger generation to get fairly acquainted with the past.
The newest group to finally have their story be told is the incomparable #NewEdition! They were a super hot boy band that burst onto the R&B scene in the late 70’s and early 80’s with hits like “Candy Girl”, “Mr. Telephone Man” and “Cool It Now”. After Bobby Brown went solo, Michael Bivins, Ricky Bell and Ronnie DeVoe branched off and created their own group called Bell Biv DeVoe and electrified the charts with hits like Poison and Do Me!
Empire’s very own Bryshere Gray will be playing Michael Bivins and according to Entertainment Weekly, the rest of the cast will consist of “Elijah Kelley as Ricky Bell, Luke James as Johnny Gill, Algee Smith as Ralph Tresvant, Straight Outta Compton’s Keith Powers as Ronnie DeVoe, and Woody McClain as Bobby Brown.”
EW:
“New Edition: The Movie will have three parts, following the band from middle school (Bivins, Brown, and Bell were childhood friends) through their heyday in the ’70s and ’80s. The miniseries is set to begin filming next month in L.A., and is set to debut on BET sometime in 2017.”
There you have it, Roommates! Are you guys excited to see Bryshere step out of Empire and flex his acting muscles? Let’s chat!
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Source: http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/21/bryshere-gray-new-edition-biopic-bet
