Upcoming The Godfather of Harlem (Season 2) [Epix]

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‘American Gangster’ Prequel Series Being Developed, Will Star Forest Whitaker
Source: SlashFilm
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ScreenDaily spoke with Narcos co-creator Chris Brancato, who revealed that his planned prequel is set five years before the events of the movie and will be called The Godfather of Harlem. It tells the story of Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson, who was played by an uncredited Clarence Williams III in American Gangster:

“It’s Harlem, the 1960s, a gangster named Bumpy Johnson was very close friends with Malcom X, so the show is about the collision of the criminal underworld and the civil rights movement. It’s an opportunity to examine some of the things that are going on racially right now, but through the prism of the past.”

Whitaker is attached to star in The Godfather of Harlem as Bumpy Johnson, which seems like a cool opportunity for him to dig into a morally murky character over a long period of time. The project doesn’t have a home yet, but the plan is to shop it to places like Netflix (where Brancato already has a relationship due to Narcos), Amazon, and Hulu. The script is already written, so I expect we’ll be hearing more about this soon.
 
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