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BET announces more biopics, specials and more coming

BET Greenlights Bobby Brown Miniseries, ‘Lip Sync Battle’ Specials

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April 27, 2017 | 03:00PM PT

BET has greenlit new projects that will tell the stories of Grammy winner Bobby Brown and legendary hip hop label Death Row Records in addition to two new “Lip Sync Battle” specials, the network announced Thursday at their upfront presentation in New York.

The Viacom-owned network is looking to capitalize on the success of “The New Edition Story,” the three-part miniseries which drew over 29 million total viewers and was the number one cable biopic of all time in the ratings. As such, “New Edition Story” writer Abdul Williams and executive producer Jesse Collins have signed on to “The Bobby Brown Story,” which will chart the singer’s career from the founding of New Edition to his success as a solo artist. It will air across two nights, with each part being two hours long. Collins will executive produce through JCE Films, a division of Jesse Collins Entertainment.

“Death Row Chronicles” will be a six-part documentary series, exploring the rise of the genre-defining record label. While it boasted the success of Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, and Dr. Dre, the chart-topping and record-breaking sales came at a bloody, controversial cost thanks in large part to co-founder and CEO Marion “Suge” Knight. The series will examine the myths and legends that have sprung up around Death Row, as well as celebrate the groundbreaking music it produced and how it influenced some of today’s biggest hip hop artists. Entertainment One (eOne) and Creature Films will produce.

Finally, “Lip Sync Battle” will produce two one-hour specials for BET tailored to the BET Hip Hop Awards and the Soul Train Awards. LL Cool J and Chrissy Teigen, the hosts of the Spike series, will lead both specials, which will feature song choices tailored specifically for the awards shows as performed by celebrities. The specials come as Viacom, which also owns Spike, looks to leverage their most popular properties across their different networks under the leadership of new CEO Bob Bakish.

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Reply #1 posted 04/28/17 11:33am

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Sorry, they could have picked 2 other bio pics. We just got a 3 part NE series and now a Bobby Brown 2 parter ...
Same with Death Row. 2Pac movie comes out in a few months and we just had NWA and Michel'le movies.
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Reply #2 posted 04/28/17 11:50am

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BET is coming with a biopic of Boyz II Men too.

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Reply #3 posted 04/28/17 11:51am

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BET is coming with a biopic of Boyz II Men too.


So a Michael Bivins character will be in 3 separate BeT biopics. biggrin
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Reply #4 posted 04/28/17 1:25pm

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I like Boyz 2 Men but what are they gonna tell to get a 2 hr biopic out of them.
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Reply #5 posted 04/28/17 1:42pm

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I like Boyz 2 Men but what are they gonna tell to get a 2 hr biopic out of them.

How they fell off the face of tue earth after 1997. Never seen a bigger fall with out something to warrant the fall.
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Reply #6 posted 04/28/17 2:14pm

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LittleBLUECorvette said:

Sorry, they could have picked 2 other bio pics. We just got a 3 part NE series and now a Bobby Brown 2 parter ...
Same with Death Row. 2Pac movie comes out in a few months and we just had NWA and Michel'le movies.


Exactly.They are recycling stuff.Do we really need a Bobby Brown series? :roll:

and they need to chill on the Death Row stuff,too.Those stories have already been told.
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This probably don't need to be sticky until 2019 when they premier.

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Reply #9 posted 04/29/17 12:33pm

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LittleBLUECorvette said:
Sorry, they could have picked 2 other bio pics. We just got a 3 part NE series and now a Bobby Brown 2 parter ... Same with Death Row. 2Pac movie comes out in a few months and we just had NWA and Michel'le movies.
Exactly.They are recycling stuff.Do we really need a Bobby Brown series? rolleyes and they need to chill on the Death Row stuff,too.Those stories have already been told.

I definately don't want a Bobby Brown biopic. Never liked that guy.

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Reply #10 posted 04/29/17 7:36pm

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wait, there's actually a show showing people trying to win a contest by lyp synching songs...... lol lol

yeah, that well has nothing in it but air these days........

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Reply #11 posted 04/29/17 9:03pm

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wait, there's actually a show showing people trying to win a contest by lyp synching songs...... lol lol

It's a celebrity show created by Jimmy Fallon, which is a spinoff of what originated on The Tonight Show. LL Cool J is the host of Lip Sync Battle. It's not a new idea. There was a show in the 1980s called Puttin' On The Hits, but it didn't have celebrities competing.

Ice Cube has a new version of Hollywood Squares called Hip Hop Squares



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Reply #12 posted 04/30/17 3:52pm

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SoulAlive said:

LittleBLUECorvette said: Exactly.They are recycling stuff.Do we really need a Bobby Brown series? rolleyes and they need to chill on the Death Row stuff,too.Those stories have already been told.

I definately don't want a Bobby Brown biopic. Never liked that guy.

me neither.And his "story" isn't exactly a big secret that needs to be told.We already know all there is to know lol

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Seems they are sticking to a familiar formula to maintain the success achieved with the NE story. Also, probably keeping in competition with Lifetime because they are targeting a lot of R&B artists to do biopics on. lol Isn't VH1 doing one on Jodeci?

I'd like to see a story about Teddy Riley and I'm sure there's a whole lot to tell.

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Reply #14 posted 05/01/17 10:35am

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LittleBLUECorvette said:

Sorry, they could have picked 2 other bio pics. We just got a 3 part NE series and now a Bobby Brown 2 parter ... Same with Death Row. 2Pac movie comes out in a few months and we just had NWA and Michel'le movies.

The Death Row one is not a biopic though, it's a documentary. It looks like TV One is doing a movie on Bobbi Kristina. Entertainment Tonight

Demetria McKinney, Joy Rovaris, Hassan Johnson

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Reply #15 posted 05/01/17 6:50pm

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MickyDolenz said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Sorry, they could have picked 2 other bio pics. We just got a 3 part NE series and now a Bobby Brown 2 parter ... Same with Death Row. 2Pac movie comes out in a few months and we just had NWA and Michel'le movies.

The Death Row one is not a biopic though, it's a documentary. It looks like TV One is doing a movie on Bobbi Kristina. Entertainment Tonight

Demetria McKinney, Joy Rovaris, Hassan Johnson

they gone run this story to the ground......

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MickyDolenz said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Sorry, they could have picked 2 other bio pics. We just got a 3 part NE series and now a Bobby Brown 2 parter ... Same with Death Row. 2Pac movie comes out in a few months and we just had NWA and Michel'le movies.

The Death Row one is not a biopic though, it's a documentary. It looks like TV One is doing a movie on Bobbi Kristina. Entertainment Tonight

Demetria McKinney, Joy Rovaris, Hassan Johnson

omfg Are you fucking kidding me? Urgh.

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Reply #17 posted 05/02/17 4:53pm

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The Bobbi Kristina story seems a little too much, and not to mention, I'm sure Bobby and the Houston family are not happy about this one, since there was no mention of authorization from the Brown and Houston families. And, I think this is also very disrespectful because it is still too soon for this.
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The Bobbi Kristina story seems a little too much, and not to mention, I'm sure Bobby and the Houston family are not happy about this one, since there was no mention of authorization from the Brown and Houston families. And, I think this is also very disrespectful because it is still too soon for this.

There's probably not going to be any music from Whitney or Bobby in it, so I don't think the filmmakers have to get permission from them. Like the Hendrix estate didn't approve that movie with André 3000, but they blocked the filmmakers from using Jimi's recordings and any songs Jimi wrote. Also notice all of the biopics made about The Beatles so far are the Pete Best/Stu Sutcliff days, so don't need any songs written by the band members. I just don't see what a Bobbi Kristina movie could be about, she wasn't in show business.

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MickyDolenz said:

journalism16 said:

The Bobbi Kristina story seems a little too much, and not to mention, I'm sure Bobby and the Houston family are not happy about this one, since there was no mention of authorization from the Brown and Houston families. And, I think this is also very disrespectful because it is still too soon for this.

There's probably not going to be any music from Whitney or Bobby in it, so I don't think the filmmakers have to get permission from them. Like the Hendrix estate didn't approve that movie with André 3000, but they blocked the filmmakers from using Jimi's recordings and any songs Jimi wrote. Also notice all of the biopics made about The Beatles so far are the Pete Best/Stu Sutcliff days, so don't need any songs written by the band members. I just don't see what a Bobbi Kristina movie could be about, she wasn't in show business.

It'll more than likely be a movie assuming how Bobbi Kristina grew up with two very famous, yet very troubled parents when no one knew what that was like but her. Obviously, she can't tell this story, so some genius feels that it'll be marketable giving that her parents are Whitney & Bobby. disbelief. This concept is just as silly as the failed Lifetime biopic about Whitney that was directed by Angela Bassett, who felt that since she filmed ONE movie with Whitney (Waiting to Exhale) that she knew enough about her to participate in a biopic about her life with Bobby Brown. rolleyes

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missfee said:



MickyDolenz said:




journalism16 said:


The Bobbi Kristina story seems a little too much, and not to mention, I'm sure Bobby and the Houston family are not happy about this one, since there was no mention of authorization from the Brown and Houston families. And, I think this is also very disrespectful because it is still too soon for this.

There's probably not going to be any music from Whitney or Bobby in it, so I don't think the filmmakers have to get permission from them. Like the Hendrix estate didn't approve that movie with André 3000, but they blocked the filmmakers from using Jimi's recordings and any songs Jimi wrote. Also notice all of the biopics made about The Beatles so far are the Pete Best/Stu Sutcliff days, so don't need any songs written by the band members. I just don't see what a Bobbi Kristina movie could be about, she wasn't in show business.



It'll more than likely be a movie assuming how Bobbi Kristina grew up with two very famous, yet very troubled parents when no one knew what that was like but her. Obviously, she can't tell this story, so some genius feels that it'll be marketable giving that her parents are Whitney & Bobby. disbelief. This concept is just as silly as the failed Lifetime biopic about Whitney that was directed by Angela Bassett, who felt that since she filmed ONE movie with Whitney (Waiting to Exhale) that she knew enough about her to participate in a biopic about her life with Bobby Brown. rolleyes


Really. We don't need this.

Whitney Houston movie
New Edition movie
Bobby Brown movie
Bobbi Kristina movie

What next, a Cissy Houston movie?
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LittleBLUECorvette said:

Really. We don't need this. Whitney Houston movie New Edition movie Bobby Brown movie Bobbi Kristina movie What next, a Cissy Houston movie?

It doesn't directly involve the Houstons, but there's supposed to be a Dionne Warwick biopic with LeToya Luckett playing her. Dionne is related to the Houstons. In this case, Dionne is involved with her movie like New Edition was behind theirs. I'm not sure, but I think Dionne's is going to cinemas, instead of a TV movie.

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MickyDolenz said:



LittleBLUECorvette said:


Really. We don't need this. Whitney Houston movie New Edition movie Bobby Brown movie Bobbi Kristina movie What next, a Cissy Houston movie?

It doesn't directly involve the Houstons, but there's supposed to be a Dionne Warwick biopic with LeToya Luckett playing her. Dionne is related to the Houstons. In this case, Dionne is involved with her movie like New Edition was behind theirs. I'm not sure, but I think Dionne's is going to cinemas, instead of a TV movie.


There are 2 Warwick biopics in the works. Pretty sure Whitney will get a mention, lol.
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LittleBLUECorvette said:

There are 2 Warwick biopics in the works. Pretty sure Whitney will get a mention, lol.

I didn't know about a 2nd movie, only the Dionne approved one. I wonder if Solid Gold will be mentioned.

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LittleBLUECorvette said:

missfee said:

It'll more than likely be a movie assuming how Bobbi Kristina grew up with two very famous, yet very troubled parents when no one knew what that was like but her. Obviously, she can't tell this story, so some genius feels that it'll be marketable giving that her parents are Whitney & Bobby. disbelief. This concept is just as silly as the failed Lifetime biopic about Whitney that was directed by Angela Bassett, who felt that since she filmed ONE movie with Whitney (Waiting to Exhale) that she knew enough about her to participate in a biopic about her life with Bobby Brown. rolleyes

Really. We don't need this. Whitney Houston movie New Edition movie Bobby Brown movie Bobbi Kristina movie What next, a Cissy Houston movie?

These movie ideas are becoming comical lol they're totally unnecessary.I think we already know all we need to know about Bobby/Whitney and Bobbi.These TV stations are just anxious to dig up the dirt to get high ratings,smh.I won't be watching any of this crap.

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There's also a new Whitney documentary showing at the Tribeca Film Festival called Whitney: Can I Be Me.

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missfee said:



MickyDolenz said:




LittleBLUECorvette said:


Sorry, they could have picked 2 other bio pics. We just got a 3 part NE series and now a Bobby Brown 2 parter ... Same with Death Row. 2Pac movie comes out in a few months and we just had NWA and Michel'le movies.




The Death Row one is not a biopic though, it's a documentary. It looks like TV One is doing a movie on Bobbi Kristina. Entertainment Tonight



Demetria McKinney, Joy Rovaris, Hassan Johnson



omfg Are you fucking kidding me? Urgh.




Wow that's a very convincing Bobby. I thought it was really him in that picture. eek
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missfee said:

MickyDolenz said:

There's probably not going to be any music from Whitney or Bobby in it, so I don't think the filmmakers have to get permission from them. Like the Hendrix estate didn't approve that movie with André 3000, but they blocked the filmmakers from using Jimi's recordings and any songs Jimi wrote. Also notice all of the biopics made about The Beatles so far are the Pete Best/Stu Sutcliff days, so don't need any songs written by the band members. I just don't see what a Bobbi Kristina movie could be about, she wasn't in show business.

It'll more than likely be a movie assuming how Bobbi Kristina grew up with two very famous, yet very troubled parents when no one knew what that was like but her. Obviously, she can't tell this story, so some genius feels that it'll be marketable giving that her parents are Whitney & Bobby. disbelief. This concept is just as silly as the failed Lifetime biopic about Whitney that was directed by Angela Bassett, who felt that since she filmed ONE movie with Whitney (Waiting to Exhale) that she knew enough about her to participate in a biopic about her life with Bobby Brown. rolleyes

If anyone wants to see what Bobbi Kristina had to deal with growing up all they have to do is watch that fiasco "Being Bobby Brown" reality show. razz

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I wonder if they're going to use the same actors from the New Edition movie for Bobby's movie. That would make the most sense to me.

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