BET are building on the success of their New Edition biopic by honing in on the story of its most controversial member – Bobby Brown.
Aptly titled, ‘The Bobby Brown Story’ is set to blaze the box later this year and will be broadcast as a two-part event.
Anchored by Woody McClain, who reprises the role of Brown from the New Edition flick, the biopic promises a warts and all insight into the life of R&B’s most-prolific bad boy.
No stone will be left unturned. As such, viewers will see his solo run, rocky relationship with Whitney Houston (played by Gabrielle Dennis), and his struggles with drugs all play out.
Ahead of the film’s September premiere, EW have shared a first look.
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