*BET+ has announced new cast additions for its New Orleans spinoff of the popular series Carl Weber’s “The Family Business.”
We reported earlier that Brandon T. Jackson is set to star in the series and will be an associate producer. The additional cast lineup includes Lela Rochon, Ben Stephens, Pooch Hall, Quincy Brown, David Banner, Yvette Nicole Brown, Orlando Jones, Nicole Galicia, Erica Hubbard, Sarah Carter, Stan Shaw, Bern Nadette Stanis, Nayirah Teshali, Sacaiah Shaw, Jenson Atwood, AzMarie Livingston, Deric Augustine. Kayla Nicole, Nicholas Turturro, and Brandon T. Jackson in a starring role, according to the press release.
Some of the cast, including Stephens, Stanis, Stan Shaw, Teshali, and Sacaiha Shaw, made guest appearances in the original series’ fourth season, which concluded in October 2022.
Rochon also serves as an associate producer on the forthcoming spin-off, per the release.
“The Family Business” series is based on Weber’s New York Times best-selling crime drama series and follows the Duncans, an upstanding tight-knit family that, by day, owns and operates an exotic car dealership in New York. By night, their business activities are more illicit.
Per Deadline, “In the spinoff, when the New Orleans side of the Duncan family gets caught in a vicious turf war with corrupt politicians, dirty land developers, and ruthless crime bosses all vying for the family’s underground casino and night club business, they call on their relatives from New York to help wield their own brand of justice.”
The eight-episode series goes into production in March. The premiere date has not yet been announced.
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