Earlier this year, I spoke to what appeared to be Bet's investment in more weighty, scripted, original programming, as well as it's embracing international co-productions like its acclaimed miniseries "The Book of Negroes." Among its plans to produce even more miniseries was the announcement of a production based on the life of Nelson Mandela, which was, at the time, said to be in development at the network! As Charlie Jordan Brookins, Senior Vice-President of Original Programming at Bet said: "These are the kinds of stories that you can’t tell in just two hours... But they are rich, important stories." Three years prior, in 2012, there was an...
- 10/2/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Bet has long had faith based programs on Sunday mornings, but they have announced a slate of new programs to look forward to as part of its primetime line-up. Charlie Jordan Brookins, Bet's Svp of original programming stated, "We are trying to bring (spiritual themes) into the fabric of our programming in general" It was previously reported that Bet had optioned the rights to Reshonda Tate Billingsley's novel Let the Church Say Amen. The film directed by Regina King and starring Lela Rochon and Steve Harris has begun shooting in atlanta. But it's been announced that Bet optioned the rights to three additional faith based novels by the author...
- 9/18/2012
- by Natasha Greeves
- ShadowAndAct
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