*We spoke with award-winning Director and Producer Trey Haley, the esteemed President of Tri Destined Studios, about the upcoming BET+ Original Series “Carl Weber’s The Family Business New Orleans.”
The series is a spinoff of Weber’s wildly popular “The Family Business,” show which is based on his best-selling crime drama book series.
We reported previously that Brandon T. Jackson is set to star in “The Family Business New Orleans” and serve as an associate producer. The additional cast 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, and Nicholas Turturro, according to the press release.
Rochon also serves as an associate producer on the forthcoming spin-off.
The premiere date has not yet been announced.
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Here’s the synopsis:
Situated between Old Town New Orleans and the prestigious suburban Parrish of Gator Lake sits a very unique underground casino and club called Midnight Blues, a flourishing staple in the New Orleans area for more than a hundred years. “The Blues,” as locals call it, is a favorite for fun-loving jazz enthusiasts, tourists and celebs who want a taste of the real New Orleans, and homebred locals who just want to kick back and gamble amongst their own.
Midnight Blues may be fun for its regulars, but the club hasn’t been enjoyable for its owners Big Shirley Duncan (Rochon), her younger brother Floyd (Hall) and her son Marquis (Jackson). They are descendants and heirs of the original plantation owner and his slave mistress, and The Blues has been in their family for generations. Now they find themselves in the middle of a turf war with an up-and-coming underworld boss, Jean LeBlanc, (Banner) whose brother winds up mysteriously dead in The Blues.
Marquis, eager to prove his worth not only to his mother but to himself, decides to scrap Houston and board a plane to New York to enlist the help of his family—the original NY Duncans, who run an international crime syndicate. Deep in the middle of their own crisis, Vegas Duncan (Michael J White) sends his cousins, Bounty Hunter Curtis Duncan (Stephens) and his deadly assassin sister Lauren (Teshali), with some muscle down to Nola to handle more family business, Duncan style.
In our conversation with Haley, he gushed about Lela’s performance and promised she would blow fans away. “The Family Business New Orleans” marks her first leading role in a TV series.
“Nobody has ever seen her do what she’s about to do,” Haley told us before comparing Rochon’s dynamic with Yvette Nicole Brown to “Batman and Robin.”
He also shared insights into his creative and casting process, working with local talent in New Orleans, and what viewers can expect from this exciting new project.
Additionally, he teased details about music manager Deb Antney’s forthcoming series. Hear all about it in our exclusive conversation with Trey Haley below.
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