MGM+ Series Godfather of Harlem Returns April 13th with an Action-Packed Season 4 Teaser Starring Academy® Award-Winner Forest Whitaker
Introducing Daytime EMMY® Award-Winner Rome Flynn as Frank Lucas, with Music by Grammy Award-Winner Swizz Beatz
LOS ANGELES—January 23, 2025—Today, premium network MGM+ released a first look teaser for Season 4 of Godfather of Harlem, coming to the linear and streaming service on April 13, 2025. From Chris Brancato, creator of Narcos and Hotel Cocaine, Season 4 stars Academy® Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker as Bumpy Johnson, alongside Ilfenesh Hadera, Lucy Fry, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Erik LaRay Harvey, Michael Raymond James, Elvis Nolasco, and Erik Palladino, and introduces Frank Lucas portrayed by Daytime Emmy® Award-winning actor Rome Flynn. The first three seasons are currently available to stream on MGM+.
In Season 4 of Godfather of Harlem, Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker) continues his bloody war for control of Harlem against New York’s Mafia families, while contending with the arrival of gangster Frank Lucas (Rome Flynn). After Malcolm X’s (Jason Alan Carvell) tragic assassination, Bumpy must also grapple with his daughter Elise’s (Antionette Crowe-Legacy) involvement with the Black Panthers.
Produced by 20th Television, the series is executive produced by Chris Brancato, Paul Eckstein, Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi, James Acheson, Markuann Smith, Ray Quinlan, Michael Panes, and Stephen Schiff, with Swizz Beatz serving as executive music producer.
About MGM+:
MGM+, an Amazon company, is a premium linear channel and streaming service delivering a broad lineup of exclusive original series and docuseries, current movie releases, and classic film franchises—all available in the U.S. on TV, on-demand, online, and across devices. MGM+ is a destination for premium content, with original series including sci-fi horror series FROM, Emmy-winning Godfather of Harlem, the Western adventure Billy the Kid, and upcoming mystery Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue and horror thriller The Institute, along with cinematic dramatic series Rogue Heroes, Belgravia, and War of the Worlds. The network is also the home of acclaimed docuseries, including the critically acclaimed In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, Emmy-nominated Laurel Canyon, My Life as a Rolling Stone, NFL Icons, Hollywood Black, and The Wonderland Massacre & The Secret History of Hollywood. Premium movies are also available, including Gladiator II, Blink Twice, Challengers, IF, Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning, The Beekeeper, American Fiction, and Mean Girls.MGM+ is available nationwide through cable, telco, satellite, digital distribution channels and the MGM+ app. For more information about the current MGM+ lineup, go to www.mgmplus.com or follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube.
About 20th Television:
20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios, is a prolific supplier of entertainment programming, including Hulu’s most-watched comedy “Only Murders in the Building” from Steve Martin, John Hoffman and Dan Fogelman; the Disney+ hit series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” from bestselling author Rick Riordan and Jon Steinberg; ABC’s award-winning hit comedy “Abbott Elementary” from Quinta Brunson; legacy drama series “Grey’s Anatomy” in its 21st season; breakout hit “High Potential” starring Kaitlin Olson; “Doctor Odyssey” and “9-1-1” from Ryan Murphy; late-night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live”; “Will Trent” starring Ramón Rodriguez; FX’s hit “The Old Man” from Jon Steinberg and starring Jeff Bridges; its blockbuster series “American Horror Story” from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk and the “Feud” anthology series from Ryan Murphy; “Reasonable Doubt” for Onyx Collective on Hulu; as well as CBS’ “Tracker” starring Justin Hartley; “Nobody Wants This” for Netflix; “Godfather of Harlem” for MGM+; “Bad Sisters” for Apple TV+ and“ Criminal Minds: Evolution” for Paramount+ in addition to dozens of others. 20th Television shows have amassed a collective 2,040 Emmy®Award nominations and 226 wins, as well as multiple Golden Globes®, Humanitas Prizes and Peabody Awards. The studio’s landmark series from its 70-year library include such classics as “24,” “Batman,” “black-ish,” “Bones,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Empire,” “Fresh Off the Boat,” “Glee,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Lost,” “M*A*S*H,” “Modern Family,” “New Girl” and “The X-Files.”
About Brancato Inc.:
Chris Brancato is a showrunner whose work includes the Emmy-nominated crime drama series Narcos, starring Pedro Pascal and which ran for seven seasons on Netflix; Godfather of Harlem, starring Forest Whittaker with upcoming fourth season for MGM+; and MGM+ drama Hotel Cocaine, starring Michael Chiklis and Danny Pino.Brancato is a writer, producer, and showrunner with hundreds of hours of television credits, among them award-winning and hugely popular shows such as X-Files, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Hannibal, and Beverly Hills 90210.
Additionally, Chris wrote the features Hoodlum, starring Laurence Fishburne; Species II for MGM; Sherlock 3 for Team Downey and Warner Brothers. He’s won a Peabody Award (Boomtown), two Saturn Awards (Hannibal), received Golden Globes and BAFTA nominations (Narcos) and a Writer’s Guild Award for his work on one of the Hundred Best Television Series (X-Files). From 2006 to 2011, he was President of the Writers Guild Foundation. He works with Autism Speaks and other charities.
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