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The Best Man: The Final Chapters

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The Best Man: The Final Chapters
The Best Man The Final Chapters Title Card.png
GenreComedy-drama
Created byMalcolm D. Lee
Based onCharacters
by Malcolm D. Lee
Developed byMalcolm D. Lee & Dayna Lynne North
Starring
Music byRobert Glasper
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
  • Malcolm D. Lee
  • Dayna Lynne North
  • Sean Daniel
  • Dominique Telson
Producers
  • David Bausch
  • Cameron Johnson
CinematographyGreg Gardiner
Editors
  • Kyle Gilman
  • Allyson Johnson
  • Gershon Hinkson
Running time41–56 minutes
Production companies
Release
Original networkPeacock
Original releaseDecember 22, 2022 (2022-12-22)

The Best Man: The Final Chapters is an American comedy-drama miniseries created by Malcolm D. Lee and developed by Lee and Dayna Lynne North.[1] The series takes place a few years after The Best Man Holiday and it premiered on Peacock on December 22, 2022.[2][3]

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Malcolm D. Lee

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The Best Man Holiday

The Best Man Holiday is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written, co-produced and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. A sequel to Lee's The Best Man (1999), it stars Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, Harold Perrineau, Monica Calhoun and Melissa De Sousa, all reprising their roles from the previous film. Along with Lee, the film was produced by Sean Daniel.

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Peacock (streaming service)

Peacock is an American over-the-top video streaming service owned and operated by the Television and Streaming division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Named after the NBC logo, the service launched on July 15, 2020. The service primarily features series and film content from NBCUniversal studios and other third-party content providers, including television series, films, news, and sports programming. The service is available in a free ad-supported version with limited content, while premium tiers include a larger content library and access to additional NBC Sports, Hallmark Channel, and WWE content.

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

  • Ron Canada as Wellington, Quentin's father
  • Yvonna Pearson as Jasmine, a concierge at the resort in San Pierre that shares a connection with Lance
  • Aaron Serotsky as Stan, Harper's literary agent
  • Brandon Victor Dixon as Demetrius
  • Eric Scott Ways as LJ, Lance and Mia's oldest child who is nonbinary

Special guest star

Notable guest stars

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Melissa De Sousa is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Shelby in the 1999 romantic comedy-drama film The Best Man, its 2013 sequel The Best Man Holiday and the 2022 Peacock series The Best Man: The Final Chapters, Gabriella Jimenez in BET's Reed Between the Lines (2011), and Ana Lopez in Black Lightning.

Taye Diggs

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Regina Hall

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Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa McCoy Lathan is an American actress. She is the daughter of actress Eleanor McCoy and film director Stan Lathan. Her career began after she appeared in the shows In the House, Family Matters, NYPD Blue, and Moesha. Lathan later garnered further prominence after starring in the 1998 superhero film Blade; which followed with film roles in The Best Man (1999), Love & Basketball (2000), Disappearing Acts (2000), and Brown Sugar (2002).

Nia Long

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Brandon Victor Dixon

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Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Paradise"Malcolm D. LeeMalcolm D. Lee & Dayna Lynne NorthDecember 22, 2022 (2022-12-22)
2"The Wedding"Malcolm D. LeeMalcolm D. Lee & Dayna Lynne NorthDecember 22, 2022 (2022-12-22)
3"Brown Girl Dreaming"Robert TownsendLori Lakin HutchersonDecember 22, 2022 (2022-12-22)
4"The Invisible Man"Malcolm D. LeeAyanna Floyd DavisDecember 22, 2022 (2022-12-22)
5"The Party"Charles Stone IIITeleplay by : Cameron Johnson & Lori Lakin Hutcherson
Story by : Cameron Johnson		December 22, 2022 (2022-12-22)
6"An American Marriage"Robert TownsendWayne Conley & Zoe MarshallDecember 22, 2022 (2022-12-22)
7"Things Fall Apart"Stacey MuhammadNicole Amarteifio & Dayna Lynne NorthDecember 22, 2022 (2022-12-22)
8"The Audacity of Hope"Malcolm D. LeeJames Bland & Malcolm D. LeeDecember 22, 2022 (2022-12-22)

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Production

Development

On February 9, 2021, Peacock gave production a limited series order consisting of ten episodes. It is created by Malcolm D. Lee and Dayna Lynne North who are also executive producing it.[1] Filming for the limited series began on March 14, 2022.[4] It was filmed in New York City, New Jersey, and Dominican Republic.[5] The series is set to be released on Peacock on December 22, 2022, with all eight episodes instead of the original ten-episode order.[3] The limited series picks up a few years after The Best Man Holiday.[2]

Casting

Upon the limited series order announcement, Morris Chestnut, Melissa De Sousa, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, and Harold Perrineau are set to reprise their roles from 1999's film The Best Man.[6] On April 29, 2022, Nicole Ari Parker, Ron Canada, Brandon Victor Dixon, Michael Genet, Yvonna Pearson, Aaron Serotsky, Terrence Terrell, Tobias Truvillion, and Eric Scott Ways joined the cast in recurring roles.[7]

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Peacock is an American over-the-top video streaming service owned and operated by the Television and Streaming division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Named after the NBC logo, the service launched on July 15, 2020. The service primarily features series and film content from NBCUniversal studios and other third-party content providers, including television series, films, news, and sports programming. The service is available in a free ad-supported version with limited content, while premium tiers include a larger content library and access to additional NBC Sports, Hallmark Channel, and WWE content.

Malcolm D. Lee

Malcolm D. Lee

Malcolm D. Lee is an American filmmaker. He is known for directing numerous comedy films, including The Best Man (1999), Undercover Brother (2002), Roll Bounce (2005), Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), Soul Men (2008), Scary Movie 5 (2013), The Best Man Holiday (2013), Girls Trip (2017), Night School (2018), and Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021).

Morris Chestnut

Morris Chestnut

Morris Lamont Chestnut is an American actor. He first came to prominence for his role as Ricky in the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood. He has appeared in feature films and on television series, including the starring role of FBI Agent Will Keaton in the NBC TV series The Enemy Within.

Melissa De Sousa

Melissa De Sousa

Melissa De Sousa is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Shelby in the 1999 romantic comedy-drama film The Best Man, its 2013 sequel The Best Man Holiday and the 2022 Peacock series The Best Man: The Final Chapters, Gabriella Jimenez in BET's Reed Between the Lines (2011), and Ana Lopez in Black Lightning.

Regina Hall

Regina Hall

Regina Lee Hall is an American actress. She rose to prominence for her role as Brenda Meeks in the comedy horror Scary Movie film series (2000–2006). She has since appeared in the television series Ally McBeal (2001–2002), Law & Order: LA (2010–2011), Grandfathered (2016), and Black Monday (2019–2021), and in the films The Best Man (1999), its 2013 sequel The Best Man Holiday, About Last Night (2014), Vacation (2015), Girls Trip (2017), The Hate U Give (2018), and Little (2019). For the comedy film Support the Girls (2018), Hall received critical acclaim, and became the first African American to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.

Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa McCoy Lathan is an American actress. She is the daughter of actress Eleanor McCoy and film director Stan Lathan. Her career began after she appeared in the shows In the House, Family Matters, NYPD Blue, and Moesha. Lathan later garnered further prominence after starring in the 1998 superhero film Blade; which followed with film roles in The Best Man (1999), Love & Basketball (2000), Disappearing Acts (2000), and Brown Sugar (2002).

Nia Long

Nia Long

Nia Talita Long is an American actress. Best known for her work in Black cinema, Long rose to prominence after starring in the film Boyz n the Hood (1991), and for her portrayal of Beullah "Lisa" Wilkes on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1991–1995). She then appeared in Friday (1995), as well as the 1997 films Love Jones and Soul Food.

Harold Perrineau

Harold Perrineau

Harold Perrineau is an American actor best known for his roles as Michael Dawson in the ABC television series Lost (2004–2010), Augustus Hill in the HBO television series Oz (1997–2003), Sheriff Boyd Stevens in the Epix television series From, Link in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, and Mercutio in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996). He has also starred in the films Smoke (1995), for which was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, The Edge (1997), The Best Man (1999), Woman on Top (2000), and 28 Weeks Later (2007). His other television credits include Sons of Anarchy (2012), Constantine (2014–2015), Claws (2017–2022), and The Rookie (2019–2021).

Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe is an American actress and model. She made her screen debut with a leading role in the critically acclaimed independent film The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995) and went on to appear in Boogie Nights (1997), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Ron Canada

Ron Canada

Ronald Ellis Canada is an American actor with a specialty in portraying judges and detectives. He is best known for One on One (2001–2004), The Shield (2003–2004), and Lone Star (1996).

Brandon Victor Dixon

Brandon Victor Dixon

Brandon Victor Dixon is an American actor, singer and theatrical producer. As a musical theatre actor, he is known for Tony Award-nominated Broadway performances as Harpo in the 2005 musical The Color Purple and Eubie Blake in Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed (2016). He originated both roles, as well as the leading role of Berry Gordy Jr. in Motown: The Musical (2013) on Broadway, which earned a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. In 2016, Dixon assumed the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway company of Hamilton. Off-Broadway as well as in London's West End, Dixon played the role of Hayward Patterson in The Scottsboro Boys and was nominated for a 2014 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical.

Michael Genet

Michael Genet

Michael Genet is an American actor and screenwriter. He has guest starred in a number of television series based in the New York City area, they include The Equalizer, New York Undercover, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Ugly Betty and the soap operas As the World Turns, One Life to Live.

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 88% approval rating with an average rating of 7/10, based on 8 critic reviews.[8] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 58 out of 100 based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[9]

Source: "The Best Man: The Final Chapters", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 8th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Man:_The_Final_Chapters.

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Sanaa Lathan

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Taye Diggs

Regina King

Nicole Ari Parker

Regina Hall

Aunjanue Ellis

The Best Man (1999 film)

The Cleveland Show

The Best Man Holiday

The Perfect Guy (2015 film)

Shailyn Pierre-Dixon

Goliath (TV series)

List of Don Cheadle performances

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References
  1. ^ a b Andreeva, Nellie (February 9, 2021). "'The Best Man' Limited Series With Original Cast Ordered By Peacock From Malcolm D. Lee & Dayna Lynne North". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Holbrook, Damian (December 18, 2022). "'The Best Man': Is 'The Final Chapters' Really the End?". TV Insider. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Hatchett, Keisha (October 29, 2022). "The Best Man Reunion Series Unveils First Teaser — Plus, See New Photos". TVLine. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  4. ^ Pierre, Mekishana (March 27, 2022). "'The Best Man' Cast Reunites to Begin Filming Peacock's Limited Series Spinoff, 'Final Chapters". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  5. ^ Tinoco, Armando (October 29, 2022). "Peacock Drops Teaser Trailer For 'The Best Man: The Final Chapters' Limited Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  6. ^ Otterson, Joe (February 9, 2021). "'The Best Man' Limited Series Set at Peacock With Original Cast Returning". Variety. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  7. ^ Cordero, Rosy (April 29, 2022). "'The Best Man: The Final Chapters': Nicole Ari Parker, Ron Canada & Brandon Victor Dixon Among New Cast Joining Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, More". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  8. ^ "The Best Man: The Final Chapters: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  9. ^ "The Best Man: The Final Chapters: Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
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