{"id":14512,"date":"2020-11-10T15:50:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T20:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=14512"},"modified":"2020-11-10T15:50:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T20:50:40","slug":"epixs-emmy-award-winning-drama-series-godfather-of-harlem-begins-production-on-season-two-set-to-premiere-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/10\/epixs-emmy-award-winning-drama-series-godfather-of-harlem-begins-production-on-season-two-set-to-premiere-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"EPIX&#8217;s Emmy Award-Winning Drama Series &#8220;Godfather of Harlem&#8221; Begins Production on Season Two Set to Premiere in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14513\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/godfatherof-harlem-e1605041261292.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" \/>Premium cable network EPIX(R) announced today that the upcoming second season of Emmy award-winning drama series <strong><em>Godfather of Harlem<\/em><\/strong> has started production in New York City. The 10-episode second season, from executive producers Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein (<em>Narcos<\/em>), and starring and executive produced by Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, will debut on EPIX in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/293884104\/gh5LeNtQaQ_default\/index.html?videoId=6090625541001\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Godfather of Harlem<\/em> tells a story inspired by infamous Harlem crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Whitaker), who in the early 1960s returned from eleven years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy must take on the Genovese crime family to regain control. During the brutal battle, he forms an alliance with radical preacher Malcolm X (Nig\u00e9l Thatch) &#8211; catching Malcolm&#8217;s political rise in the crosshairs of social upheaval and a mob war that threatens to tear the city apart. <em>Godfather of Harlem<\/em> is a collision of the criminal underworld and the civil rights movement during one of the most tumultuous times in American history.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3153706698\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Season two will see Bumpy continue his struggle to reclaim command over Harlem from the Italian mobsters by attempting to seed internal discord and sever their vital heroin pipeline. 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