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SUPERFLY: The Action Heats Up In The Newest Trailer!

Director X’s forthcoming crime thriller redo, Superfly, opens on June 15 and with its campaign underway, we now have an official trailer. The new footage was exclusively covered at EW which cites lead actor Trevor Jackson’s take on the vision of the film re: it’s relocation to the bustling, culturally reflective city of Atlanta, Gerogia, in addition to the action and stunt work in which Jackson did the brunt of his own stuntwork. Hopefully it will be more appealing upon the film’s arrival. The first teaser trailer didn’t do many favors for a lot of heavy-handed moviegoers with strong opinions weighing in on the Alex Tse-penned reimagining of the 1972 classic exploitation cult fave. You don’t have to look too hard either and you can pretty much sum-up the responses and reactions about the new movie ranging anywhere from a rollback of the visage of black players in film and […]

Director X.’s SUPERFLY Reimagines A Blaxploitation Classic With Modern Luster In The First Teaser

Lee B. Golden III

The jury is still out on whether filmmaker, Director X., can build on the iconic, cult success of Gordon Parks Jr.’s blaxploitation crime drama, Superfly. The goal of echoing and iterating many of the themes shared in the original pertaining to one’s chase of the American dream through the hurdles of criminal underpinnings is something the noted helmer explicitly mused over going into the film’s announcement and production, attributing a more modern take on the Sig Shore-produced classic. With a June 15 date in tow, moviegoers will get to bear witness to Director X’s latest vision, shaped and furbished thusly for a new generation and era with actor Trevor Jackson in the principle role that succeeds Ron O’Neal’s memorable portrayal of Priest in 1972 with a script written by Alex Tse, and recording artist Future providing the fitting soundtrack. Jackson leads a cast that rounds out with Straight Outta Compton […]