The third installment of The Best Man franchise is being adapted into a limited television series and will live on the streaming service, Peacock.
The 10-episode drama series, The Best Man: The Final Chapters, is from the franchise’s writer and director, Malcolm D. Lee and former Insecure executive producer Dayna Lynne North.
The whole gang is slate to return including Morris Chestnut, Melissa De Sousa, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, and Harold Perrineau. The only person missing is Monica Calhoun whose character died in the 2013 sequel, The Best Man Holiday.
Deadline reports that the cast closed seven-figure deals for their role reprisals and production is expected to begin in September.
“Here we go! The band is back together! I am very excited to bring these iconic characters back to the fans who have supported us through this franchise,” said Lee. “We are thrilled to deliver everything one would expect from this group of friends in The Best Man universe and take them through their final chapters. We can’t wait! I told you it wouldn’t be 14 more years.”
Morris Chestnut recently confirmed that The Best Man 3 was “in motion as we speak” during an interview on The Real. “I can tell you this right now, literally, I was on a call recently and the band is working on getting back together again. There’s some motion. Things are in motion literally as we speak,” he said.
