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- Producer Sig Shore directed a second sequel, The Return of Superfly, released in 1990, with Nathan Purdee as Priest.
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Jun 18, 2018 · Unfortunately, despite its numerous positives, “Superfly’s” $9 million gross over its opening few days mean that the chances of a follow-up are currently very, very remote.
Super Fly is a 1972 American blaxploitation crime drama film directed by Gordon Parks Jr. and starring Ron O'Neal as Youngblood Priest, an African American cocaine dealer who is trying to quit the underworld drug business.
Release. Superfly was initially scheduled to be released on June 15, 2018. Three weeks prior, it was moved up two days to June 13, 2018, in order to avoid direct competition with Incredibles 2. [7] The film was released on digital and iTunes on August 28, 2018 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Jun 12, 2018 · No longer set in Harlem, "Superfly" moves to the streets of Atlanta, folding in contemporary culture and the socioeconomic challenges the African-American community continues to face.
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- Super Fly wasn’t Curtis Mayfield’s first work for film, nor was it his last. Before Super Fly, Mayfield wrote two songs for 1969’s volcano-themed disaster film Krakatoa, East of Java, a critical and commercial failure for many reasons, not least of which is that Krakatoa is west of Java.
- Mayfield understood the film from personal experience. “I didn’t have to leave my neighborhood to be surrounded by the things Super Flyis about,” he told Rolling Stone in 1973.
- The songs were recorded in four days. Sessions began at the end of 1971, when director Gordon Parks Jr. asked Mayfield and his band to appear in the film as a nightclub act performing behind the actors.
- Super Fly was the end of an era for Mayfield, marking his split with his second wife, his longtime arranger, and his manager and closest friend. During the recording Mayfield was in the middle of a separation from his second wife, Diane, mother of his second son, Todd, and his first daughter, Sharon.
Jun 14, 2018 · SuperFly is a remake of the 1972 cult classic, but star Trevor Jackson recently opened up to CinemaBlend and explained why the remake might surprise fans of the original Super Fly.
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Jun 10, 2018 · Superfly in US theaters June 13, 2018 starring Michael K. Williams, Esai Morales, Trevor Jackson, Jason Mitchell. Follows an African American cocaine dealer who tries to secure one more deal before getting out of the business.
