Exclusive: Executive Producer Mona Scott-Young talks BET+ film series Love & Murder: Atlanta Playboy
Playing on BET+ is “Love & Murder: Atlanta Playboy,” a film series starring Taye Diggs. Part 1 debuts on Sept. 21 while Part 2 will arrive on the streamer a week later, on Sept. 28.
Based on the book "Redbone: Money, Malice and Murder in Atlanta," by Ron Stodghill," the cast also includes Keesha Sharp, Ciera Payton, Apryl Jones, Ernestine Johnson, Nicole Lyn, Robert Brown, Tye White, Anton Peeples, Yung Joc, Karlie Redd and Yandy Smith.
Atlanta Playboy follows Lance (Diggs), a successful Atlanta businessman, renowned in equal measure for both revolutionizing the city’s 911 system, and his womanizing ways. When he is found murdered in his own home, questions and allegations abound as to who might have wanted him dead. An investigation into the murder is launched which reveals the truths and suspicions behind Lance’s professional and personal life.
Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to executive producer Mona Scott-Young on the BET+ film series Love & Murder: Atlanta Playboy
Was it a business rival, threatened by Lance’s bid for a big contract? Was it a scorned lover jealous of the place occupied in Lance’s bed? The film, much like the book, reconstructs Lance’s life as told by the various players in it.
Jaira Thomas directs scripts from Gregory R. Anderson. Mona Scott-Young and Eric Tomosunas executive produce, with co-executive producers including Lorisa Bates, Marvin Neil, Stephanie R. Gayle, Abbey MacDonald and Nick Roses and producers including Ron Robinson, Jimmy Watson, Ron Stodghill, Keith Neal, Brian Rikuda and Devin Griffin. The films hail from Monami Productions and Swirl Films.
Mona Scott-Young is a successful talent manager, executive producer, published author and the CEO and Founder of Monami Entertainment and Monami Productions (www.monamient.com). An award-winning multimedia maverick, Scott-Young is the longtime manager of Grammy Award-winner Missy Elliott and executive producer of a diverse slate of scripted and unscripted projects, representing a wide array of stories and experiences that appeal to a global audience, including her juggernaut franchise Love & Hip Hop.