‘Godfather Of Harlem’ Reveals First Look At Rome Flynn As Frank Lucas

Godfather of Harlem the first photo from the upcoming fourth season, which also features Rome Flynn as Frank Lucas for the first time.

Flynn will play Lucas in a recurring guest role opposite star Forest Whitaker in the new season of the MGM+ (formerly Epix) series. Lucas was previously played by Denzel Washington in the film American gangster. Flynn’s version of the character in the series shows Lucas 10 years before the events of the film.

As the MGM+ synopsis for the character reads, Lucas is described as “a country boy from North Carolina who moves to Harlem and, after some initial friction with gangster Bumpy Johnson, eventually rises to become Bumpy’s fierce defender and right-hand man.”

Ilfenesh Hadera, Lucy Fry, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy and Erik LaRay Harvey also return for Season 4.

Here’s the season 4 logline:

In Season 4 of Godfather of Harlem, Bumpy Johnson (Whitaker) continues his bloody battle for control of Harlem against the mafia families of New York, while grappling with the rise of a potential rival in newly arrived black gangster Frank Lucas (Flynn). After the tragic death of Malcolm X (Jason Alan Carvell), Bumpy must also grapple with his daughter Elise’s (Antoinette Crowe-Legacy) involvement with the Black Panthers.

The series is produced by ABC Signature and executive produced by Chris Brancato, Paul Eckstein, Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi, James Acheson, Markuann Smith and Ray Quinlan. Michael Panes and Stephen Schiff are writing and executive producers, and Swizz Beatz is the music executive producer.