Godfather of Harlem serves as Whitaker’s first series regular role since he starred in CBS’ Criminal Minds spinoff Suspect Behavior in 2011.
Starring Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker as Bumpy Johnson, Season 2 will begin its production later this year.
It has already been more than two months since the final episode of Godfather of Harlem aired last December, and now Epix has officially renewed their crime drama series for a 10-episode second season.
Godfather for Harlem tells the story of crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Whitaker), who in the early 1960s returned after 10 years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles.