Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the influential “Harlem Trilogy” of films New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above the Rim and the man who coined the term New Jack Swing, has died. He was 66.

The script for the Nicky Barnes movie was written by Thomas Lee Wright, but Quincy Jones had seen Cooper’s Spin piece and drafted him to do a rewrite. With Cooper’s rewrites, notably changing ...

By Alex Williams Barry Michael Cooper, who was one of the first journalists ... Thomas Lee Wright based on the story of Nicky Barnes, the heroin lord of Harlem in the 1960s and ’70s.

A selective preview of the blockbusters, comedies, biopics and adventures Hollywood has in store for cinema-goers as the weather warms.

Jones, the late and legendary starmaker, tasked Cooper with rewriting a screenplay about 1970s drug lord Nicky Barnes ... the height of his popularity. The movie, directed by "Fresh Prince ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' has died at age 66. ...

His work caught the eye of film producers who wanted to make a movie about drug kingpin Nicky Barnes. Cooper later served as the co-writer for the 1991 crime film “New Jack City,” starring ...

Henry Danger: The Movie recently aired on Nickelodeon and ... For the unversed, he is a popular superhero, portrayed by Cooper Barnes. He has protected Swellview’s city and residents from ...

Henry Danger: The Movie recently aired on Nickelodeon and ... For the unversed, he is a popular superhero, portrayed by Cooper Barnes. He has protected Swellview’s city and residents from ...