Allen Maldonado has been tapped for a role in Sony’s Super Fly remake.

He joins the cast led by Trevor Jackson as Youngblood Priest and Jason Mitchell as Eddie.

Maldonado has been cast as “Litty,” a new role for the film, or at least a new name for a character in the original film. This may be a reimagning of “Scatter,” portrayed by Julius Harris in 1972.

Maldonado, recurs as Curtis on ABC’s black-ish, will star with Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish in the upcoming TBS comedy, The Last O.G. 

The Super Fly remake’s supporting cast includes Lex Scott Davis as Georgia, Andrea Londo as Cynthia, Jacob Ming-Trent as Fat Freddy, and Omar Chapparo as Adalberto. Rapper 21 Savage is also in talks to join the film in some capacity.

Additionally, rapper Future has come on board as a producer. He’ll also curate the soundtrack.

Future will produce with Joel Silver and Steven R. Shore, the son of the original film’s producer Sig Shore, will be an executive producer with Matthew Hirsch, Hal Sadoff and Aaron Ausch.  Alex Tse is writing the script.

The original film, which was directed by Gordon Parks, Jr. starred Ron O’Neal as Youngblood Priest, a cocaine dealer trying to get out of the business, and centers on him securing one last deal before getting out. It resulted in two sequels, Super Fly T.N.T. and The Return of Superfly.

Parks, Jr.’s father (Gordon Parks), directed Shaft, which is considered the staple film in blaxploitation genre that took that generation by storm. The original Super Fly’s soundtrack, written and produced by Curtis Mayfield, was even more successful than the film, outgrossing its movie counterpart.

The film itself, now a cult classic, did garner criticism because of its portrayal of black people and drugs.

Director X, whose real name is Julien Christian Lutz, is an accomplished music video director, doing work for the likes of Kanye West, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. His feature directorial debut was the Canadian drama film, Across the Line, which starred Stephan James.

Deadline first reported the news of Maldonado’s casting.