The talk show host argues generative AI can help get Black and Brown stories to screen after years of being shut out by traditional studios. Sunny Hostin is standing by her decision to license her name and likeness to AI startup Fountain 0, a partnership first reported by Variety in late August, arguing the technology […]

The new preview teases high-stakes drama and unresolved cliffhangers across “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fire,” and “Chicago P.D.” NBC has released the official trailer for the return of its “One Chicago” franchise, giving fans their first extended look at what’s ahead for “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fire,” and “Chicago P.D.” as all three shows prepare to premiere […]

The annual festival returns to Brooklyn’s Duggal Greenhouse October 3 and 4 with a “Museum of Us” theme and an expanded lineup of speakers and programming. CultureCon is coming back to New York next month, and organizers say it will be bigger than ever. The festival returns to the Duggal Greenhouse in the Brooklyn Navy […]

The film marks Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi’s sophomore feature behind the camera, following the addiction drama Doe. Kid Cudi is back in the director’s chair. Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi has revealed his second directorial effort, Wrong Number, a horror thriller currently shooting in Los Angeles in which he also stars opposite Barbie Ferreira. The film […]

Giancarlo Esposito, Debra Wilson, and Jinkx Monsoon have wrapped major roles opposite Brandon Rogers in Weird Party, a horror comedy marking the filmmaker and comedian’s feature directorial debut. Plot details are being kept under wraps. The cast also includes Jude B. Lanston, Gary Nohealii, Chad Damiani, Monica Franco, Lyle Rath, Johnnie Guilbert, Brandon Keith Rogers, Monique […]

Lifetime has set the premiere of its new original documentary Kimora Lee: On Her Own for Saturday, September 20 at 8/7c, continuing the network’s run of documentaries centered on women reclaiming their narratives. The film traces Kimora Lee’s path from one of Karl Lagerfeld’s youngest Chanel models to the visionary behind Baby Phat, built through […]

Aura Entertainment has acquired US rights to the supernatural horror thriller Casket Girls, starring Gabrielle Union and Mike Colter, from BlacKkKlansman and Get Out producer and investor QC Entertainment, ScreenDaily reports. UK based Capture is kicking off international sales in Toronto. The film draws on the real historical legend of the Casket Girls, young women […]

Tubi has released the official trailer for Buzzkill, its new Tubi Original horror comedy premiering exclusively on the free streamer Friday, September 25, as part of this year’s Terror on Tubi lineup. The film centers on a group of sorority sisters trapped with a vengeful killer. Party girl Nora finds that the drunker she gets, […]

Mr. & Mrs. Smith has cast another of its titular characters. Yonatan Gebeyehu has boarded the upcoming second season of the Prime Video spy drama, which has been filming in Los Angeles County, Deadline reports. He joins fellow Mr. Smiths Mark Eydelshteyn and Matt Rogers, who were previously cast as characters using the alias. On […]

Malachi Kirby, the BAFTA-winning Small Axe star recently seen leading the Disney+ series A Thousand Blows, is starring in the revenge thriller Uncle, Variety reports. The film, from writer-director Joe Marcantonio (Kindred), recently wrapped production and also stars newcomer Freya Harvey. WestEnd Films, handling world sales, has released a first-look image featuring Kirby and Harvey […]