Peacock has given a series order to its first television series based on the Fast & Furious franchise, which has grossed more than $7 billion at the global box office over the past 25 years. The series comes from writers and co-showrunners Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman, with franchise star Vin Diesel attached as an […]

Nicholas Boggs’s biography Baldwin: A Love Story has been optioned for a film adaptation by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground and production house Anonymous Content. Boggs and his partner, The Disappearers author Marlon James, will write the script and executive produce. Boggs’s biography, published by FSG in August, became the first major biography of […]

Prime Video released the first teaser for its Barbershop series adaptation Saturday at CultureCon, revealing the identity of the shop’s new owner ahead of the show’s February 10, 2027 premiere, when all eight episodes drop on the platform. The series stars Jermaine Fowler as Travis “Trav” Porter, who sets out to follow in the footsteps […]

Shane Paul McGhie and Dasan Frazier Set to Lead Issa Rae’s Untitled HBO Male Friendship Comedy Pilot — Prentice Penny Attached as Showrunner Shane Paul McGhie and Dasan Frazier are set as the leads in Issa Rae’s new untitled half-hour comedy pilot at HBO, Deadline reports exclusively. Written and executive produced by Rae, the pilot […]

Jayme Lawson is stepping behind the camera for the first time. The actress announced that I Got You, her debut short film as a writer and director, will have its world premiere at the 29th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival, running October 24 through October 31. Lawson also stars in the film alongside Motell Foster, […]

ABC has released new trailers for both 9-1-1’s milestone tenth season and 9-1-1: Nashville’s second season, with both shows returning Thursday, October 15. The flagship 9-1-1 kicks off Season 10 with a literal volcano. Showrunner Tim Minear says the season opens with a sinkhole that develops into a full volcanic eruption in the middle of […]

Netflix has renewed A Different World for a second season, following a Season 1 debut that landed at #4 on the Global Top 10 English TV list with 4.2 million views and placed in the Top 10 in 15 countries. Season 1 premiered September 24, following Deborah, the free-spirited youngest daughter of Dwayne Wayne and […]

Lionsgate has acquired and greenlit Portrait of God, a horror feature from writer-director Dylan Clark based on his viral 2022 short film, with Chase Infiniti set to star. The project also marks the first-ever producing collaboration between Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele, two of the most influential names in modern horror. Clark’s original short follows […]

Eddie Murphy is set to star in The Chairman, a drama series in development at Peacock from Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner. If greenlit, the project would mark Murphy’s first-ever role as the lead of a live-action scripted television series. Murphy launched his career as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to […]