Tracy Oliver and Issa Rae are joining forces again. The two are co-creating Open, a new hourlong drama series that has already generated seven offers after being taken out, Deadline reports. The project is produced by Paramount Television Studios under Rae’s first-look deal there. The pairing is a reunion years in the making. The two […]

Netflix is bringing Scooby-Doo back to live-action with Scooby-Doo: Origins, currently filming in Atlanta for a 2027 global release, with André “3000” Benjamin and Peter Macon among the cast. The series is a modern reimagining of the iconic franchise, following old friends Shaggy and Daphne during their final summer at camp, where they get embroiled […]

Hulu has renewed Furious for a second season, an unusually early pickup that comes just four days before the Season 1 finale streams on August 31. Created, written and executive produced by Elizabeth Meriwether, the mind behind New Girl, The Dropout and Dying for Sex, Furious follows FBI agent Alice Black (Rossum) on the hunt […]

Danny Ramirez is the latest to join the growing cast of Universal Pictures’ Miami Vice ’85, directed by Joseph Kosinski. His role has not been disclosed. The film is the latest adaptation of the landmark NBC series that originally ran from 1984 to 1990, following two undercover Miami detectives in pastel suits navigating the glamour […]

Two months after BET+ was folded into Paramount+, the streamer has renewed four of the former BET+ original series for new seasons. Tyler Perry’s Divorced Sistas has been picked up for Season 3, Zatima for Season 6, Carl Weber’s The Black Hamptons for Season 3 and The Family Business for Season 7. Divorced Sistas and […]

Wes Miller shot “Wildcards” almost like a play. One location, a rapid schedule, scenes running in long, uninterrupted takes. That approach suits the story: a courtroom drama about the trial of a man accused of assaulting a Black woman, where a prosecutor and a defense attorney face off in front of a jury split by […]

The South is about to feel Sunnyboy Entertainment in a whole new way. The Emmy-nominated production company, long established in Los Angeles, has opened a new office in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward and is staffing up with serious talent to match the ambition. Jay Allen is coming in as VP of Unscripted, Nikki Byles as […]

Samuel Monroe Jr., whose work became woven into some of the most defining Black films of the 1990s, has died. He was 52. His mother, Joyce Patton, confirmed his passing on Facebook. “I want to thank all of my Facebook family and friends, new and old, for praying for Samuel Monroe Jr., my son,” Patton […]

Before the gold chains, the mohawk and the catchphrase that defined a decade, there was Laurence Tureaud. Netflix has released the official trailer and key art for Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool, a new documentary arriving on the streamer September 8. The film tells the origin story of one of pop culture’s most […]

Comedian Chris “CP” Powell is taking center stage. BET has announced that Sunday After Six, Powell’s acclaimed 90-minute stand-up special, arrives on the network Tuesday, September 1 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Currently starring in Diarra from Detroit and serving as host of the revived ComicView: Rooftop Series, Powell turns the lens on everyday life in […]