Huncho Henderson is set to star in and write the upcoming comedy feature Weekend Security, with filmmaker Eboni Price attached to direct. Weekend Security centers on two under-qualified security guards who are unexpectedly tasked with protecting a billionaire’s daughter during her 21st birthday weekend. What begins as a straightforward security job escalates as the pair […]

A new romantic short set within the world of Black Southern cowboys is on its way to audiences. Darren & Anissa will star Jemarcus Kilgore, who also wrote the screenplay, and Mona Swain as two young people navigating love against the backdrop of family rivalry and community legacy. Candy McLellan directs the film, with Autumn […]

The Amazon MGM Studios series adaptation of Sunny Hostin’s Summer on the Bluffs is moving forward, with Norman Vance Jr. officially coming on board as showrunner. The project remains in development. Based on Hostin’s 2021 novel, the series is set in the historically Black beach community of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard and centers on […]

Lifetime is rolling out a new batch of pulse-pounding originals for the winter season — and viewers now have their first look at The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story, Double Double Trouble, and Pushed Off a Plane and Survived, the three films leading the February lineup. The network unveiled trailers for the trio, […]

Idris Elba is no longer attached to the action thriller Hammer Down, which is moving forward with new international backing. Spain-based AF Films has officially joined producer Charles Roven and his Atlas Entertainment banner as a co-producer on the project. The film will be directed by Simon Hatt, who previously served as an executive producer […]

The award-winning Canadian drama It Comes in Waves will make its Los Angeles premiere at the Pan African Film Festival (PAFF), screening Thursday, February 19 at 7:50 PM at The Culver Theater (9500 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA). Set against the backdrop of the Rwandan diaspora in Canada, It Comes in Waves follows Akai (Adrian […]

Paramount Pictures has officially dated Get Lite, the feature directorial debut from Teyana Taylor, for a wide theatrical release on April 9, 2027. Set against the pulse of New York City, Get Lite follows a gifted but sheltered dance student who discovers purpose, connection, and chosen family in an unexpected place: the city’s subway dance scene. […]

We’ll be seeing more of Teen Akilah when Yellowjackets returns for its fourth and final season. Nia Sondaya, who has recurred as Teen Akilah since Season 2, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming final chapter of the Showtime/Paramount+ Premium series. The news follows a major—and unsettling—Season 3 finale, which left Akilah’s fate […]

Colman Domingo’s long-gestating Nat King Cole musical biopic is officially gaining momentum. Lionsgate has boarded Unforgettable for international sales and is set to launch the project ahead of next week’s European Film Market in Berlin, where it’s expected to be a strong pre-sales title, according to Deadline. The update follows our 2024 reporting that Colman […]

Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose has joined the upcoming Broadway world premiere of The Balusters, stepping into the role of Kyra Marshall following the departure of Renée Elise Goldsberry, who exited the production due to a scheduling conflict. The new play, written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by […]