Producer Orin Wolf announced that Jordan Fisher will star as The Kid in the upcoming Broadway stage adaptation of Purple Rain, marking the first time Fisher has originated a role in a new Broadway musical. Performances begin March 12, 2027, at the Majestic Theatre, with an official opening set for April 12. Purple Rain is […]

Peacock’s mystery comedy The ‘Burbs has promoted RJ Cyler to series regular for Season 2 and added Daniel Ezra, Retta, and Vincent Kartheiser as recurring guest stars. Cyler returns as Langston, the younger brother of Samira, played by series star Keke Palmer, now with an expanded presence heading into the new season. Ezra, known for […]

Toukie Smith, who played Eva Rawley on the NBC sitcom 227, recurred on Miami Vice, and built a prominent career as a 1970s runway model before transitioning to acting, has died. She was 74. Her twins, Airyn and Julian, whom she shared with former partner Robert De Niro, confirmed she died November 4 in a […]

The LAB Studios has released the trailer for Christmas in the Tropics, its holiday romantic comedy bringing a Jamaican Christmas to audiences worldwide. The film is streaming now, free on Tubi, with rental and purchase options available on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV, and hits theaters in Jamaica December 2. Dale S. Lewis directs. […]

When we first covered Christopher McQuarrie’s thriller Compassionate Release for Amazon MGM and United Artists, the headline was Denzel Washington teaming up with the director for the first time. Now that cast is filling in around him: Sinners breakout Miles Caton is set to play Washington’s grandson, Deadline reports exclusively, joining Teyonah Parris, who plays […]

Netflix has released the first-look images for The Take, formerly titled Here Comes the Flood, an unconventional heist thriller starring Denzel Washington, Robert Pattinson, and Daisy Edgar-Jones, premiering January 15, 2027, alongside a limited theatrical release. The film is directed by Fernando Meirelles from an original script by Simon Kinberg. Set in New York, The […]

Noel Braham, founder of the Oscar Micheaux Film and Media Institute, has set plans to launch The Micheaux Roadshow 2027, a touring theatrical program for independent features and short films. The Roadshow begins in Los Angeles in April 2027 before expanding throughout California, to cities across the country, and into select international markets. The program […]

Letitia Wright is set to star in In Her Shadow, a supernatural horror film from Obsession producer Tea Shop Films, Deadline reports exclusively. Bankside is launching world sales on the project ahead of the American Film Market. The film comes from British writer-director Rowan Athale, known for Gangs of London, with Wright also serving as […]

Yvette Nicole Brown and her real-life husband, Anthony Davis, will guest star on CBS’s Beyond the Gates in the episode airing Friday, November 13. Brown plays Tameka, cousin to Shanice, played by Ernestine Johnson Morrison, while Davis plays Tameka’s husband, Tony. Tameka and Tony’s arrival in Fairmont Crest comes as Shanice navigates an already complicated […]

BET has set a premiere date of Friday, November 27 at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT for You Can Go Home Again, a documentary following Queen Latifah’s journey to build affordable housing in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey. The film is co-produced by Flavor Unit Entertainment and P&G Studios, directed by Muta’Ali, and executive […]