A new coming-of-age drama led by rising star Chase Infiniti is headed to one of the year’s biggest film festivals. The Julia Set, written and directed by Niki Byrne, will make its world premiere at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) as part of the festival’s first wave of announced titles. The film stars […]

A24 has released the first trailer for Misty Green, the upcoming Hollywood drama written, directed by, and starring Chris Rock ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this September. The film centers on Misty Green (Rosalind Eleazar), a gifted actress whose once-promising Hollywood career has stalled after years of personal […]

Jacqualynn “Jai” Harris has completed Mirrored America: Rebirth of a Nation, a 57-minute vertical 9:16 feature film made entirely with generative artificial intelligence. Set in the present day, the film opens as a mass deportation order sweeps the nation and a catastrophic solar flare bears down on the planet. As the surface unravels, an ancient […]

Deon Taylor is bringing one of streetball’s most unlikely success stories to the big screen. Hidden Empire Film Group and its sports division Hidden Empire Sports Collective will produce a feature film about Grayson “The Professor” Boucher, with Taylor directing from a screenplay by Brad Gann (Invincible, Soul Surfer). The film follows Boucher as an […]

Universal Pictures has officially dated Snoop, the highly anticipated biopic about hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg, for theatrical release on August 6, 2027. Outer Banks star Jonathan Daviss is set to star as Calvin Broadus Jr., the man who became one of the most influential figures in rap history. Directed by Craig Brewer, known for Hustle […]

AnnaSophia Robb is set to join Will Smith in Supermax, the Amazon MGM Studios and Miramax thriller directed by David Gordon Green, Deadline has learned exclusively. Robb will play Smith’s young partner as the two detectives enter the depths of a Supermax prison to solve a mysterious murder. Smith plays Rex, one of the lead […]

Famous Amos is making its streaming debut. Ferrero North America has announced Famously You, the brand’s first original streaming series, premiering exclusively on The Roku Channel on July 24. Created and hosted by musician and NAACP Image Award-winning author Rev Shawn Amos, the son of late Famous Amos founder Wally Amos, the show celebrates the […]

Twice Emmy-nominated director Morenike Joela Evans has been attached to direct Switch, an upcoming body swap rom-com starring and produced by Alexis Louder. The film centers on Imani, a Black elementary school teacher who butts heads with Ben, a White executive, only to wake up the next day in his body after a mysterious escape […]

Tuskegee University is making history on the soccer field for the first time in its 145-year history, and cameras will be there to capture every moment. Production begins July 31 on Unveiling History, a documentary series chronicling the inaugural season of Tuskegee University’s first NCAA men’s and women’s soccer programs. Filming begins as student-athletes arrive […]

Production has wrapped on Not Like Us, a romantic comedy filmed in East London starring Sabrina Elba and Ashley Thomas. The debut feature is written and directed by Ramla Ali and Richard A. Moore. The film follows Amina Hassan, a forty-something Somali pharmacist and single mother who has built everything herself, her business, her reputation […]