Marissa Jo Cerar, the creator and showrunner behind Hulu’s Black Cake, is developing a television adaptation of E.L. Westbury’s domestic thriller Drowning in Paper Flowers, with Jenna Bush Hager and Ben Spector of Thousand Voices and Universal Global Television attached to the project. The recently re-released novel follows Ruby Powell, a wealthy and seemingly perfect […]

Sam Hanna is coming home. The first trailer for NCIS: New York has arrived, and it makes one thing clear: Special Agent Sam Hanna hasn’t lost a step since leaving Los Angeles. LL Cool J returns to the NCIS universe in the newest spinoff, this time bringing the franchise to New York City, where Hanna […]

Michael Wright, the actor whose portrayal of Eddie King Jr. in Robert Townsend’s The Five Heartbeats became one of the most celebrated performances in Black cinema, has died at the age of 70. His wife, Susan Wright, confirmed the news on the actor’s Instagram page. The cause of death has not been released. “It is […]

After spending years as a journalist at The New York Times, Walter Thompson-Hernández uses that eye for observation to craft “If I Go Will They Miss Me,” his feature directorial debut. The film unfolds with the patience of a documentary, letting its story of a father trying to reconnect with his 12-year-old son in Watts […]

The shift is about to start again. HBO has released the first teaser for Season 3 of The Pitt, with the medical drama set to return in January 2027. Season 3 finds Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch (Noah Wyle) back at work after four months away on sabbatical, stepping into a Pittsburgh emergency department that has […]

Brandon Broussard’s Essence Fest Best Short winner is funny, sharp, and feature-ready. There’s a difference between a short film that’s simply well-made and one that leaves an audience already lobbying for a feature-length follow-up before the credits roll. Switches is squarely the latter. Starring Sinqua Walls and Chanté Adams as Jake and Dawn, a married […]

Some legends don’t retire. They get exiled. Shemar Moore is back as Hondo Harrelson in S.W.A.T. Exiles, the Starz spinoff of the long-running CBS series, and the first teaser makes one thing clear: Hondo hasn’t lost a step, even if his new team isn’t convinced yet. “Why bring a relic like Hondo back in?” new […]

The treasure hunt may be over, but the Outer Banks universe is just getting started. As the fifth and final season of Outer Banks premieres on Netflix today, creators Josh Pate, Jonas Pate and Shannon Burke have confirmed that a prequel series, tentatively titled Kildare, has entered formal development at the streamer. “We’re working on […]

The ruse is running out of time. Hulu has dropped the official trailer for Season 2 of Chad Powers, and things are getting considerably more complicated for Russ Holliday (Glen Powell) and his elaborate double life as fictional college quarterback Chad Powers. With Ricky (Perry Mattfeld) now wise to the fact that the disgraced former […]