MANSA, the entertainment studio and streaming platform co-founded by David Oyelowo and Nate Parker, is expanding its original microdrama slate into AI-driven world-building with They Left Us to Die, a 30-episode zombie survival thriller premiering Friday, October 30 on the MANSA app and TikTok Minis. The series was produced using generative AI technology, with digitally […]

Disney has officially confirmed a new Princess and the Frog special is in active production for Disney+, featuring new songs and members of the original cast. Walt Disney Animation Studios Chief Creative Officer Jared Bush made the announcement exclusively to Collider at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, describing the project as a complete story rather […]

A comic book store’s fictional fight for survival is becoming a real one. Creator, writer, and star Cheyenne Ewulu announced at LA Comic Con that The Comic Shop, the independent workplace mockumentary, will return to Kickstarter to fund its second season, building directly on the show’s own storyline. Season 1, currently streaming on YouTube, ended […]

Beyond the Gates won four Daytime Emmy Awards at last night’s 53rd ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium, in its first year of eligibility after earning a record 15 nominations for a debut soap, the most ever for a new series. The CBS drama, the first new broadcast soap opera since 1999, follows a powerful Black […]

More than a decade after sharing the screen in Baggage Claim, Paula Patton and Derek Luke are back together for Love on the Vineyard, Lifetime’s newest original movie, premiering Saturday, November 21, at 8/7c. Lifetime gave Blackfilmandtv.com an exclusive first look at the trailer ahead of the release. The story follows Jordan Wilson, played by […]

HBO has set a November 17 premiere date for When a Witness Recants, director Dawn Porter’s documentary examining what’s been called the longest combined wrongful conviction case in U.S. history. The film will stream on HBO Max and is executive produced by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The documentary centers on the case of the “Harlem Park Three”, […]

Sinners: Sounds That Summon, a new exhibition built around the Club Juke sequence from Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, is now open at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles, running through March 14, 2027. Co-organized with Warner Bros. Archives and curated by Imani Y. Haynes, the show follows a film that earned 16 Oscar nominations […]

Matthew Weiner has exited The Chairman, the high-profile drama series starring Eddie Murphy in development at Peacock, Deadline confirmed, with the news first reported by Variety. Weiner had been brought on as writer, executive producer, and showrunner on the project from David Glasser’s 101 Studios and Universal Television. According to sources, the split was creative […]

True to the Game: Quadir’s Redemption, the fourth installment in the crime-thriller franchise, premieres December 15 exclusively on Paramount+, The Hollywood Reporter reports. The first three films in the series will also become available on Paramount+ starting December 1. The new film continues the story of Gena, played by Erica Peeples, and Quadir, played by […]

Byron Allen has sold his entire 10.7% stake in Starz Entertainment, just seven months after acquiring it. His investment arm, Allen Family Capital, sold the shares in tranches between August 7 and September 29, netting just under $45 million, according to an SEC filing disclosed Thursday and first reported by The Hollywood Reporter. Allen originally […]