CJ Obasi has lined up his next feature. Obasi will direct, produce and co-write The Boy Who Runs, a biopic charting the extraordinary life of Ugandan distance runner Julius Achon. He is co-writing the screenplay with Kirimi Kiage and Teddy Gitau. The film is being produced by Swiss-based studio 9 Nights in association with Obasi’s […]

Hasbro, the U.S. entertainment giant behind Peppa Pig, is asking child actors on the beloved animated series to sign over their voices to artificial intelligence under new contract terms, Deadline revealed. The move has ignited a firestorm across the children’s entertainment industry and drawn nearly 1,000 signatures on an open letter condemning the practice. Under […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended invitations to 529 artists and executives for its 2026 member class, and among those welcomed into the organization’s ranks is a cohort of Black talent spanning actors, directors, composers, editors and beyond. An Academy invitation is one of the film industry’s most significant forms of […]

Wanda and Leon are coming back. “The Drop: A Snowfall Saga,” the spinoff series picking up where the beloved FX drama left off, will premiere Tuesday, September 8, at 9 p.m. ET on FX and Hulu, with new episodes rolling out weekly. The eight-episode series will also be available internationally on Disney+. Gail Bean and […]

After a long wait, Deon Cole is back. Paramount+ has set an August 19 premiere date for Season 2 of the action-comedy thriller “Average Joe,” releasing the first look photos alongside the announcement. Deadline reports, the eight-episode second season will launch with two episodes, followed by weekly installments every Wednesday. The series streams globally on […]

Google has struck an AI research partnership with independent studio A24, with the tech giant investing roughly $75 million in the deal, an amount in line with what Thrive Capital put in during the studio’s last funding round, according to the Wall Street Journal. The partnership will give A24 access to Google DeepMind’s research and […]

Brian Tyree Henry’s upcoming animated series Bass X Machina is getting a new premiere date. Netflix announced at the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival that the steampunk adult animated series has been moved from October 6 to November 3, 2026. The series, produced by Studio Mir, the South Korean animation house behind The Legend […]

Harlan Coben’s latest Netflix adaptation is off to a record start. “I Will Find You” pulled in 24 million views in its first four days on the platform, making it the streamer’s biggest new series debut of 2026. The eight-episode crime thriller topped Netflix’s English-language TV chart for the week of June 15 to 21. […]

We sat down with Ego Nwodim, Christopher Meloni and Sherry Cola for Netflix’s new comedy Little Brother, directed by Matt Spicer. The film follows Marcus, a successful real estate agent played by Eric André whose perfectly controlled world gets completely flipped when his eccentric and unpredictable little brother Rudd, played by John Cena, shows back […]