Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Jay-Z will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show on February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, less than 48 hours after wrapping his own tour on that same stage. “From Reasonable Doubt to standing on the Super Bowl Halftime stage, this has been a journey,” Jay-Z said in a statement, […]
Apple Original Films is developing Sacrament, a new feature starring and produced by Damson Idris, with Jonathan Levine attached to direct, Deadline reports exclusively. The project remains in early development, with plans to build the film as a starring vehicle for Idris following the global success of F1. Written by Enzo Mileti and Scott Wilson, […]
New key art for Conditioned, writer-director Courtney Glaudé’s first film under Tyler Perry Studios’ new specialty label Maxscene, confirms Cory Hardrict has joined the cast alongside lead Crystal Renee Hayslett. The announcement came via the official Courtney Glaudé, Maxscene, and Tyler Perry Studios accounts, with Hardrict credited and tagged directly on the artwork. As previously […]
Keraun Harris and Simone Shepherd Harris, real-life husband and wife, star as a married couple running a Black-owned funeral home in Homegoing, a new short-form digital comedy premiering Wednesday, October 28. Created by the couple themselves, the series follows the fictional version of their marriage as they navigate a business where every grieving family arrives […]
Blacked Out, the vertical micro-drama starring Daniel Augustin of Issa Rae’s Rap Sh!t, has surpassed 3 million views globally on TikTok’s PineDrama platform since its release there. The series also premiered on muVpix on October 9 and the Tough Love Series YouTube channel. Produced by Tough Love’s Caleb Davis and Roni Davis of Creative Direction […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda has announced the cast for his next Broadway musical, Warriors, arriving a decade after Hamilton became a cultural phenomenon. The production stars Jasmine Cephas Jones, Jaci Calderon, Aneesa Folds, Amber Gray, Julia Harriman, Sasha Hutchings, Gizel Jiménez, Kenita R. Miller, Sasha Allen, Casey Likes, and Donald Webber Jr., with several cast members having […]
Mason Gooding and Emily Rudd will lead Paramount Pictures’ untitled sequel to Crawl, with Sarah Niles, Ray Panthaki, Richard Brake, Charley Palmer Rothwell, and Flula Borg rounding out the cast, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Directed by Alexandre Aja, the film is set for theatrical release July 16, 2027. The original Crawl, released in 2019, followed […]
Jahi Winston, Megan Lawless, Lili Taylor, Gideon Adlon, Jaeden Martell, James Wilkie Broderick, Jaya Harper, and Alex Consani have joined the cast of PRƎPPY, the true-crime film from STX Entertainment and Aggregate Films, Deadline reports exclusively. The film is currently in production in Manhattan. Directed by Janicza Bravo from an original screenplay by David Levine […]
Slave Play playwright Jeremy O. Harris is executive producing American Theater, a new documentary about director Brian Clowdus, following his attempt at a theatrical comeback. Directed by Nicholas Clark and Dylan Frederick, the film begins a nationwide tour with live audience discussions October 25 in Los Angeles, with additional stops in Minneapolis, Brooklyn, Atlanta, and […]
Anika Rashaun, who appeared on MTV’s The Real World Seattle: Bad Blood and The Challenge: Invasion of the Champions, died October 1 after a battle with stage 4 breast cancer. She was 34. Her death was confirmed by friends, including Cyndi Rich and Tiara Ramos, across social media. Rashaun first appeared on The Real World […]