Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Tyrik Johnson (Dedicated to Morris Burke) has joined the cast of Deadlocked, the new action movie from Amazon MGM Studios, alongside lead star Jamie Foxx, Sasha Calle, KiKi Layne, Luke Hemsworth, and Marko Zaror. Directed by Nikhil Bhat, Deadlocked follows a grieving former Marine serving jury duty who is pulled back into action when the […]
Lil Duval’s horror-comedy Camp Duval: Ain’t Nobody Dying Today is expanding its rollout, adding an interactive video game to the App Store and Google Play, alongside a limited AMC Theaters run in 10 markets from September 30 through October 2. The film itself follows Duval as he buys a rundown former summer camp and invites […]
Production is officially underway on Women Like Us, the new Netflix original dramedy starring Whoopi Goldberg, Jenifer Lewis, Vanessa Williams, and Vivica A. Fox, a cast that brings together two sets of on-screen reunions. Goldberg and Lewis previously starred together in Sister Act and its sequel, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, while Williams […]
Starz continues to build out the world of its untitled Black rodeo drama, adding eight more actors to the recurring cast: Patrick Cage, Tracey Bonner, Keith Arthur Bolden, Derek Delafonte, Demián Castro, Cris Ruiz,Mpho Osei-Tutu, and Christina DeRosa. The eight-episode series, described as infused with “hip hop swagger and country soul,” is set in Southeast Texas, […]
Turnstr+ has released the official trailer for Forever, This Ring, the psychological thriller marking the debut film for the new streaming platform, ahead of its October 2 streaming launch. Directed by filmmaker and former record executive Chris Stokes, the film follows Maveric Collins (Taye Diggs), a wealthy entrepreneur and longtime playboy who vowed never to […]
Apple TV+’s comedy Protective Custody, starring and executive produced by Ben Stiller and Benicio Del Toro, has rounded out its cast with five additions: Shawntay Dalon (I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson), Isaac Stephen Montgomery (Lucky), Pej Vahdat (Bones), Judd Goodstein (You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah), and Andrew Mayer […]
Black Girl Vitamins (BGV) has launched Kitchen Confessions, a new video podcast bringing Black women together for candid conversations about the health, wellness, and life experiences shaping their lives. The series is hosted by Dr. Contessa Metcalfe, a BGV brand partner and cast member of Married to Medicine, and brings together physicians, entrepreneurs, mothers, and […]
Tamera Mowry-Housley is joining ABC’s Scrubs for a guest role in the show’s upcoming second season. She’ll play Dr. Steffie, a pediatric doctor who tries to persuade intern Tosh (Ava Bunn) to choose pediatrics as her specialty. The casting news comes after ABC released the Season 2 trailer last week, which teases a major storyline: […]
Mekhi Phifer, Dermot Mulroney, Jena Malone, and Vannessa Vasquez are astronauts headed for a trip to outer space in Moon People, the indie feature directed by Stanley Yung. Written by Niko Foster, the film follows a team of astronauts who travel to the Moon to confirm the discovery of water, only to encounter unexpected danger […]
A new Sesame Street film is officially in the works at Netflix, part of the streamer’s continued push into preschool programming. The movie is currently in development from Sesame Workshop and Rideback, the production company run by Netflix film chairman Dan Lin. No plot details, cast, or release timeline have been disclosed yet. If it […]