Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Netflix has acquired The Disciple: A Wu-Tang Fable, the Sundance-premiering documentary from Oscar-winning filmmaker Joanna Natasegara, and will release the film on October 16. The documentary follows Tarik Azzougarh, a Dutch-Moroccan rapper and producer known as Cilvaringz, whose devotion to Wu-Tang Clan took him from teenage superfan to collaborator and eventually into the group’s extended […]
Jamie Foxx is taking his comedic talents to Hulu for the first time. Hulu has announced the title, premiere date and first look photo for the Academy Award-winning actor and comedian’s new stand-up special. Jamie Foxx: Take Care of Yourself premieres October 7, 2026, on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the […]
Issa Rae and Mike Gauyo’s scripted audio drama Fruit: The Cost of Legacy has announced its cast and dropped a trailer ahead of its August 20 premiere on Audible. The series, the third installment and a reboot of the original Fruit, follows Marc St. James (Siddiq Saunderson), a star running back for the University of […]
Apple TV+’s Emmy-nominated sci-fi comedy Murderbot is assembling a formidable roster for its second season. It added 25 new recurring and guest cast members who join returning series regulars Alexander Skarsgård, Noma Dumezweni, Tattiawna Jones, Tamara Podemski, David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu, and Akshay Khanna. Among the new additions are Tramell Tillman (Severance), Blair Underwood, Wanda […]
The cast of Thud, the darkly comedic supernatural romance starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as the Grim Reaper and Rudy Pankow as the Devil, is now complete. Six final additions have been announced: Brandon Scott, Lauren Holt, Anna Akana, Kevin Bigley, Brian McElhaney and Vincent Rodriguez III. Character details for all six are being kept under […]
Millennials and older Gen Z, it is time to make it shine once more. Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for Hollywood Arts, the long-awaited Victorious spinoff series, premiering October 15. The 26-episode first season will be split into two parts, kicking off with a special two-part pilot combined into a 50-minute premiere episode. […]
Aja Naomi King is reuniting with Kevin Hart on screen. The actress has joined the cast of an untitled spy comedy at Netflix that also stars Hart and Henry Cavill, marking her first on-screen reunion with Hart since the 2017 comedy-drama The Upside, in which she played Latrice, the mother of Hart’s character’s child. McG […]
Jasmine Guy is telling her story and she is not telling it alone. The legendary actress, dancer, singer and director has co-written a memoir titled A Different Girl alongside her daughter and confidante Imani Guy Duckette. The 320-page book is published by Black Privilege Publishing in partnership with Atria and arrives February 9, 2027. Pre-orders […]
Lifetime has announced Sole Survivor of Flight 119, starring Joy Bryant and Sarah Wayne Callies, as part of its Strength of a Lifetime September movie event. The film premieres Saturday, September 19 at 8/7c. Inspired by actual events and Tammy L. Kling’s memoir Exit Row, the film follows two women whose lives become unexpectedly intertwined […]
BLEX Exclusive: Kyanna Simone is stepping behind the camera. The actress, known for her roles in Searchlight’s The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, Netflix’s Project Power, Ma, White Boy Rick, All American, and more is making her directorial debut with the short film Gumball, currently in preproduction in Atlanta ahead of a fall shoot. Joining her is Academy […]