Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Apple TV has confirmed a Spring 2027 release date for The Savant, the Jessica Chastain-led thriller it pulled from its schedule just days before its planned September 2025 premiere. Deadline was first to report the news, and the timing, still being finalized, will make the series eligible for the 2027 Emmys. Apple postponed the show […]
As Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh sat in ICE custody awaiting a bond hearing this week, his debut feature was securing one of the biggest distribution deals of his career. OTTera Media Group (OMG!) announced exclusive rights to Saffron Kingdom, with the film set to roll out across the company’s streaming ecosystem, including ITBN, Remy Network, […]
Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery have officially completed their merger, forming Skydance Corp., a new $111 billion media company led by chairman and CEO David Ellison. The deal places 28 individual studios, networks, and streaming platforms under a single corporate umbrella, making Skydance one of the largest and most consolidated media companies in the industry. […]
The Black Movie Hall of Fame will hold its inaugural film festival throughout February 2027 at four Kansas City locations, the organization announced October 6. Presented by AARP, the festival will focus on classic Black films screened in their original 35mm and 70mm formats and will include a special event on February 20 marking Sidney […]
Westbrook Studios is developing 215, a new scripted series based on the early life and career of Will Smith and his rise alongside DJ Jazzy Jeff as one of hip-hop’s first major crossover acts, Deadline exclusively reported. The project marks the first announced title from Westbrook’s new partnership with The Malar Group, an investment firm […]
Douen, the new independent horror film from writer-director Alyscia Cunningham, will screen November 1 at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, followed by a Q&A with Cunningham. The event runs from 6:00 to 8:15 PM, with a VIP pre-screening reception starting at 4:30 PM featuring food from The Exotic Chef […]
Actress and producer Naturi Naughton-Lewis and two-time Emmy-nominated writer Sonja Warfield have been elected to the Board of Directors of Black Girls Film Camp (BGFC), the Charlotte-based organization announced this week. They join trailblazing director Neema Barnette, who was added to the board in summer 2026, as the program enters its seventh year. The board […]
CBS has released the official trailer for Boston Blue Season 2, premiering Friday, October 9, exclusively revealed by PEOPLE. The trailer finds Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg) and Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green) investigating a string of murders mirroring the infamous Boston Strangler killings, with the season premiere, titled “The Crash,” centering on their race to stop […]
Ben Affleck confirmed he used artificial intelligence throughout the making of Animals, the thriller he co-wrote, directed, and starred in, premiering October 9 in select theaters and on Netflix. He discussed the decision at a Bloomberg Screentime Q&A and later expanded on it during the film’s premiere, in conversation with The Hollywood Reporter. Affleck said […]
Paramount+ has renewed Tulsa King for a fifth season ahead of the show’s fourth season premiere on October 16. Production on Season 5 is already underway, with the series relocating from Atlanta to New York to align with a storyline that sends Dwight “The General” Manfredi back to his mafia roots. The new season brings […]