Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Michael Che is returning to Netflix with his third stand-up special, Shot in Minnesota, premiering October 13. Che directed the hour himself, taped at First Avenue in Minneapolis, and executive produces alongside Matthew Vaughan for Rotten Science. A newly released clip has Che taking aim at longtime Saturday Night Live co-anchor Colin Jost and Jost’s […]
Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Kara Young will lead Mix and Master, a new play by Dominique Morisseau, when it opens on Broadway at the Todd Haimes Theatre. Directed by Kamilah Forbes, the production is part of Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2026/27 season, with previews beginning January 5, 2027, and opening night set for January 27. Tickets are […]
Neon has released the official trailer for Clarissa, the Cannes breakout drama from twin-brother directing duo Arie and Chuko Esiri, ahead of its December 11 theatrical release. A bold reimagining of Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway, the film moves the story from 1920s London to present-day Lagos, following society woman Clarissa as she prepares […]
Universal Pictures has added two new names to the cast of Miami Vice ’85, its big-screen reimagining of the classic TV series. Edi Gathegi, fresh off his scene-stealing turn as Mr. Terrific in last year’s Superman, and comedian Andrew Schulz are both joining a call sheet that already includes Michael B. Jordan, Austin Butler, Alden […]
Ten years ago today, Marvel’s Luke Cage premiered on Netflix, introducing audiences to a bulletproof Black man patrolling the streets of Harlem. The series, which debuted its 13-episode first season on September 30, 2016, starred Mike Colter in the title role and was created by showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker, a former music journalist turned television […]
Proximity Media, the production company founded by Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian, has opened applications for its Spring 2027 internship program across its Film & TV and Nonfiction departments (CLICK HERE TO APPLY). The paid, in-person program runs from January 11 through May 7, 2027, out of the company’s Burbank offices, with applications […]
Lucien Laviscount has joined Daisy Ridley in the upcoming action-thriller The Good Samaritan. Directed by Pierre Morel from an original screenplay by Matthew Ian Cirulnick, production for the project is set to begin this fall. The story follows Dr. Rosalind Carver (Ridley), a successful entrepreneur, and her husband Matt (Laviscount) after they rescue a wounded […]
The multi-title partnership spans three eras of SEGA’s catalog, live-action comedy, kids’ animation, and a period action-drama, marking Netflix’s latest expansion into video game adaptations. Netflix and SEGA have struck a new multi-title deal, kicking things off with a feature film adaptation of Crazy Taxi and confirming two additional projects in development: an animated Sonic […]
Queen Latifah revealed at Variety’s Power of Women summit on September 23 that an open casting call is coming for her long-in-development biopic, and that capturing her four-decade career may require more than one actress. “Someone has to capture all the different sides of me, and that’s going to be a challenge,” she said. “They’re […]
Queen Latifah opened up about her biopic that is in development at Variety’s Power of Women summit on September 23, addressing how casting will work and why finding the right performer, or performers, is proving to be its own challenge. Asked whether she’d run a worldwide casting search or already had someone in mind, Latifah […]