Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
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 […]
Garth Ennis keeps finding new ways into Hollywood. Years after The Boys became one of the platform’s biggest hits, Amazon MGM is now developing a film based on his horror noir comic Freddie the Fix, with One of Them Days director Lawrence Lamont set to direct. The premise alone makes the pitch: a fixer for […]
A new trailer is out for A Richer Christmas, MegaMind Media’s upcoming holiday family drama from director Damián Romay. The film stars Tobias Truvillion, Teresa Celeste, and Karlie Redd as part of an affluent family whose comfortable life unravels when they lose everything just before the holidays hit. What follows is less about the loss […]
Hoorae Media, Issa Rae’s production company, has announced its newest vertical series, The Compatibility Experiment, premiering October 14 exclusively on TikTok and PineDrama. The short-form series plays like a scripted spin on reality dating shows. The format takes an established couple, introduces each partner to a potentially more compatible alternative, and puts their relationship to […]
Barbershop, the comedy series continuing the beloved film franchise, will premiere all eight episodes on Prime Video on February 10, 2027, in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The streamer shared the date alongside new first look images from the series. The show follows Travis “Trav” Walker, played by Jermaine Fowler, as he returns […]
October brings a genuinely stacked lineup CBS and NBC roll out nearly their entire procedural universe in a single frantic week (three NCIS shows in one night, an all-Chicago Wednesday, a full Law & Order block), while streamers counter with prestige returns like The Diplomat, Lupin, and The Terminal List. On the movie side, the […]
MGM+ has released a new trailer for Treasure Island ahead of the six episode fantasy action series’ October 11 premiere. The adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1883 novel stars David Oyelowo as Long John Silver, Tom Sweet as Jim Hawkins, and Hayley Atwell as Bess Hawkins, marking the first time a Black actor has played […]
Phylicia Rashad is heading back to downtown Los Angeles for her next directing project. She’ll take the helm of a new production of August Wilson’s Fences at Center Theatre Group, with performances running May 26 through July 3, 2027 at the Mark Taper Forum. Set in segregated Pittsburgh in the 1950s, Fences follows Troy Maxson, […]
Phylicia Rashad will star in Alone, an upcoming psychological thriller short from writer-director Garrett Patten, who co-wrote the film with Tiziano Tucci and has now wrapped principal photography in Brooklyn. The two time Tony winner joins a cast that includes A Quiet Place’s Millicent Simmonds, Oscar winner Troy Kotsur, and Emmy nominee Nyle DiMarco, with […]
Starz has released a new teaser for Power: Origins, offering fans another look at young Ghost and Tommy ahead of the Power Book III: Raising Kanan series finale, while also confirming a new casting addition to the prequel series. Camila Perez (Acapulco) is joining the show as Young Angie Valdes, reprising a role she briefly […]