A few months ago, Boots Riley posted on his Instagram about his series I’m a Virgo, that he was working on. He posted the cover art for the show and announced that Jharrel Jerome was already cast in the lead role. Amazon wasted no time snatching up the series to give it a home on […]
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Gabrielle Union to Star in Cheaper By The Dozen Remake
Gabrielle Union’s family is growing to 12 for the Cheaper by the Dozen remake. The L.A.’s Finest star is teaming up with Black-ish creator Kenya Barris for a remake that will stream on Disney+. Disney announced the news during its Investor Day. This will be the third Cheaper by the Dozen remake. The film centers […]
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Sister Act 3 is Officially in Development With Whoopi Goldberg and Tyler Perry Attached
Sister Mary Clarence is back. Almost 30 years since the last movie, and after Whoopi Goldberg’s vocal support and participation, Sister Act 3 is coming. Like officially. And Goldberg will reprise her role as Deloris Wilson aka Sister Mary Clarence for Sister Act 3. It will debut on Disney+ READ: Nia DaCosta is Tapped to […]
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Taraji P Henson to make Directorial Debut with Dramedy Two-Faced
Taraji P. Henson to make her directorial debut with dramedy Two-Faced, which she will also star in and produce the film for BRON Studios. Tim K. Story is producing the project and it serves as a reunion for Henson and Story who worked together on the Think Like a Man movies. Cat Wilkins wrote the […]
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Ayo Edebiri, Adrienne C. Moore to Voice Interactive Special For Netflix We Lost Our Human
Netflix is coming out with a new 2D-animated interactive comedy-adventure special, We Lost Our Human. Audiences will choose to experience the story from the perspective of a self-involved cat Pud (Ben Schwartz). Or they choose that of a loving, hyperactive dog Ham (Ayo Edebiri). Pud/Ham wakes up one day to find that their human and […]
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Glynn Turman Joins Women of the Movement, ABC’s Limited Series on Mamie Till-Mobley
Emmy winner Glynn Turman joins Women of the Movement, ABC’s limited series on Mamie Till-Mobley. He is the latest to join the cast that includes Adrienne Warren as Mamie Till-Mobley and Cedric Joe as Emmett Till. Niecy Nash is also attached and she will play Alma, Emmett Till’s grandmother. The limited series will center on […]
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Brittany S. Hall, Erica Luttrell, And More Join David Makes Man For Season 2
OWN’s David Makes Man is entering season 2 with 10 additional new faces. Tony Plana, Brittany S. Hall, Erica Luttrell, Zsané Jhé, Bobbi Baker, Patrice Arenas, Trinity Cidel, Brandi Huzzie, Rodney Gardiner and Janmarco Santiago are all cast in the series from Tarell Alvin McCraney and Warner Bros. Television. They will all star in recurring […]
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Issa Rae, La La Anthony, Angelica Nwandu, Thembi Banks Team Up For Horror Comedy Juju
Issa Rae, La La Anthony, Angelica Nwandu (The Shaderoom Founder), and Thembi Banks are teaming up to deliver the horror comedy film, ‘Juju’. The project is still in the early stages so there are not a lot of plot specifics. However, it will be based on Nwandu’s original concept and she will also write […]
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Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes to Play Brothers in Netflix’s True Story
Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes are playing brothers in Netflix’s limited series, True Story. While the series will see Hart taking a break from his usual comedy movies, Hart is starring as a fictional version of himself. He will play a comedian named Kid (Hart) who reconnects with his wayward older brother Carlton (Snipes) during […]
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Kiki Layne to Star in Ring Shout — Kasi Lemmons Will Write and Direct
After a competitive bidding war, Skydance Television has landed the rights to adapt P. Djéli Clark’s fantasy historical novella Ring Shout into a TV series starring Kiki Layne. Kasi Lemmons is attached to write and direct. READ: James Earl Jones to Reprise Role in Coming to America 2 — Kiki Layne, Wesley Snipes, Leslie Jones, […]