There is a L.A. Law sequel in the works with Blair Underwood to executive produce as well as reprise his role as attorney Jonathan Rollins. ABC is developing a sequel to the iconic series which ran originally aired on NBC from 1986 to 1994. Anthony Hemingway is directing from a script written by Marc […]
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Ray Fisher Joins Women of the Movement Limited Series
Ray Fisher joins Women of the Movement, the limited series for ABC from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan. He joins the already cast Glynn Turman, Adrienne Warren, Cedric Joe, and Niecy Nash as Alma, Emmett Till’s grandmother. The limited series will center on Mamie […]
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Samuel L Jackson to Star in The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey For Apple TV+
Samuel L. Jackson to star in The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, the limited series for Apple TV+. It is based on Walter Mosley’s best-selling novel of the same name and Mosley will pen the series as well as executive produce. READ: Crystal Lee Brown, Cecil Blutcher Join Season 2 of Hightown in Recurring Role […]
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Steve Harris, Russell Hornsby, Kash Doll Join Black Mafia Family Series From 50 Cent
Steve Harris, Russell Hornsby, and Kash Doll have joined Black Mafia Family, the upcoming Starz drama series from executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. Hornsby and Harris join as series regulars while rapper Arkeisha “Kash Doll” Knight joins in a recurring capacity. Black Mafia Family is inspired by the true story of two brothers who […]
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Keith Powers to Co-Star Opposite Gabrielle Union in The Perfect Find
Keith Powers to co-star opposite Gabrielle Union in the Netflix/AGC Studios romantic comedy The Perfect Find. Numa Perrier is set to direct the romantic comedy that will be released on Netflix. And Leigh Davenport adapted Williams’ book for the screen. The Perfect Find centers on Jenna Jones (Union), a woman who hopes that her new […]
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Shola Amoo is Directing a Film on Muhammad Ali’s Refusal to Serve in the Army
Shora Amoo is directing a feature film centered on Muhammad Ali’s refusal to join the U.S. Army in 1967 during the Vietnam War. Amoo will direct the Searchlight film based on a script by script by Philip Howze which is based on Leigh Montville’s “Sting Like a Bee: Muhammad Ali vs. The United States of […]
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Crystal Lee Brown, Cecil Blutcher Join Season 2 of Hightown in Recurring Role
Season 2 of Hightown will introduce us to four new players. Crystal Lee Brown, Cecil Blutcher, Carlos Gomez, and Barbara Weetman join the Starz series in a recurring role. They will star opposite series regular Monica Raymund. Set in beautiful but bleak Cape Cod, ‘Hightown’ follows one woman’s journey to sobriety, overshadowed by an unfolding […]
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Naomi Ackie to Portray Whitney Houston in Biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker actress Naomi Ackie to portray Whitney Houston in the biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody from Sony and its TriStar division. The project is being made with the blessing of the Houston estate. That means that the estate has signed off on the screenplay, which grants the film to […]
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All The Stars We Lost From the Friday Franchise
Rest in peace to all the stars from the Friday Franchise. Last week, we unexpectedly said goodbye to Tommy Tiny Lister Jr. The pro-wrestler-turned-actor, Lister accumulated over 200 acting credits with his most recent role in the 2019 sequel, ‘I Got The Hook Up 2. READ: 10 Movie Facts About Friday That You Probably Don’t […]
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Leon Joins City on a Hill Season 2
Leon joins City on a Hill for the second season of the Showtime series, opposite Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge. City on a Hill is set in early 1990s Boston when the city was rife with violent criminals emboldened by local law enforcement agencies in which corruption and racism was the norm. And then it […]