Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Aunjanue Ellis and Ava DuVernay are reuniting for Caste, the adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller ‘Caste: Origins of Our Discontent. “Caste” is a New York Times bestseller and an Oprah’s Book Club selection, and the nonfiction book uses a structure of multiple stories to examines the long history of race in America across […]
Peacock’s record setting drama series Bel-Air announced a few new faces cast for its second season, Saweetie, Brooklyn McLinn, Jazlyn Martin, and Riele Downs join the series. Season 2 premieres on Peacock February 23 with new episodes streaming Thursdays. Saweetie will be making a cameo appearance as herself in the first episode, while McLinn, Martin, […]
The 54th NAACP Image Awards nominees have been released. When it comes to film nominations, The Woman King and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever lead with nine and 12 nominations. The limited series The Best Man: The Final Chapter and Abbott Elementary lead in the TV and streaming categories with seven and nine nods. Abbott creator […]
First Bumpy now Madame Queen. MGM+ Studios is developing a Hoodlum TV show remake based on the 1997 MGM film of the same name for its newly rebranded streamer MGM+ (formally known as EPIX). Written by Chris Brancato the period drama series will center on Harlem crime boss Stephanie St. Clair aka Madam Queen (portrayed […]
The cast of Tyler Perry upcoming fourth film at Netflix Six Triple Eight has been revealed. And we’re loving all of the talent involved. Kerry Washington, Oprah Winfrey, Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, and Kylie Jefferson will star in the inspiring true story of the 6888th battalion. It was the only all-Black, all-female World War II […]
Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù joins Apple TV+’s British spy series Slow Horses season 3. Dìrísù, who currently stars Gangs of London, joins the series as Sean Donovan, the former head of security at the British embassy in Istanbul. READ: 51+ Most Anticipated Movies of 2023 Based on Mick Herron’s book of the same name, Slow Horses follows […]
Talk about a game changer. Ahead of announcing the 2023 SAG Award nominees, the award show found its new home with Netflix. As part of a new multiyear partnership between the Screen Actors Guild and Netflix, the 2023 SAG Awards will air live on Netflix’s YouTube channel and then in 2024 it will move the […]
50 Cent is giving us spinoffs and adaptions. After announcing he’s giving at least three BMF spinoffs in the newly titled BMF Immortal franchise, 50 Cent revealed to he has an 8 Mile tv show in the works. While speaking with Big Boy on Big Boy TV he said “I’m gonna bring his 8 Mile […]
One thing 50 Cent is going to do is turn his TV series into a franchise. Similar to what 50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson) has done with his Power series, the mogul plans to do the same with BMF. During the BMF season 2 premiere, Jackson teased BMF will expand into BMF Immortal and […]
AMC is continuing to cut down their content with the cancelation of another upcoming series, Demascus. Despite giving the new series a straight-to-series order in February 2022 and completing production AMC has decided to not air the upcoming science-fiction comedy series. Demascus which comes from playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm and AMC studios stars Okieriete Onaodowan, […]