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Jussie Smollett is making his directorial debut with B-Boy Blues and the film just found a home on BET’s streamer BETPlus. The LGBTQ film will premiere on BET+ on June 9th. Smollett also penned B-Boy Blues alongside James Earl Hardy. The film is an adaptation of Hardy’s novel of the same name. READ: ABFF Premieres: […]
Samuel L. Jackson will star alongside Chris Pratt in the upcoming live-action/animated Garfield film from Alcon Entertainment. Mark Dindal is directing and David Reynolds is penning the script which will be based on Jim Davis’ iconic cartoon strip of the same name. Reynolds and Dindal previously worked together on The Emperor’s New Groove. The classic […]
Maahra Hill is cast as the female lead opposite, previously cast Jesse L. Martin in NBC drama pilot, The Irrational, which is based on Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational. Written by Arika Mittman, the show centers on Alec Baker (Martin), a world-renowned professor of behavioral psychology with a unique insight into human nature who lends […]
Jamie Foxx, John Leguizamo, Robert De Niro, and Scott Eastwood have all been cast in the indie action film Tin Soldier. Brad Furman is directing the film based on his script he co-wrote with Jess Fuerst. READ: Dorian Missick, Amanda Warren Join Jamie Foxx in The Burial Tin Soldier tells the story of The Bokushi […]
Following the success of The Harder They Fall, which was written and directed by Jeymes Samuel and starred LaKeith Stanfield among other heavy hitters, Samuel and Stanfield are teaming up once again for the film, The Book of Clarence. While speaking with Deadline, Samuel revealed the Bible-era project: So, my next movie is The Book […]
Francis Ford Coppola has announced his all-star cast for his film, Megalopolis, a film that is over two decades in the making. Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne, Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Jon Voight are all cast to appear in Coppola’s dream project. READ: Gabrielle Union to Join Octavia Spencer in Season 3 of Truth Be […]
Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo have been cast to star in and executive produce the comedy series Unprisoned for Hulu via Disney’s Oynx Collective. Inspired by the life of Tracy McMillan, Unprisoned is a half-hour about “a messy but perfectionist relationship therapist and single mom whose life is turned right-side-up when her dad gets out […]
Marsha Stephanie Blake, Winning Time’s Rachel Hilson, Demetrius Grosse (Fear the Walking Dead), Never Have I Ever’s Sendhil Ramamurthy, Johnny Simmons (Girlboss), and Rahnuma Panthaky (NCIS: Los Angeles) are all cast as leads in Kay Oyegun’s therapist drama pilot for ABC. The drama centers on five therapists (Hilson, Grosse, Ramamurthy, Simmons, Panthaky) located in Philadelphia […]
Anthony Mackie, Uzo Aduba, Sarah Paulson, Martin Freeman, Nick Robinson, and Hillary Baack have been cast in the film Clybourne Park. Bruce Norris is adapting his award-winning play about race and real estate in America which is a spinoff of Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun. Pam MacKinnon, who directed the play’s 2010 […]
Sonja Sohn has been cast as the lead opposite previously announced Ramón Rodríguez in ABC’s upcoming drama pilot Will Trent, from 20th Television. Erika Christensen, Jake McLaughlin and Iantha Richardson also star. Liz Heldens and Dan Thomsen wrote Will Trent based on Karin Slaughter’s bestselling book series of the same name. The potential series centers […]