Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Boxing movies have been a mainstay in the film industry for decades, but the majority of these films tend to center around male-driven stories. However, “Lola 2,” the highly anticipated sequel to the 2020 hit “Lola,” is set to break that mold by telling the inspiring story of a woman who faces the challenge of […]
Robin Thede is developing a new comedy, Disengagement for HBO. She will also write and executive produce the new half-hour comedy series. Disengagement will revolve around the Cole family, whose carefully crafted image is shattered after a business deal gone wrong. The show explores the chaos that ensues in the wake of this implosion, revealing […]
Meagan Good is set to executive produce and star in Lifetime’s upcoming drama movie Buying Back My Daughter. The film is “inspired by actual events of mothers who fight back when their teenage daughters go missing and are sex trafficked online.” Roger Cross, Faith Wright and Ariana Madix are also starring in the ripped-from-the-headlines film. […]
Disney has released a teaser for the upcoming movie Descendants: The Rise of Red, featuring Brandy as Cinderella and Paolo Montalban as King Charming. This marks the second time Brandy has played the iconic character, with Montalban also reprising his role from the 1997 television special. In the teaser, Brandy and Montalban introduce their characters […]
It’s a new week, and that means a new batch of trailers and movie releases to look forward to! Here are the exciting TV and movie trailers and releases that dropped this week, Mar 20, 2023. Check out the trailers and let us know what you are looking forward to watching. PS. We’re adding new […]
Actress, writer, and producer Diarra Kilpatrick has signed an exclusive overall deal with BET Studios, a division of BET. As part of the deal, BET+ has ordered eight episodes of Kilpatrick’s straight-to-series project, “Diarra from Detroit.” The one-hour comedy follows a divorcing schoolteacher with a sharp sense of humor who refuses to believe she’s been […]
Michaela Coel is starring opposite Anne Hatheway in Mother Mary directed by A24’s The Green Knight helmer David Lowery. The film will be an ambitious pop melodrama that follows the story of a fictional musician portrayed by Hathaway and her relationship with an iconic fashion designer played by Coel. READ: Merry Liddle Christmas Vacation: Kelly […]
According to Universal, Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Production Company has two new film releasing in 2024. The first, an untitled horror thriller, will be released on September 27, 2024. That project will be produced by Peele’s production company and the second film will be directed by Jordan Peele himself. This Jordan Peele-directed film is set to […]
Cynthia Erivo has joined the producing team of James Ijames’ Broadway play Fat Ham, as it heads to Broadway, one year after winning the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. “Almost 10 years ago, I was introduced to the Broadway community in a musical that shook my world and changed my life irrevocably,” Erivo said in a […]
Ashanti joins the cast of the upcoming unhoused drama, No Address. The project which centers on a community of unhoused people fighting eviction from their encampment also stars William Baldwin, Xander Berkeley, and Beverly D’Angelo. The film, directed by British LA-based Julia Verdin and co-written with James J Papa, is based on true stories gathered […]