Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Teyonah Parris, Ludacris, and Lil Rel Howery are cast in the Disney holiday comedy Dashing Through the Snow. Oscar Nunez, Gina Brillon, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Ravi Patel, Marcus Lewis and Madison Skye Validum also star in the holiday picture. READ: Eddie Murphy to Star in Holiday Comedy Candy Cane Lane Tim Story is directing and […]
Tone Bell, Tasha Smith are joining Michelle Buteau’s upcoming Netflix comedy series Survival of the Thickest. Bell will star opposite Buteau in the series while Smith joins in a recurring capacity. Linda Mendoza is directing the first two episodes of Survival of the Thickest, which is based on Buteau’s book, was created by Buteau and […]
Taylour Paige, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Kevin Bacon will star opposite Eddie Murphy in the Beverly Hills Cop sequel, newly titled Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley for Netflix. Original Beverly Hills Cop franchise co-stars Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser, and Bronson Pinchot will also reprise respective roles as well. Murphy will reprise his role as […]
Cleopatra Coleman, J. Alphonse Nicholson, and more complete the cast of The Sterling Affairs, the upcoming series about the rise and fall of former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. They join previously cast Laurence Fishburne as Doc Rivers, Ed O’Neill as Donald Sterling, and Jacki Weaver as Sterling’s wife Shelly Sterling. Gina Welch is […]
Brandy is headed to the big screen with The Eggers Brothers’ psychological thriller The Front Room, for A24 films. Kathryn Hunter, Andrew Burnap, and Neal Huff also star in the fiLm. READ: Idris Elba to Star in and Executive Produce Hijack Thriller Series for Apple TV+ The Egger Brothers are making their directorial debut with […]
16 years ago, Idlewild was released. Longtime music video director, Bryan Barber wrote and directed the musical film and centered on Andre Benjamin aka André 3000 and Big Boi (Outkast). The film followed a reticent piano player, named Percival (Benjamin), along with Rooster (Big Boi), his flamboyant lead performer and manager. The duo struggle to […]
Courtney B. Vance, Keesha Sharp, Keith David and more are set to star in Heist 88, which is inspired by true events. The film will tell the story of one of the largest bank heists ever to occur in the United States. Bentley Green, Xavier Clyde, Nican Robinson and Precious Way are also set to […]
Nicole Beharie is the latest to join The Morning Show season 3. She has been tapped to star as a new series lead opposite opposite Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. Jon Hamm was also recently cast as a series regular and Julianna Margulies will return to reprise her role introduced last season. The Morning Show […]
Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Jennifer Lopez, and Abraham Popoola are all cast in the sci-fi thriller Atlas for Netflix. Atlas will center on a woman named Atlas (Lopez) who attempts to fight against an AI soldier (Liu) who seeks to end humankind. As she faces this grave future, she must team up with another […]
When They See Us’ Asante Blackk and Luis Guzmán will lead the cast of Aristotle Torres’ feature directorial debut Story Ave. Alex Hibbert, Melvin Gregg, Cassandra Freeman, and Coral Peña have also been cast in the film which comes from FirstGen Content and Jamie Foxx’s Foxxhole Productions. READ: Everybody Still Hates Chris: Chris Rock’s Family Comedy […]