Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Showtime’s upcoming TV comedy pilot based on Rick Famuyiwa’s 1999 film, The Wood has set its cast. Richard T. Jones and Tamala Jones are set to reprise their roles as Slim and Tanya and they will join newly cast Melvin Gregg, Xavier Mills, Karen Obilom, Vince Staples, and Essence Renae. The project comes from the […]
Nickelodeon Animation and Paramount Pictures teamed up earlier this month (June 5, 2022), to pay homage to Black animators with “A Great Day in Animation.” The event was inspired by the iconic 1958 “A Great Day in Harlem,” photographed by Art Kane. The image, which was later recreated in 1998 for Hip Hop, featured 57 […]
Moses Ingram is replacing Lupita Nyong’o in the upcoming series adaptation of Lady in the Lake for Apple. Nyong’o exited the series last month where she was supposed to co-lead opposite Natalie Portman. Y’Lan Noel, Mikey Madison, and Brett Gelman also star in the series, which is currently in production and is based on Laura […]
James Lesure joins the cast of The Rookie spin-off, The Rookie: Feds, led by Niecy Nash-Betts. Frankie Faison, Kat Foster, Felix Solis, Britt Robertson, and Kevin Zegers have also been cast in the new series. The spinoff, follows the premise of The Rookie, which centers on the oldest rookie in the LAPD. However, the new […]
In a shocking recasting, Nigel Thatch is leaving Epix’s hit series Godfather of Harlem where he portrayed Malcolm X and Jason Alan Carvell is stepping into the role. We’re unsure why Thatch is leaving the series which is entering its third seasons. Production begins this week in New York. Created by Chris Brancato and Paul […]
Janet Hubert, Caleb Eberhardt, and Shakira Ja’nai Paye have joined the cast of AMC’s upcoming science-fiction comedy series Demascus. They will join as series regulars opposite previously cast Okieriete Onaodowan in the series from playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm and AMC Studios. The six-episode series is set to premiere next year on AMC and AMC+. READ: […]
Denzel Washington is reuniting with his Man on Fire co-star Dakota Fanning, nearly 20 years since their hit action thriller was released, for The Equalizer 3. Washington is also re-teaming with longtime director collaborator, Antoine Fuqua who is returning to direct The Equalizer 3 for Sony Pictures. READ: 16 Remakes in the Works With no […]
Tiffany Boone is set to star opposite André Holland in the Huey P. Newton limited series The Big Cigar for Apple TV. The series, which is about how the Black Panther leader eluded a nationwide manhunt and escaped to Cuba, is based on Joshuah Bearman’s Playboy article of the same name. Bearman is also attached […]
ALLBlk released the trailer to Deitrick Haddon’s The Fallen, a faith-based dramatic feature film. The project, which is written, directed, and starring Haddon, serves as a follow-up to 2010 film, Blessed and Cursed. Singer Q Parker, Jonathan Slocumb, gospel artist B Slade, Jo él Quinn, and Brittany Lucio also star in the film. According to […]
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Corey Hawkins are set to star as brothers in the revival of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog. Acclaimed by the New York Times as “The Greatest American Play of the Past 25 Years,” the darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, will return to Broadway this fall for […]