Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Cynthia Bailey and Reginae Carter join season 2 of Jerry LaMothe and Kajuana S. Marie horror anthology season, Terror Lake Drive for AllBlk. They join previously cast Pascale Armand, Yolonda Ross, Denise Boutte, Charles Malik Whitfield, and Kendrick Cross who lead the series. Titled Terror Lake Drive: Single Black Female, the upcoming season of the […]
Get ready to meet the new class at Rydell High. Paramount+ unveiled the cast for its Grease prequel musical TV series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies. Set four years before the beloved original 1987 feature film, the Grease prequel stars Marisa Davila as Jane, Cheyenne Isabel Wells as Olivia, Ari Notartomaso as Cynthia, Tricia […]
Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, and Daniel Dae Kim are set to star in Audible and QCode original podcast drama series Prophecy. The eight-episode series is set around various unexplainable events that happen simultaneously around the world. Following the events hydrologist Virginia (Washington), British zoo veterinarian Daniel (casting TBA), and commercial driver Jonah (Kim) find themselves […]
Dee Rees is directing the adaptation of Alexis Schaitkin’s novel Saint X for Hulu. The eight-part, psychological drama comes from writer Leila Gerstein and Rees. It is told in multiple timelines and perspectives, explores and upends the girl-gone-missing genre. READ: Ernest Kingsley Jr., Iola Evans Join Sterling K. Brown in Hulu Limited Series Washington Black Saint […]
Netflix hit subscribers with another price increase. It was a minor increase but if we think about it, this has been the sixth increase Netflix introduced since 2014 and the total increase overall for the standard tier has gone from $7.99 to now $15.49. Now is Netflix still worth it for that price? Yes. However […]
Carl Weber’s The Family Business has upped some recurring cast members and added some new faces to its roster for its upcoming fourth season. Brely Evans and Ben Stephens, who currently recur as Sonya Duncan and Curtis Duncan, have been promoted to series regulars while Bern Nadette Stanis, Nayirah Teshali, and Sacaiah Shaw have joined […]
Congratulations are in order! Venus and Serena Williams and Ava DuVernay’s portrait will soon hang in the Smithsonian. They are among seven recipients to receive such an honor. “We are proud to introduce the 2022 Portrait of a Nation Honorees who embody creativity, individuality, excellence, and service to the people of our country,” the Smithsonian […]
Power Book II: Ghost had the internet in a frenzy when Diana did a Mike and aired everyone’s business out during their family dinner. While her situation is definitely top-tier crazy it is just one of the many crazy tv and movie dinner scenes. READ: 50 Movies and Documentaries Directed by Black Filmmakers in […]
Sharon Duncan-Brewster, newcomer Eddie Karanja, and Edward Bluemel join the cast of Hulu’s upcoming drama series Washington Black. They join as series regulars opposite Sterling K. Brown, Iola Evans and Ernest Kingsley Jr. The nine-episode limited series is based on Esi Edugyan’s novel of the same name. Set in the 19th century and follows George […]
Louis Gossett Jr. is joining the cast of IF for Paramount Pictures. The movie reunites Steve Carell with former Office star John Krasinski and also stars Alan Kim, Cailey Fleming, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fiona Shaw, and Ryan Reynolds. The films’ plot is being kept under wraps but it is based on Krasinski’s original idea about a […]