Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
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 […]
The Hallmark Channel is reuniting ER alums Gloria Reuben and Eriq La Salle for their upcoming original movie, A Second Chance at Love. Alvina August and Jarod Joseph have also been cast in the romantic comedy. The film centers around Alicia (August) and Arnold (Joseph), who on the surface their marriage is picture-perfect, however, there […]
The Flossy Posse is coming back. Producer Will Packer announced on Good Morning America that despite the woes of the pandemic Girls Trip 2 is underway. “Can’t we all use a post-pandemic trip, my friend? I think that the time is actually right, and this is something that I will tell you and break right […]
Better late than never right? 20 years later there is a Paid in Full sequel in the works. During a recent interview with AllHipHop, Dame Dash, an executive producer of the original, revealed he’s in the process of shooting the Paid in Full sequel in Newark, New Jersey. “It’s what happens after [they] put all […]
Lee Daniels has put together an all-star team for his based on a true horror story film which was recently acquired by Netflix for $65 Million dollars. The untitled horror thriller is based on the true story of Latoya Ammons and stars Octavia Spencer, Aunjanue Ellis, Caleb McLoughlin, Andra Day, Rob Morgan and Glenn Close. […]
Will Packer’s company Will Packer Productions has tapped Leon Chills to adapt Stan Parish’s novel Love and Theft into a film for Universal Pictures. The film is a global romantic heist film set in three locations: Las Vegas, Mexico, and Spain. Love and Theft centers on Alex Cassidy and Diane Alison, who develop an instant […]
Actor Hakeem Kae-Kazim is adding director to his resume. The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End star is making his directorial debut with It’s the Blackness. Newcomer Dapo Oshiyemi is penning the script.. Set in South London, It’s the Blackness tells the story of two ambitious graduates from an elite university who must navigate […]
Toks Olagundoye, Ian Duff, and Hari Nef join the cast of the new incarnation of Steven Bochco’s legal drama L.A. Law. They join as series regulars in ABC drama pilot opposite original cast members Blair Underwood and Corbin Bernsen, who are reprising their roles as Jonathan Rollins and Arnie Becker, respectively. Anthony Hemingway is directing […]
We are sending so much love and light to Regina King who is mourning the loss of her son, Ian Alexander Jr., who died by suicide, he was 26 (he just turned 26 on Wednesday, Jan 19). He was King’s only child, whom she shared with her ex-husband, record producer Ian Alexander Sr. Despite her […]
The deaths of some of hip hop’s greatest artists are being explored in AMC Networks-owned WEtv’s upcoming unscripted series Hip Hop Homicides. The series comes from 50 Cent, Mona Scott-Young, and Lionsgate and will be hosted by Van Lathan. The eight-part series will look into the staggering number of unsolved murders in the hip-hop community […]