Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Universal Pictures is making a sequel to their 1988 action-comedy ‘Midnight Run,’ the sequel will star Regina Hall, who will also produce. The original film starred Robert De Niro as Jack Walsh, a bounty hunter whose job it is to collect mob accountant, Jonathan Mardukas, (the late Charles Grodin). Walsh needed to get Mardukas to […]
Anthony Hemingway is directing The Preacher’s Wife remake that will also see original cast member Courtney B. Vance reprising his role. The film, which is described as a “reimagining” of the 1996 film will “creatively evolve the story in a new direction.” “Christmas has always been my favorite time of the year. To be re-imagining […]
Phoebe Robinson and Dewayne Perkins’ barber/beauty shop sitcom Chopped & Screwed is in development at ABC. Perkins will also star in the multi-camera sitcom comedy. The series is set in a Black barbershop and beauty salon that, due to unavoidable circumstances, must come together as one entity to continue servicing the superficial and therapeutic needs […]
Morgan Freeman, Chinaza Uche and Celeste O’Conner are starring in A Good Person for MGM. Florence Pugh, Zoe Lister-Jones, and Molly Shannon are also cast. A Good Person centers on Allison (Pugh), whose life falls apart following her involvement in a fatal accident. In the ensuing years, it is the unlikely relationship she forms with […]
Deon Cole, La La Anthony, Travis Bennett, Andrea Savage, and Rhea Perlman have rounded out the cast of a new untitled Netflix comedy. They join previously cast Lauren London, Eddie Murphy, Jonah Hill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nia Long, Sam Jay, Molly Gordon, and David Duchovny. Kenya Barris is making is feature directorial debut with the film […]
The Johnsons household is welcoming our forever First Lady, Michelle Obama. Michelle Obama will guest star on Black-ish when the comedy returns for its eighth and final season in 2022. ABC announced Thursday via a tweet “#blackish is going all out for the final season! We are honored to have trailblazer @MichelleObama join us as […]
Taye Diggs, Neyo, and Eric Bellinger are teaming up for two variety specials, titled The Black Pack: We Three Kings and The Black Pack: Excellence, at the CW. The specials are an ode to the enduring talent of the Rat Pack while remaining modern and full of joy. “The Black Pack” celebrates excellence and camaraderie […]
Tisha Campbell and Emerson Brooks have been recently added to star opposite Neil Patrick Harris in Netflix’s new comedy Uncoupled. Brooks Ashmanskas, Marcia Gay Harden, and Tuc Watkins have also been cast. Uncoupled centers on Michael (Harris), who thought his life was perfect until his husband blindsides him by walking out the door after 17 […]
Lifetime has set three new original movies for winter 2022 that star Amber Riley, LeToya Luckett and Tatyana Ali. One of the projects is Vanished: Searching for My Sister which stars Tatyana Ali play the role of herself and her twin. Justin Bruening, Jasmine Guy, Carolyn Hennesy and Anthony “Treach” Criss also star in the […]
20th Century Studios has recently acquired the spec script for Darby Harper Wants You To Know and has cast Storm Reid to star in the film. Wenonah Wilms and Becca Greene penned the script and Silas Howard will direct the film which can be described as Mean Girls meets The Sixth Sense. Darby Harper Wants […]