Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Jonathan Majors stays booked and busy. As his latest film, The Harder They Fall is released in theaters today, Jonathan Majors has already booked (one of) his next gig with the bodybuilding drama, Magazine Dreams. Details on the film are scarce but the film which is written and directed by Elijah Bynum is said to […]
Octavia Spencer is attached to star in The Bobby Love Story, a one-hour drama currently in development at FX. The series is based on the true story of Bobby Love and his wife, Cheryl of 35+ years who knew nothing about his dark secret. That was until January 2015 when police and FBI agents showed […]
Blair Underwood is set to star opposite DeWanda Wise, Shailene Woodley, and Betty Gilpen in Showtime’s series Three Women. Additionally, Austin Stowell and Lola Kirke have also been cast in a recurring role in the upcoming drama is based on Lisa Taddeo’s non-fiction bestselling book of the same name. Taddeo is adapting her book into […]
Lifetime has set three new original movies for winter 2022 that star Amber Riley, LeToya Luckett and Tatyana Ali. One of the projects is Line Sisters starring LeToya Luckett, Kierra Sheard-Kelly, Ta’Rhonda Jones and Drew Sidora. READ: Kyle Bary Joins Morris Chestnut, Letoya Luckett in Fox Drama Our Kind Of People In the film, four […]
Amazon Studios acquired Garth Davis’ sci-fi thriller Foe in a deal north of $30M. The thriller also had a cast change with Aaron Pierre replacing LaKeith Stanfield and joining Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, who were previously cast. Foe is adapted from Iain Reid’s bestselling novel of the same name. Garth Davis will direct a […]
Lifetime has set three new original movies for winter 2022 that star Amber Riley, LeToya Luckett and Tatyana Ali. One of the projects is a thriller Single Black Female starring Riley, Raven Goodwin and K. Michelle, who makes a special appearance. Lifetime has set three new original movies for winter 2022. One of the projects […]
Wesley Snipes, Tiffany Haddish, and Spence Moore II are set to star in the comedy Back on the Strip for Luminosity Entertainment production studio. Back on the Strip which follows Merlin (Moore), young man who moves to Las Vegas to pursue his dream of becoming a magician after losing the woman of his dreams. But […]
Aml Ameen, CCH Pounder, Adrienne Warren, Michael Potts, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Bill Irwin, Gus Halper, Carra Patterson, and Johnny Ramey have boarded the upcoming Netflix biopic Rustin. They join previously announced cast members that include Colman Domingo in the title role, portraying Bayard Rustin, the gay, civil rights activist, as well as Audra McDonald, Chris […]
Hulu’s limited series Iron Mike, is rounding out its cast. The streamer added Laura Harrier, Olunike Adeliyi, TJ Atoms, Harvey Keitel, and Grace Zabriski to the cast. They will recur opposite previously added series star Trevante Rhodes who is portraying former heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson. The unauthorized eight-episode series will explore the wild, tragic and […]
Common is the latest star to join the cast of Wool, the series adaptation of Hugh Howey’s dystopian novels for Apple TV+. The rapper/actor joins previously announced cast members Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo, Rebecca Ferguson, and Tim Robbins. READ: Mustafa Shakir, Charmaine Bingwa, Ben Foster, and Gilbert Owuor Cast in Emancipation Wool, which was given […]