Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Life is going on with a reboot series. NBC gave a pilot order to reboot ABC classic’s drama Life Goes On with original series star Kellie Martin set to return. The new project which received a script deal with a big penalty if the script does not go to pilot comes from Nkechi Okoro Carroll. […]
Jeffrey Wright and Leslie Odom are lending their talents to tell Abraham Lincoln’s story in the upcoming docuseries Lincoln’s Dilemma from Apple TV+. Based on David S. Reynolds’ book Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, the series will take a new look at Abraham Lincoln, who was described as a complicated man, and what it […]
Love Life star John Earl Jelks has joined the upcoming Broadway production of Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles. He joins previously cast Debra Messing, Enrico Colantoni, Crystal Finn, Susannah Flood, and Christopher Livingston. The play centers on Ernestine Ashworth (Messing) “who spends her 17th birthday agonizing over her insignificance in the universe. Soon enough, it’s her […]
David Ramsey is reprising his role as John Diggle to put together a new gang of superheroes for the upcoming Arrowverse series Justice U. The show will center around Diggle as he “embarks on a new mission to recruit five young meta-humans to live undercover as freshmen at a prestigious university. There he will oversee […]
This is a story I am excited to see. HBO Max is developing The Other Hamilton, a drama series about Jeremiah Hamilton, one of the first Black millionaires in history. Don Cheadle and Steven Soderbergh are executive producing the project that is based on the book “Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. […]
When you think of Netflix’s new spinoff Human Resources think The Office meets Big Mouth. Big Mouth, which is on its fifth season just introduced its new original spinoff series called Human Resources. And will introduce fans to a sea of new voice talents that include Rosie Perez, Thandiwe Newton, Jermaine Clement, Bobby Cannavale, Henry […]
Amazon Prime Video announced that Phat Tuesdays, a docuseries from Guy Torry, creator and host of LA’s The Comedy Store’s Phat Tuesday, will debut on Feb. 4. Directed by Reggie Hudlin, the three-part docuseries highlights Torry’s Phat Tuesdays at The Comedy Store. This groundbreaking comedy showcase helped jumpstart the careers of some of the most […]
FX recently gave a series order to adapt one of Octavia E. Butler’s most beloved works Kindred for the small screen. The network ordered an eight-episode season of the sci-fi novel with Janicza Bravo attached to direct the pilot and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins set to pen the script and is also the showrunner. READ: 13 Black […]
There is a Sidney Poitier documentary about his career and life in production at Apple. Reggie Hudlin is directing with Oprah Winfrey attached as executive producer for the Apple Original Films release. Apple and Winfrey have been in production on the documentary for more than a year. Poitier’s family is participating in the project. READ: 9 […]
Third times the charm with Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua’s Equalizer franchise. Washington who is currently promoting his latest film, The Tragedy of Macbeth, which will be streamable on Apple TV beginning January 14th, confirmed there is indeed an Equalizer 3 in the works. Despite it being almost four years since the second installment, Washington […]