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As expected Viola Davis has entered 2022 with a new project in the works. The award-winning actress is in talks to star in the Amazon feature Two Butterflies. Yance Ford is directing the drama follows two estranged sisters who are torn apart by tragedy and forced to reunite when one sister must be transported to […]
Matthew A. Cherry is set to direct Jada Pinkett Smith in Redd Zone, an upcoming drama for Netflix with Kristin Layne attached to pen it. READ: Matthew A. Cherry, Chaz Bottoms Developing Animated Series, Battu, For Cartoon Network The drama is based on the true story of Tia Magee (portrayed by Smith), a single mother […]
Miles J. Harvey and Damon Wayans Jr are set to star in the comedy Supercool. The comedy which Vertical Entertainment just acquired the North American rights for also stars Jake Short, Madison Davenport, Iliza Shlesinger, Odessa A’zion, Peter Moses, and Madison Bailey. READ: Gabrielle Dennis, Damon Gupton Join Apple TV+ Comedy The Big Door Prize […]
Mahershala Ali is set to star in and executive producer the limited series The Plot, from Endeavor Content for the Onyx Collective on Hulu. READ: Mahershala Ali to Star Opposite Julia Roberts in Leave The World Behind Thriller For Netflix The eight-episode series is described as a cat-and-mouse story that revolves around Jake (Ali), a […]
Another year, another reboot is in the works. There is a female-driven reboot of The Honeymooners in the works at CBS. The multi-camera project which is described as “a bold, female-driven reboot” comes from executive producers Damon Wayans Jr. and Kameron Tarlow’s Two Shakes Entertainment and showrunner Lindsey Shockley. Kelly Park is also executive producing […]
Hollywood lost one of the greats when Sidney Poitier passed away. The legendary actor, who was the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar and whose Hollywood career spans over seven decades, was 94 years old. READ: Sean Patrick Thomas, Frankie Faison, and More Join Till Everyone talks about how great of an […]
AMC Networks streamer AllBlk has announced the cast for season 2 of its horror anthology season, Terror Lake Drive. Pascale Armand, Yolonda Ross, Denise Boutte, Charles Malik Whitfield, and Kendrick Cross will lead the series from Jerry LaMothe and Kajuana S. Marie. Titled Terror Lake Drive: Single Black Female, the upcoming season of the anthology […]
2022 is already looking amazing for Kelvin Harrison Jr.’s acting resume. The Cyrano star is set to embody American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in a biopic titled Samo Lives, directed by Julius Onah. Onah will also produce the film based on a script he co-wrote with Peter Glanz. READ: Numa Perrier to Produce and Star in Audre […]
Keesha Sharp is joining the Powerverse. The Lethal Weapon alum has been cast as a series regular for the third season of Power Book II: Ghost. The spinoff picks up shortly after the Power finale and follows Tariq St. Patrick (Michael Rainey Jr.), the son of James “Ghost” St. Patrick and Tasha Green-St. Patrick, as […]
You think you know all the British actors and then you find out there are so many actors you didn’t know are British. I mean for the longest, the biggest shocker was Idris Elba. By the time it made major headlines he was known for his role as Stringer Bell in The Wire and other […]