Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Crystal Fox, Djouliet Amara, and Ally Maki have joined the cast of The Big Door Prize, rounding out the cast Apple’s The Big Door Prize. They join previously cast Gabrielle Dennis, Damon Gupton, Chris O’Dowd, Josh Segarra and Sammy Fourlas. The half-hour comedy is based on M.O. Walsh’s bestselling novel. The 10-episode series tells a […]
Daveed Diggs has joined The Crossover, Disney+’s basketball drama series, as its narrator. The project which was recently given a series order is based on Kwame Alexander’s novel of the same name that is told entirely through verse. Alexander and Damani Johnson penned the pilot with Dee Johnson supervising. READ: 19 Best Teachers in TV […]
After an extensive, year-long search, Paramount Pictures has found their leading man. British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir, fresh off of playing Malcolm X in One Night in Miami, will portray Bob Marley in the studio’s biopic about the reggae icon. Reinaldo Marcus Green will helm the film and he is re-teaming up with Zach Baylin, who […]
Court is almost in session and with a few new faces. Roger Guenveur Smith and Christian Keyes are joining the cast of All Rise for its third season, and first season on its new network, OWN. They join returning cast members Simone Missick, Wilson Bethel, Jessica Camacho, J. Alex Brinson, Ruthie Ann Miles, Lindsay Mendez, […]
Niecy Nash is going from criminal activity in Claws to FBI newbie in the potential The Rookie spinoff. Nash will guest star in a two-episode arc during The Rookie’s current fourth season. She will portray the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy and the episodes will serve as a backdoor pilot to the potential spinoff. […]
Felicia D. Henderson (The Punisher, Gossip Girl) is attached to adapt Tracy Deonn’s YA novel Legendborn, a fantasy that gives a modern twist to the King Arthur story with a sprinkle of Black Girl Magic. The series currently does not have a network, but production company Black Bear Television is currently shopping the program around […]
Branden Cook is set as a series regular opposite Grace Van Patten and Jackson White in Hulu’s straight-to-series drama Tell Me Lies. Spencer House and Benjamin Wadsworth are also cast in the series based on Carola Lovering’s novel. Meaghan Oppenheimer is adapting the series that follows eight years in the life of a young woman […]
Quinta Brunson is constantly reminded the world how important teachers are and how much of an imprint they have on your life through her hit ABC series Abbott Elementary which was named after her sixth grade teacher. No matter whether a child is bad, a teacher’s pet, or extremely shy, every student has a favorite […]
UPDATED: Andrea Bordeaux clarified on her Instagram page that she did not decide to leave the show nor did Lionsgate try to work with her, but rather she was fired. — Andrea Bordeaux has decided to not return to Starz’s hit series Run The World for its second season due to Lionsgate’s COVID mandate. According […]
The cast for the updated Color Purple has rounded out. Danielle Brooks and Fantasia Barrino have joined to reprise their roles as Sofia and Celie in The Color Purple musical film. Colman Domingo and Halle Bailey have also been cast. They all join Taraji P Henson, H.E.R., and Corey Hawkins, who were previously cast. Blitz […]