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Blair Underwood is the latest to join Ryan Murphy’s upcoming FX limited series Impeachment: American Crime Story about the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky sex scandal. He will star in a recurring capacity. Underwood joins Clive Owen, Beanie Feldstein, Sarah Paulson, Annaleigh Ashford, Anthony Green, and Billy Eichner as journalist Matt Drudge. READ: Uzo Aduba to Star […]
Brandon Micheal Hall joins the cast of the How I Met Your Mother spin-off, How I Met Your Father, for Hulu. Hall will recur opposite series lead Hilary Duff in the series which was given a straight-to-series spinoff. Chris Lowell, Francia Raisa, Tom Ainsley, Tien Tran, and Suraj Sharma have also been cast. Created and […]
Annie Live! has found its second villain. Tituss Burgess joins Taraji P. Henson in NBC’s adaptation of the Tony-winning musical. He is cast in thhe scene-stealing role of Rooster. Rooster is the underhanded brother of the ruthless Miss Hannigan (P. Henson). Miss Hannigan is in charge of the orphanage where Annie lived but she also […]
Lil Rel Howery and Josh Brener are co-leading the comedy feature film Bromates. Marla Gibbs, Taryn Manning, Brendan Scannell, Asif Ali, Jessica Lowe, Flula Borg, Ken Davitan, and Jamie Brewer also star in the comedy. READ: Daniel Augustin, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut + 2 More Join Issa Rae’s Comedy Rap Shit (WT) Christopher Kemper of Palmetto […]
Justice Smith and Briana Middleton are set to star in Apple Original Films and A24’s con-artist feature Sharper. They join previously cast Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan in the cast. READ: April Parker Jones, Celeste O’Connor, and Donna Biscoe Join The In Between Benjamin Caron is directing the film based on the spec feature screenplay […]
Idris Elba joins the cast of Paramount’s Sonic The Hedgehog 2 as the famed character of Knuckles the Echinda. He joins Ben Schwartz, who is reprising his role as Sonic in the first film. James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, and Jim Carrey are also returning as well as director Jeff Fowler. READ: Idris Elba to Produce […]
DeVon Franklin and his Franklin Entertainment is teaming up with Amazon Studios to develop Mike Todd’s New York Times bestseller Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex. Michael Elliot and Cory Tynan are attached to pen the script. Relationship Goals is a candid, inspiring guide to finding lasting love and sustaining a […]
Jesse Williams is starring in the TV adaptation of Richard Greenberg’s Tony Award-winning play Take Me Out, about baseball and homophobia. First seen on Broadway in 2003, Take Me Out follows Darren Lemming (Williams), a mixed-race star center fielder for the fictional Empires. Darren’s decision to come out of the closet sparks controversy and soul […]
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is set to star in By All, a dystopian thriller set in a world without cops for Warner Bros. And Creed II director Steve Caple Jr will helm the thriller READ: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II to Star in The Scent of Burnt Flowers From Blitz Bazawule, Macro TV The story kicks off in […]
Four more have been added to the cast of Issa Rae’s HBO Max’s half-hour comedy series Rap Shit (working title). Daniel Augustin, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Amandla Jahava, and Jaboukie Young-White join the series in a recurring role. They join previously cast Aida Osman, KaMillion, Jonica Booth, and Devon Terrell in the series from Rae and […]