Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Annie Live! has found its villain. Taraji P Henson is joining the cast of NBC’s adaptation of the Tony-winning musical, Annie Live! as Miss Hannigan, the role notably made famous by Carol Burnett in the 1982 movie version of Annie. In the story of Annie, Miss Hannigan was in charge of the orphanage where Annie […]
Gabrielle Union and Jeremy Pope to star in the drama The Inspection. The film comes from A24 and Gamechanger Films and is based on the life of filmmaker and photographer Elegance Bratton. Bratton wrote and will direct the film which is based on his life. “Elegance brings authenticity, heart and a fresh perspective to this […]
Shamier Anderson is leaving space and entering the world of John Wick: Chapter 4. Anderson has been cast to join the cast of the fourth installment to the John Wick franchise. He joins the recently added Donnie Yen and lead Rina Sawayama, who is the female lead in Keanu Reeves-led project. READ: Nicole Ari Parker, […]
Pose alum Billy Porter and Dan McCabe are developing a drama script entitled Fruits of Thy Labor for Peacock. The story, which explores a Black family’s multi-generational imprint in Hollywood, also comes from Berlanti Productions. Peacock has given a script development deal for the one-hour family drama, which Porter and McCabe will write, but Porter is […]
Issa Rae is joining the Marvel Universe. The multi-hyphenated Rae joins the cast of the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse sequel as Jessica Drew aka Spider-Woman. Plot details are being kept hidden but the sequel will continue to feature an array of Spider-characters drawn across Marvel Comics’ time and space. READ: Malcolm Barrett, Cedric Joe + […]
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is set to star in the action flick Emergency Contact for Warner Bros. Dwayne Johnson and Beau Flynn are producing the project via their production banners. Abdul-Mateen will executive produce as well. Warner Bros. picked up the project as a pitch from the writing team of Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani. The […]
With the end of her long-standing, series role in Shameless, Shanola Hampton has already found her next potentially big role. She is set to star in and produce the NBC pilot Dangerous Minds from Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. READ: Nicole Ari Parker, Brad James, and More Join NBC […]
LeToya Luckett joins Fox’s upcoming drama Our Kind of People. She will co-lead opposite Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut, and newcomer Alana Bright. The project comes from Lee Daniels and Karen Gist with Tasha Smith attached to direct two episodes of the series. The drama Our Kind of People is inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham’ non-fiction […]
Tiffany Haddish is set to star as the fastest woman in the world, Olympic runner Florence Griffith Joyner in a biopic about her life. Known as Flo-Jo, Joyner took the sports world by storm in the 1980s and helped bring women track and field to the forefront with her record-breaking Olympic run. With her record-setting […]
Alfre Woodard and Sarah Silverman join Blair Underwood in the indie thriller Viral. Underwood is directing and producing the thriller Viral for York films. Joe McClean wrote the film which is about a man dealing with his wife’s disappearance. Underwood and McClean are producing alongside Daniel Cypress and York Films’ John Kalafatis, Joanna Kalafatis, and […]