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The power of three will now be two. Madeleine Mantock is exiting the Charmed reboot after starring as one of the Charmed sisters for the past three seasons. Mantock, who played eldest sister Macy Vaughn since the reboot’s premiere in 2018, made the announcement ahead of Friday’s Season 3 finale. “Playing Macy on Charmed for […]
Alfre Woodard joins the cast of BET+/CBC’s The Porter, an upcoming drama series about a group of 1920s railway workers who unite to form the world’s first Black union. Woodard, who is also executive producing the series joins previously cast Aml Ameen, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Mouna Traoré, Oluniké Adeliyim and Loren Lott. The series was […]
MGM’s The Thomas Crown Affair remake is moving forward, with Michael B Jordan still attached as lead and Wes Tooke joining to write the screenplay. Jordan is also producing via his Outlier Society banner with Joe Russo and Anthony Russo through their AGBO banner. READ: Jonathan Majors in Talks to Get in the Ring Against […]
Tamera Kissen joins House Party reboot. She will star opposite previously Shakira Ja’nai Paye, Andrew Santino, Bill Bellamy, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Tosin Cole, Karen Obilom, and DC Young Fly. Music video director Calmatic will be making his feature directorial debut based on a script by Stephen Glover and Jamal Olori. READ: Robin Thede, London Hughes […]
Matthew A. Cherry and Chaz Bottoms are developing Battu, an animated series for Cartoon Networks. Battu, which is based on Bottoms’ dance-themed short Battu: An Animated Musical, comes from the French ballet term meaning beat. Battu follows teenagers Otis and Jada – two gifted dancers in Chicago whose free-spirit and individuality often leave them as […]
Nicole Ari Parker, Karen Pittman, and Sarita Choudhury are joining the cast of HBO Max’s Sex and the City revival And Just Like That… The aforementioned will join original franchise leads Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis. They will reprise their original characters, Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbs, and Charlotte York. The only original […]
Uzo Aduba and Ron Cephas Jones will star in Lynn Nottage’s Clyde’s on Broadway this fall. Reza Salazar and Kara Young have also been cast with the fifth role yet to be announced. Clyde’s follows a truck stop sandwich shop that offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at redemption. Aduba is cast as […]
Common is teaming up with Steel Springs Pictures to produce the based on a true story film, Rising Above. The sports film tells the true story of Howard University’s 1971 soccer team and its coach Lincoln “Tiger” Phillips. Taylor Materne penned the script which follows the 1971 HU’s soccer team, that was unfairly stripped of […]
Devon Terrell joins the cast of Issa Rae’s HBO Max’s half-hour comedy series Rap Shit (working title). He joins previously cast leads Aida Osman, KaMillion, and Jonica Booth in the series from Rae and her Hoorae Productions. The eight-episode series will follow two estranged high school friends from Miami, Shawna (Osman) and Mia (KaMillion), who […]
Kingsman director Matthew Vaughn has an all-star cast for his new spy thriller franchise, Argylle. The lengthy list of stars includes Samuel L. Jackson, Bryan Cranston, Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, John Cena, and Dua Lipa. Lipa will be making her acting debut with this role and will provide […]