Issa Rae is producing Tanya Smith’s upcoming memoir The Ghost in the Machine alongside Davide Heyman. Rae will produce through her Issa Rae Productions and Heyman will produce his Heyday Films to update the memoir into a feature film for Netflix. Smith will exec produce. READ: Issa Rae is Executive Producing Seen & Heard Documentary […]
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Yara Shahidi, Gabrielle Union, Jadakiss, and More Star in Netflix’s Fearless [TRAILER]
Yara Shahidi, Gabrielle Union, Jadakiss are starring in Netflix’s new animated film Fearless. Dwyane Wade, Miguel Fat Joe, Susan Sarandon and Tom Kenny, and Miles Robbins are also starring in the film. READ: Gabrielle Union and Frieda Pinto Team Up For Dressed in Dreams Adaptation Hoodwinked’s Cory Edwards directed the film and co-wrote it alongside […]
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Sneakerheads Series Starring Allen Maldonado and Andrew Bachelor Moves to Netflix
Sneakerheads, a six-episode comedy series starring Allen Maldonado and Andrew Bachelor has found a new home at Netflix. Sneakerheads centers around Devin (Maldanado), a former sneakerhead turned stay-at-home dad who gets back in the sneaker game. However after he loses $5,000 on his old friend Bobby’s (Bachelor) get-rich-quick schemes he enlists the help of shoe […]
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Amandla Stenberg to Star in Dear Evan Hansen Adaptation
Amandla Stenberg to star in Dear Evan Hansen. It is an adaptation based on the original stage musical play with music and lyrics by Academy Award-winning duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Stephen Chbosky will direct Dear Evan Hansen based on Steven Levenson’s script. Levenson also wrote the book for the stage musical. Dear Evan […]
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Will Smith and Kevin Hart are Teaming Up For Planes, Trains and Automobile Reboot
Will Smith and Kevin Hart are no strangers to remakes, this time they are teaming up to remake the 80s cult classic film Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Smith and Hart will star as the leads in the remake of John Hughes 1987 comedy which originally starred Steve Martin and John Candy. READ: Will Smith is […]
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Clueless Reboot TV Series Centered On Dionne Lands at Peacock
Since it was announced that there was a Clueless reboot TV series in the works last October there have been a few developments to this project. For one while it had a network attached to it. However, its new home is on streaming platform Peacock, which is NBCU’s streamer. It also was also described as […]
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Idris Elba to Star and Produce Romance Spy Thriller For Apple
Idris Elba to star and produce romance spy thriller. Details of the movie, including its name are still under wraps. What we do know is that Travon Free penned the script that is described as a “spy movie with romance”. Also that the film is set in Africa. Elba is teaming up with Simon Kinberg […]
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DL Hughley to Star in Johnson Dramedy For Bounce TV
DL Hughley to star in Johnson dramedy for Bounce TV. Cedric the Entertainer is set to produce the scripted series. Executive Producer Cedric The Entertainer, iconic comedian DL Hughley and a stellar cast of fresh new faces are part of this single-camera dramedy about life-long best friends navigating the world while Black. Produced by Cedric’s […]
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Daniel Kaluuya to Star in Adaptation of Femi Fadugba’s Novel The Upper World For Netflix
Daniel Kaluuya to produce and star in the Netflix adaptation of Femi Fadugba’s novel The Upper World. The story is set in Peckham, London, and centers on Esso (Kaluuya). Esso is caught in a deadly feud and on the verge of expulsion when he realizes he has an unexpected gift: access to a world where […]
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Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance and More to Star in Between The World And Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ NY Times bestselling novel Between The World and Me is going from a stage play into an HBO adaptation. Angela Bassett, Phylicia Rashad, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, Courtney B. Vance, Alicia Garza, Joe Morton, Pauletta Washington, Susan Kelechi Watson, and Oprah Winfrey are the first to be cast in Between The World and […]