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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 […]
Terry Crew has been added to the cast of Tales of the Walking Dead, AMC’s new spinoff series set in The Walking Dead universe. Anthony Edwards, Parker Posey, Poppy Liu, and Jillian Bell will also star in the episodic anthology series. Each one-hour standalone episode of Tales of the Walking Dead will focus on both […]
Cynthia Bailey, Kelcey Mawema, Morgan Taylor Campbell, Camryn Manheim, and Viv Leacock are set to star in Lifetime’s new original movie Cruel Instruction. Inspired by true events, Cruel Instruction tells the story of Kayla Adams (Mawema), a 16-year-old who was sent to a youth residential treatment center by her mother Karen Adams (Bailey) at the […]
Season 2 of P-Valley is coming and two new faces are joining the Pynk family. Snowfall’s Gail Bean and Psalms Salazar (Girl Lost: A Hollywood Thriller) have joined season 2 of Katori Hall hit starz series. They join returning cast members Brandee Evans, Shannon Thornton, Parker Sawyers, Nicco Annan, Elarica Johnson, Harriett D. Foy, Dan […]
Justin Simien is taking on another reboot. Simien who directing the Haunted Mansion reboot for Disney is now also attached to adapt and direct Paramount+’s forthcoming Flashdance reboot series. The now-series has been in the works for over a year and is based on the 1983 Jennifer Beals-led blockbuster hit romantic drama film. Adrian Lyne […]
Anthony Mackie and Pryianka Chopra Jonas are cast in Kevin Sullivan’s action film Ending Things. The film centers on a hit-woman (assuming it will be played by Jonas) who wants out of the assassin business. She tells her “business” partner (assuming it will be played by Mackie) that she’s quitting the business as well as […]
DB Woodside has been cast as series regulars opposite leads Gabriel Basso and Luciane Buchanan in Netflix’s political conspiracy thriller series The Night Agent. Hong Chau, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Eve Harlow, Phoenix Raei, Enrique Murciano, and Sarah Desjardins have also been cast in the series Shawn Ryan created the 10-episode series which is based on author […]