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Bridgerton breakout actor Regé-Jean Page’s is cast in The Saint remake for Paramount Pictures. Playwright and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah is penning the script for the adventure thriller. There is no director attached as of yet. READ: Rising Above: Common Producing Film About Howard University’s Soccer Team and Coach’s Historical NCAA Win Saint is based on Leslie […]
The Game reboot is underway with two original cast members returning. Brittany Daniel and Pooch Hall will reprise their roles as Kelly Pitts and Derwin “Ding Dong” Davis. They will make special appearances in the 10-episode Paramount+ series. The revival shifts the action from San Diego to Las Vegas and combines original cast members with […]
Jacob Latimore is joining the House Party reboot, replacing Jorge Lendeborg Jr. for the co-lead role opposite Tosin Cole. Lendeborg Jr. recently left the project to focus on his mental well-being; insiders say the exit was supported by the studio and filmmakers. Music video director Calmatic will be making his feature directorial debut based on […]
LaKeith Stanfield and Tiffany Haddish are in talks to star in Disney’s new Haunted Mansion with Justin Simien set to direct. Katie Dippold penned the script that is reportedly based on the studio’s iconic theme park attraction. The Haunted Mansion theme park ride debuted in 1969 and takes guests through a ghostly manor where strange […]
Winston Duke is leaving the Marvel universe for the DC Universe to voice Batman in Spotify’s upcoming Batman Unburied podcast series. Harry Potter’s Jason Isaac will also lend his voice for the series. The series, which marks one of the highest-profile scripted podcasts to date, is a psychological thriller that takes listeners deep into the […]
Nick Creegan joins the cast of Batwoman season 3 in a series regular role. He joins newly added Robin Givens and Victoria Cartagena. Creegan will play Marquis Jet. A sexy playboy who grew up in a lavish lifestyle, Marquis is too charming for his own good and wields his power with a ne’er do well […]
Corinne Foxx (Beat Shazam, Safety) joins season 2 of Hulu’s Dollface. She will recur opposite, Esther Povitsky, Shay Mitchell, Lilly Singh, Brenda Song, and Jules Weiss. Created by Jordan Weiss, the half-hour comedy centers on a young woman named Jules (Dennings) who is dumped by her longtime boyfriend. She then tries to rekindle long-forgotten female […]
Keke Palmer, Daniel Kaluuya and Steven Yeun are cast in Jordan Peele’s next “terror” project Nope. And like much of Jordan Peele’s other projects, the name is short and the details are scarce as we know very little about his new project. Oh, except for the poster that Peele tweeted today to announce the project. […]
After an extensive search, Warner Bros. has found its Batgirl. In The Heights star Leslie Grace will portray Barbara Gordon and her superhero alter-ego Batgirl in the upcoming HBO Max film. Grace won the coveted lead role after testing opposite Isabella Merced, Zoey Deutch and Leslie Grace. Bad Boys for Life filmmaking duo Adil El […]
Michaela Coel will make her debut in Wakanda as she joins the cast of Black Panther 2. Formally titled, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, she joins Ryan Coogler who is back to write and direct the sequel. Coel is joining returning cast members including Angela Bassett as Queen Ramonda, Danai Gurira as Okoye, Winston Duke as […]