Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Kirby Howell-Baptiste, who recently starred in Netflix The Sandman, has loaded her next gig which is starring opposite Colin Farrell in the Apple TV+ series Sugar. The genre-bending project comes from writer Mark Protosevich and director Fernando Meirelles. Exact plot and character details for the upcoming series remain under wraps. However it is being described […]
Lil Mama, Columbus Short, Cocoa Brown, and Tobias Truvillion are cast in the upcoming crime drama Sisters. Written, directed, and executive produced by Jahmar Hill, the film tells the story of sisters Diamond and her sisters, Tia and Tara. Raised by their grandmother, their lives are greatly impacted by her influence. When the family learns […]
Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Method Man join previously cast Kerry Washington and Omar Sy in the action-thriller Shadow Force for Lionsgate. Joe Carnahan is directing the feature that follows “an estranged couple with a bounty on their heads who must go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer, a shadow ops […]
We can all agree that Angela Bassett knows how to make a statement in every role she embodies. While her presence alone is immediately felt on the screen. It is her words that leave an additional imprint on our brains. READ: Angela Bassett, Lyric Ross and More Join Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele in Wendell & […]
Viola Davis is joining the cast of the Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, for Lionsgate. She joins previously cast Tom Blyth, Josh Andrés Rivera, Peter Dinklage, and Hunter Schafer. READ: Viola Davis To Star In Amazon Drama Two Butterflies The film will be adapted from Suzanne Collins novel that is set […]
Kenya Barris is attached to write and direct the Wizard of Oz remake for Warner Bros. While we all know the original 1939 movie, details on the new version are being left under wraps. The Wizard of Oz remake is said to be a modern reimagining of the iconic musical. To give you a refresher, […]
Paramount Pictures’s Bob Marley biopic has cast Lashana Lynch to play Bob Marley’s wife, Rita. After a lengthy-search, in which one of the criterias was someone with Jamaican descent, the family –including Rita herself– gave their blessing to have Lynch (who is British but her family comes from Jamaica) star in the project. She will […]
This is your invitation to the celebration honoring the 25th anniversary of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. On August 23rd at 8PM, ABC will air a Special Edition of 20/20 in honor of the 1997 musical — it will stream on Hulu the next day. Original stars of the musical: Brandy, Paolo Montalban, Whoopi Goldberg, Victor […]
New update: While we have no update on when ‘Young. Wild. Free.” will be released, Sanaa Lathan shared an image of the film on her IG. And included in the caption “coming soon.” While coming soon can mean an unfixed time, it’s a good update seeing as ‘Young. Wild. Free’ premiered at Sundance Film Festival […]
Yvonne Orji is set to lead the upcoming female empowering Netflix drama series Stronger (working title). Sheldon Turner created and wrote the series that is said to follow Toni Winslow (Orji), a single mom who feels unseen and unimportant. She becomes obsessed with bodybuilding as she explores the surprisingly tenuous line separating self-empowerment from self-destruction, […]