Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Sam Richardson and Tiffany Boone are heading to Netflix. The two are set to star in A Hundred Percent, a new half-hour live-action comedy series now in production in Los Angeles. The series comes from Nick Kroll, co-creator and star of Netflix’s animated hit Big Mouth and its spinoff Human Resources, who returns to the […]
Starz is re-teaming with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson on a new project: a TV adaptation of the supernatural crime graphic novel “Bone Parish” by Cullen Bunn and Jonas Scharf. Diane Ademu-John (“Dune: Prophecy”) and Declan de Barra (“The Witcher: Blood Origin”) will co-showrun the project and executive produce. Stephen Christy and Mette Norkjaer from BOOM! […]
We’re getting the first look and release date for Prime Video’s Reacher spinoff Neagley. Starring Maria Sten in a reprisal of her fan-favorite character from the mothership series, Neagley will premiere with all eight episodes Wednesday, Sept. 16, following the Reacher season 4 finale. The streamer also released several season 1 photos alongside the announcement. […]
Netflix has renewed its freshman crime drama series Nemesis for a second season, following a launch that saw the show surge to the No. 1 spot on Netflix’s English TV chart and land in the Top 10 in 83 countries. The series racked up more than 830 million minutes viewed in its first week alone […]
A trailer has arrived for Iyanu: The War of Twin Princes, the second feature-length prequel film in Lion Forge Entertainment’s animated franchise based on the graphic novel series by Roye Okupe. The 3-episode movie event premieres July 11 on Cartoon Network, with the special available to stream the following day on HBO Max. Set in […]
The Television Academy has announced the 2026 class of its Hall of Fame, tapping seven figures whose careers span journalism, comedy, documentary filmmaking, animation, and the executive suite. The honorees are the late “60 Minutes” correspondent Ed Bradley, who will be inducted posthumously; actors Ted Danson and Jean Smart; documentary producer Sheila Nevins; “South Park” […]
Jonathan Majors is back on screen. The Daily Wire, Ben Shapiro’s conservative media company, released the first teaser trailer Thursday for Run Hide Fight: Infidels, a $5 million action thriller directed by Kyle Rankin from his own screenplay. The film is a follow-up to the 2020 high school siege thriller Run Hide Fight, produced by […]
Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic Michael has made history at the global box office, surpassing Oppenheimer to become the highest-grossing biopic of all time. The Lionsgate release hit $977.4 million worldwide in its tenth weekend, edging past Christopher Nolan’s $975.8 million record, which Oppenheimer built over a 123-day theatrical window and an Oscar season run […]
Shemar Moore is suiting up again. S.W.A.T. Exiles, the spinoff to the long-running CBS action drama, has landed at Starz and will premiere September 25, with Sony Pictures Television closing the U.S. deal after producing the 10-episode series independently and securing distribution across every major international territory. In S.W.A.T. Exiles, Moore returns as Daniel “Hondo” […]
The 2026 BET Awards made history, delivered surprises and celebrated Black excellence across music, film and television on June 28 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, hosted by comedian Druski. Teyana Taylor walked away as the night’s biggest winner, taking home four awards including Icon of the Year, Video Director of the Year, Best […]