Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Howard University is renaming its College of Fine Arts after Chadwick Boseman. Boseman, who passed away last August at age 43 from colon cancer, attended Howard before becoming a household name in Hollywood. The news also comes after Howard recently named alumna Phylicia Rashad as the college’s dean. While Boseman was a student, Rashad befriended […]
Amazon has added more to the cast of the second season of its romantic anthology series Modern Love. Sophie Okonedo and Tobias Menzies join previously cast stars Dominique Fishback, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Susan Blackwell, Zoe Chao, Maria Dizzia, and Grace Edwards. The series which is inspired by The New York Times column and developed by John […]
Trevante Rhodes is set to portray Mike Tyson in Hulu’s limited series, Iron Mike. The unauthorized series will explore the wild, tragic and controversial life and career of heavyweight champion Tyson – one of the most polarizing figures in sports culture. READ: Nicole Ari Parker, Brad James, and More Join NBC Pilot At That Age […]
Lala Anthony is set to recur on the second season of Hulu’s original drama Wu-Tang: An American Saga. Created and written by Wu-Tang Clan frontman The RZA and Alex Tse, the series is based on the Wu-Tang Clan, one of the most influential groups in hip-hop history. Set in early ’90s New York at the […]
Quinta B is set to recur in the third season of TBS’s anthology series Miracle Workers opposite Daniel Radcliffe, Steve Buscemi, Geraldine Viswanathan and Karan Soni. The anthology series is a Heaven-set workplace comedy based on Simon Rich’s book What in God’s Name. In the first season Radcliffe plays Craig, a low-level angel responsible for […]
Black Lighting may have just ended but Nafessa Williams already has her next role lined up and it’s going to be dope! Nafessa Williams joins previously cast Y’lan Noel and Christina Jackson in FX’s The Spook Who Sat By The Door. Lucas Till, Nathan Darrow, and Tom Irwin have also been cast. The pilot is […]
Sherri Shepherd, Ashleigh Murray, Mike Manning, and Jonny Beauchamp are set to star in the indie drama The Way Out. The founder of Barry’s gym franchise, Barry Jay is writing, directing, and producing the film under his newly launched production company Fight Or Flight Films. READ: Lil Rel Howery, Ego Nwodim to Star in Indie Comedy […]
Gabrielle Dennis lands the lead role in NBC romantic comedy pilot, Someone Out There. The potential series is based on a Spanish series Pequeñas Coincidencias created by Javier Veiga. READ: Keith Powers to Co-Star Opposite Gabrielle Union in The Perfect Find The single-camera romantic comedy is about two set-in-their-ways adults, Derek (yet to be cast) and Chloe […]
Khris Davis and Sullivan Jones have been cast in the George Foreman biopic for Sony’s AFFIRM Films label. George Tillman Jr. is set to direct the biopic and co-wrote it with Frank Baldwin. It is based on the original screenplay by Dan Gordon. The film will follow the remarkable life and times of George Foreman […]
The HBO adaptation of The Last of Us is bringing back Merle Dandridge to reprise her video game role for the TV series. Also starring in the series are Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, and Gabriel Luna. The story takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to […]