Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Malcolm Barrett and Cedric Joe are among 17 to join the cast of the Disney+ anthology series Just Beyond. They join previously announced series leads Lexi Underwood and McKenna Grace. Christine Ko, Sally Pressman, Riki Lindhome, Tim Heidecker, Gabriel Bateman, Cyrus Arnold, Arjun Athalye, and Jack Gore have been also cast. Seth Grahame-Smith’s supernatural anthology series […]
Jason Robert Moore, Aubin Wise, Phillip Mullings Jr., Dominic Goodman, Gracie Dzienny, Elizabeth Mitchell, Will Swenson, and Dylan McNamara round out the cast of Netflix’s vampire series First Kill. They are all set to star alongside series leads Imani Lewis and Sarah Catherine Cooke. READ: 17 Actors Who’ve Written Children’s Books The series is written by […]
One hundred years ago, in 1921 thirty-five blocks of the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma was a thriving town of black entrepreneurs, businesses, and wealth. The segregated town was famously coined Black Wall Street. However, on May 30, 1921 when “[a] chance encounter between two teenagers lit the fuse that set Greenwood District alight,” that […]
Jayln Hall and Amir O’Neil are co-starring in the drama pilot, The Crossover for Disney+. George Tillman Jr is directing the pilot which is based on Kwame Alexander’s bestselling novel of the same name that is told entirely through verse. Alexander and Damani Johnson are scripting with Dee Johnson supervising. The Crossover is the coming-of-age […]
Newcomer Alana Bright is set as a lead opposite Yaya DaCosta and Morris Chestnut in Fox drama series Our Kind of People. This role marks as Bright’s professional acting debut. The project comes from Lee Daniels and Karen Gist with Tasha Smith attached to direct two episodes of the series. Our Kind of People is […]
Lynn Whitfield, Rick Fox, and Grace Byers join the action flick The Retirement Plan. Ernie Hudson, Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Ashley Greene, Jackie Earle Haley, Joel David Moore, and 11-year-old newcomer Thalia Campbell also star. Tim J. Brown is writing and directing the picture. The Retirement Plan centers on Ashley (Greene), a mother who gets […]
Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown to produce and co-star Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. Adamma Ebo to make feature writing and directorial debut in the film which takes a satirical look at megachurch culture and the often nebulous perspectives that are cultivated from being both entrenched in it, as well as finding yourself […]
HBO’s 1980s Lakers series has a very, very full cast and it has added seven more. Edwin Hodge, Ta’Nika Gibson, Rory Cochrane, Danny Burstein, Austin Aaron, Terence Davis, and Ja’Quan Cole have recently been added to the cast. The untitled series based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers […]
Happy National Wine Day! To celebrate the day, uncork one of these black-owned wine brands while watching a TV show or movie that was released in 2021. Wine: La Fête du Rosé Movie to watch: Judas and the Black Messiah on HBO Max Wine: Montfleur Duvin Movie: Monster on Netflix Wine: Love Cork Screw Movie: […]
Four more have been added to CW’s reimagining of the 2004 USA Network sci-fi drama series The 4400. Titled, 4400 TL Thompson, Derrick A. King, Cory Jeacoma, Ireon Roach, and newcomer Autumn Best join as series regular. They join previously cast Brittany Adebumola, Jaye Ladymore, Amarr Wooten, Joseph David-Jones, and Khailah Johnson. Penned by executive […]