Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Kingsman director Matthew Vaughn has an all-star cast for his new spy thriller franchise, Argylle. The lengthy list of stars includes Samuel L. Jackson, Bryan Cranston, Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, John Cena, and Dua Lipa. Lipa will be making her acting debut with this role and will provide […]
Uzo Aduba is set to star in Netflix’s limited series Painkillers. She will star alongside Matthew Broderick, West Duchovny, Dina Shihabi, and John Rothman. Peter Berg will direct all of the six-episode series that will tell the story of the United States’ opioid crisis. Aduba will play Edie, an investigator leading the case against Purdue […]
Yahya Abdul-Mateen is starring in and executive producing the limited series The Scent of Burnt Flowers. Charles D. King’s Macro Television Studios is developing the series which comes from Blitz Bazawule. The six-episode series which is described as a geopolitical fugitive thriller is based on Bazawule’ upcoming first novel of the same name, which will […]
50 Cent is developing a hip-hop competition series titled Unrapped via his G-Unit Film & Television for ABC. Dubbed as Hip-Hop’s American Idol, the show will follow a rap battle format that sees celebrities compete with the help of the music industry’s most iconic mentors. The contestants will go head-to-head in rap battles until a […]
Joy Bryant and Henry Simmons will lead the second season of OWN’s romance anthology Cherish the Day. In season two, followers will follow the rekindling of former high school sweethearts, Ellis and Sunday, who find themselves reunited in beautiful New Orleans. Bryant will play a vegan celebrity chef named Sunday, while Simmons will play former […]
Lance Reddick is reprising his role in John Wick: Chapter 4. Reddick plays Charon, the concierge of New York’s Continental Hotel who also helps John Wick (Keanu Reeves). In John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Charon fights with Wick in the High Table attacks at the hotel. Together the guys take out the strike force […]
Actress Suzzanne Douglas passed away July 6. She was 64 years old. Douglas’ cousin Angie Tee broke the news of Douglas’ death on Facebook. “Suzzanne Douglas a beautiful and talented actress made her transition today. She warmed our hearts on movie screens and television sets all over the world. This beautiful soul was my cousin. […]
Robin Givens joins the cast of Batwoman season 3 in a series regular role. Givens is cast as Jada Jet, the CEO of Jett Industries CEO. Her character description reads, “Passionate and hard working, a woman who has worked her way through life’s ups and downs to climb her way to the top — all […]
Nico Parker Joins Merle Dandridge in HBO’s adaptation of the popular video game The Last of Us into a series. Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey and Gabriel Luna are also cast The story takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel (Pascal), a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Ramsey), a 14-year-old […]
Nadine Ellis joins the Fox drama series Our Kind of People in recasting. She will star opposite Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut and Joe Morton. The project comes from Lee Daniels and Karen Gist with Tasha Smith attached to direct two episodes of the series. The drama Our Kind of People is inspired by Lawrence Otis […]