Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Jamie Foxx, Kevin Hart, Datari Turner and Dan Cogan are teaming up with Apple to deliver Number One on the Call Sheet, two documentary features on Black leading stars in Hollywood. READ: Meagan Good, Snoop Dogg Join Jamie Foxx in Netflix’s Day Shift The first project is called Number One on the Call Sheet: Black […]
Kiara Barnes and John Gabriel Rodriquez join Fox’s remake of the classic drama Fantasy Island. The series has been given a straight-to-series order to air this summer. The reboot is keeping the semi-anthological format of the original Fantasy Island with three main characters, two played by Barnes and Rodriquez, who live/work on the island and […]
DC Young Fly is the latest to join the cast of New Line’s reimagining of the 1990 cult comedy House Party. He joins previously announced leads Jorge Lendeborg Jr. and Tosin Cole. READ: House Party Reboot Cast Jorge Lendeborg Jr. and Tosin Cole in Lead Roles The 90s classic centers on Kid (Christopher Reid) who […]
Ava Duvernay’s Array is getting animated. Duvernay is producing a 10-episode animated series based on author Tui T. Sutherland’s best-selling book series Wings of Fire. The series, which will consist of 10, 40-minute episodes, is described as an epic fantasy saga that appeals to the whole family. Wings of Fire is based on Scholastic’s planned […]
Deon Taylor and 50 Cent team up for sports heist film Free Agents. Free Agents, described as a high-concept sports action heist thriller, tells of a group of professional football players who come together to steal from the team owners who are exploiting them. Taylor will direct the film based on a script he co-wrote […]
Antoine Fuqua is directing and producing the film adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with an all-black cast. Fuqua is teaming up with producers Stephen C. Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey for the adaptation. Byrd and Jones-Harvey backed the 2008 revival of the show that made history with a sold-out […]
Michael Hyatt, Sterling Macer Jr., Garret Dillahunt, Ahna O’Reilly, and newcomer Jojo Regina join the cast of Where The Crawdads Sing. They join previously cast Diasy Edgar-Jones. Where The Crawdads Sing is a film adaptation based on Delia Owens’ 2018 NYT best-selling novel of the same age. The book follows two intertwining storylines. One explores […]
April Parker Jones, Celeste O’Connor, and Donna Biscoe round out the cast of Paramount Players film The In Between. They join previously cast Joey King, Kyle Allen, John Ortiz, and Kim Dickens. Arie Posin is directing the supernatural thriller film based on an idea by Marc Klein, who also penned the script. READ: Will Smith […]
Deborah Cox joins HBO Max’s limited series Station Eleven in a recurring capacity. It is a 10-episode post-apocalyptic saga about survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild. They also are reimagining the world anew while holding on to the best of what’s been lost. Cox will play Wendy, a musician looking for […]
RJ Cyler, Donald Watkins, Sabrina Carpenter, and Sebastian Chacon are all starring in the comedy thriller Emergency from Amazon Studios and Temple Hill. Maddie Nichols, Madison Thompson, Diego Abraham, and Melanie Jeffcoat round out the cast. Carey Williams is directing the film from the screenplay by KD Dávila. Emergency is a story punctuating the […]