Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
2025 was a major year for Teyana Taylor, and she’s stepping into 2026 riding high on critical acclaim, commercial success, and industry recognition. Last year, she starred in Hulu’s All’s Fair, which, despite mixed reviews, became the platform’s most-streamed original scripted debut in three years and earned a second-season renewal. She also appeared in Tyler […]
Prime Video is checking out of Hotel Costiera. The English-language Italian mystery series, which stars Grey’s Anatomy alum Jesse Williams, will not return for a second season on the streamer. Season 1, co-produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Luca Bernabei for Lux Vide (owned by Fremantle), premiered on September 24 to strong reviews, earning a […]
Danielle Brooks and J. Alphonse Nicholson are set to headline If I Go Will They Miss Me, which will make its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. The deeply intimate family drama marks writer-director Walter Thompson-Hernández’s feature debut, adapted from his acclaimed 2022 Sundance-winning short of the same name. Set in the working-class […]
FreeLance, the new scripted series from The Turner Brothers, is officially headed to the 2026 Sundance Film Festival for its world premiere. The pilot will debut within the festival’s Fiction Pilot Showcase, part of Sundance’s curated Episodic section spotlighting standout new voices in comedy, drama, and documentary. The series follows a young filmmaker—played by Spence […]
Netflix has officially locked in the highly anticipated return of The Lincoln Lawyer. Season 4 of the hit legal drama will premiere Thursday, February 5, 2026, bringing Mickey Haller back to the screen—this time as the one sitting at the defense table for murder. Inspired by Michael Connelly’s bestselling novel The Law of Innocence, the […]
Chaos, comedy, and high-stakes schemes collide in The Gallerist, a darkly funny crime caper starring Sterling K. Brown and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, set for its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Cathy Yan, who also co-wrote the screenplay with James Pedersen, The Gallerist follows a desperate art dealer’s audacious plan to […]
This will be the last year the Sundance Film Festival will be held in Park City, Utah — and after four decades, festival organizers are making sure the event closes out its Utah era with a bang. This year’s program includes 90 feature films and seven episodic projects representing 28 countries and territories. Sundance shared […]
Saturday Night Live alum Ego Nwodim will take center stage as host of the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards, set for Feb. 15. This year’s ceremony marks a major shift for the long-running event, which moves from its signature Santa Monica Beach tent to a new home at the Hollywood Palladium on Sunset Blvd. Nominations […]
Save the date — April 3, 2026 — because A24’s The Drama is officially on the calendar. The studio released the film’s first trailer, giving audiences their earliest look at Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as an engaged couple whose picture-perfect wedding week spirals into something far messier. Written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli, the film […]
Ghetts, the British rapper and actor, will not return for the second season of Netflix’s breakout hit Supacell after admitting to causing the death of a man in a hit-and-run car crash. While his casting for Season 2 had not yet been confirmed, Deadline reports that Ghetts will no longer be involved with the series. […]