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Update* Nearly two decades after I Am Legend first redefined post-apocalyptic sci-fi, Warner Bros. is officially moving forward with its long-rumored sequel—and it’s assembling a major creative team to do it. According to Collider, filmmaker Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) is officially developing I Am Legend 2 for the studio. […]
C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s upcoming psychological drama A Blue Butterfly is expanding both its cast and global footprint. As filming wraps in London and prepares to move to Kigali, Rwanda for a two-week shoot, Lucian Msamati (Conclave), Anton Lesser (Andor), Eliane Umuhire (A Quiet Place: Day One), Andy Nyman (Wicked), and Aggy K. Adams (The Witcher) […]
This is not a movie about Michael Jackson the icon. It is a movie about Michael — the person. That single distinction is why it works so well, and why it stands as the best cinematic portrait of him ever made. It humanizes a figure the world thought it already knew, and in doing so, […]
Liza Colón-Zayas and Makita Samba have joined the cast of Fleur, the upcoming erotic drama starring Halle Berry and directed by Ellie Foumbi (Our Father, the Devil). The film is currently shooting in Paris, with character details being kept under wraps. They join a previously announced cast that includes Matthias Schoenaerts and Marton Csokas. The […]
Hulu’s upcoming drama pilot Southern Bastards is rounding out its cast with a wave of notable additions. Derek Luke, Amin Joseph (Snowfall), Jonathan Tucker (American Hostage), and Ethan Suplee (The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh) have joined the main ensemble, while Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Nickel Boys) comes aboard as a guest star. The project, from director and executive […]
Ice Cube and Tommy Lee Jones are set to star together in the upcoming feature Outside Man, a crime drama from Oscar-winning filmmaker Brian Helgeland. Helgeland will write and direct the film, which is being developed under Teton Ridge. Producers include Jillian Share and Jen Gorton via Teton Ridge Entertainment, alongside Ice Cube and Jeff […]
The follow-up to Bid for Love has officially transformed into a full-fledged series titled Surviving Sasha, which will premiere exclusively on Tubi on Tuesday, April 21. Originally developed as Bid for Love 2, the project has expanded into a multi-episode arc centered on Sasha (Dawn Halfkenny), a reformed inmate trying to rebuild her life while […]
The first trailer for Idiots—the newly titled comedy-thriller formerly known as The Shitheads—has officially arrived, offering a glimpse into a wild, no-holds-barred ride led by O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Dave Franco. Directed by Macon Blair, the film centers on two down-and-out men who find themselves at rock bottom. Franco plays Mark, an apathetic and reckless […]
Higher Ground Productions, the production company founded by Barack and Michelle Obama, is preparing to enter a new phase of independence after its long-standing partnership with Netflix comes to an end later this year. According to multiple reports and comments made by former President Barack Obama at a recent History Channel event in Philadelphia, the […]
Pan-African studio Kugali Media is expanding its footprint in global storytelling with a new live-action feature adaptation of its graphic novel Razorman, created by writer-artist Bill Masuku. Set in Zimbabwe, the film centers on Lovemore, a resourceful young mechanic in Harare who transforms into the street vigilante Razorman. Armed with ingenuity and makeshift weapons, he […]