Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur stood out at the 2025 Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, earning recognition in multiple categories and highlighting the continued success of both live-action and animated storytelling for young audiences. Percy Jackson, which recently secured an early Season 3 renewal, took home eight […]
Disney+ isn’t wasting any time when it comes to Percy Jackson’s epic journey. The streamer has officially renewed Percy Jackson and the Olympians for a third season—before Season 2 has even hit our screens. Season 2, which wrapped production in August, is set to premiere this December and will adapt The Sea of Monsters, the […]
Looks like Tracy Morgan’s next TV chapter is getting even stronger—because Erika Alexander is officially on board. The American Fiction and Living Single star has joined the cast of NBC’s untitled comedy pilot, which hails from 30 Rock alums Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, and writer Sam Means. The single-camera comedy centers on Morgan as a […]
Jesse L. Kearney Jr.—playwright, attorney, and unwavering champion of Black theater—passed away on March 6 at a hospital in Newark, New Jersey, after a two-month battle following emergency brain surgery. He was 49. His wife, Broadway Advocacy Coalition co-founder Jacquelyn Bell Kearney, confirmed the news. “In moments like these, I think of how bright one […]
Briarcliff Entertainment is stepping into the animated game with Sneaks, a sneaker-centric family film that just dropped its first trailer. The Rob Edwards-directed adventure features an all-star voice cast led by Anthony Mackie, Martin Lawrence, Laurence Fishburne, Chloe Bailey, and Grammy-winning producer Mustard. And that’s just the tip of the lace—Grammy winners Roddy Ricch, Ella […]
Brad Pitt is shifting into high gear, and this time, it’s not just for a joyride. The new trailer for F1, directed by Top Gun: Maverick’s Joseph Kosinski, is here, and it’s got all the adrenaline-fueled action you’d expect from a film that puts you right in the driver’s seat. Pitt stars as Sonny Hayes, […]
Netflix is once again ready to warp reality and fry our brains with the return of Black Mirror. Season 7 of Charlie Brooker’s mind-bending anthology series is set to premiere on April 10, and if the newly dropped trailer is any indication, we’re in for another six episodes of reality-warping, existential dread—just the way we […]
Meech and Terry are back, and this time, the stakes are higher than ever. BMF returns for Season 4 on Friday, June 6, with new episodes dropping weekly on the Starz app and all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms. And if you thought their road to the top was already rocky, just wait—Mexico is about […]
Lifetime is turning up the tension with its latest thriller, Wife Stalker, and the newly released trailer promises a chilling, high-stakes drama. Starring Keshia Knight Pulliam, Grace Byers, and Trai Byers, the upcoming film is set to premiere Saturday, March 29, at 8/7c on Lifetime. Directed by Elisabeth Röhm (Girl in the Basement), Wife Stalker […]
Amazon MGM Studios is teeing up a major project—a Tiger Woods biopic—with King Richard and Bob Marley: One Love director Reinaldo Marcus Green at the helm. And in a powerhouse collaboration, Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground, is in talks to produce. The film is based on The Tiger Slam: The Inside Story […]