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Ashley Thomas has been tapped as a series regular in FX’s untitled Witness Protection pilot. The project, from FX Productions, is a contemporary take on an unproduced script by David Chase. The story follows Remy (Alison Brie), a high-end D.C. madam who, after a violent confrontation, turns on her partner and enters witness protection in […]
Lifetime is bringing one of Eric Jerome Dickey’s beloved novels to the screen with Eric Jerome Dickey’s Friends and Lovers, a two-part movie event headlining Naturi Naughton, Simone Missick, Kendrick Sampson, and RonReaco Lee. Set to anchor Lifetime’s November “Love of a Lifetime” slate, the adaptation will air across two nights — with part one […]
Grammy-nominated rapper Wale is stepping into the producer’s chair with a new project that dives into one of Washington, D.C.’s most notorious crime stories. Alongside his management company EQT, Wale is executive producing Silk, a series centered on Wayne “Silk” Perry — the feared D.C.-based hitman who served as an enforcer for New York City […]
With the final season of Bel-Air set to premiere this November, Adrian Holmes has lined up his next project. The actor will star in I Kill The Bear, Crave’s upcoming comedy series from Letterkenny creator Jared Keeso. The comedy follows a family of bear wranglers who’ve worked on film sets for a century — and […]
It’s the end of an era for The Chi. Paramount+ with Showtime has confirmed that the Chicago-set drama series will conclude with its upcoming eighth season. Production is slated to begin early next year, giving the creative team the chance to craft a proper sendoff. Created by Emmy winner Lena Waithe, The Chi premiered in […]
Tyler Perry is bringing back familiar faces and welcoming new ones for Why Did I Get Married Again?, the Netflix sequel to his 2007 hit Why Did I Get Married?. The original film, adapted from Perry’s stage play, followed four married couples—close friends who reunited once a year for a weeklong vacation. While the retreat […]
The Shani doll could soon be back in the spotlight. Variety reports that Mattel has partnered with Amazon MGM Studios to develop a live-action series based on the beloved Shani doll line that first hit shelves in the early 1990s. Emmy-winning writer and producer Janine Nabers (Swarm, Watchmen, Atlanta) has been tapped as showrunner, with […]
Paramount+ has officially renewed Taylor Sheridan’s espionage drama Lioness for a third season. The renewal comes nearly 10 months after Season 2 wrapped, marking the longest gap yet for the series, which previously aired Seasons 1 and 2 within just over a year of each other. The series, created by Sheridan and co-produced by 101 […]
Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ghostface Killah is stepping into the animation world, joining the voice cast of Enormous, a CG-animated short officially greenlit by India’s Digitoonz Animation Studio. Ghostface lends his voice alongside Tony Hale (Veep, Toy Story 4), Ming-Na Wen (The Mandalorian, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Mel Brooks, and Spencer Grammer in the heartfelt comedy from […]
As October begins, Netflix is leaning into the Halloween spirit with the chilling new trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s long-awaited Frankenstein. The footage finally pulls back the cloak on Jacob Elordi’s tragic Creature, offering both a haunting look at the resurrected figure and the anguished voiceover that drives his story. A Gothic Reimagining Joining Elordi […]