Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Acclaimed choreographer Jamal Sims is stepping behind the camera to direct his first narrative feature. The longtime dance creative has been tapped by 20th Century Studios to helm Major, a drama centered around an HBCU majorette team. Written by Lauren Ashley Smith, the film follows a gifted ballet prodigy who begins to question the rigid […]
Blair Underwood is scrubbing in at Fox. The veteran actor has joined the network’s hit medical drama Doc as a series regular, with the casting announcement arriving alongside news that the series has officially been renewed for a third season. Underwood will first appear as a guest star in the Season 2 finale, airing April […]
Laverne Cox has signed on to co-lead the upcoming satire Soapbox, starring opposite David Duchovny in a new comedy from filmmaker Andrew Jay Cohen. Duchovny co-wrote the screenplay alongside Palm Springs director Max Barbakow and will also star in the film, which centers on an aging soap opera star who finds himself entangled in the […]
NBC is assembling the cast for a new workplace comedy set in the world of private investigators, with Keith David now joining Jake Johnson in the network’s untitled single-camera pilot from Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-creator Dan Goor and executive producer Luke Del Tredici. The half-hour comedy centers on Mickey Wilder (Johnson), a former LAPD officer who […]
Lionsgate is giving audiences an early chance to experience Michael, the highly anticipated biopic about the life and legacy of Michael Jackson, with special early-access screenings set for Wednesday, April 22—two days before the film opens nationwide on April 24, 2026. The one-night-only event will take place exclusively in premium large formats, including IMAX and […]
Netflix has added several new names to the cast of its upcoming comedy ‘One Attempt Remaining,’ with Yara Shahidi, Larry Wilmore, Nyambi Nyambi, and Abdul Seidu joining the project as production begins in Los Angeles. Directed by Kay Cannon, the film comes from Netflix alongside 21 Laps Entertainment and Linden Productions. Character details for the […]
Netflix has released the first teaser and images for its upcoming action drama Man on Fire, offering a first look at Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as John Creasy, the haunted former Special Forces mercenary at the center of the new series adaptation of A. J. Quinnell’s bestselling novels. Based on Quinnell’s book series that began with […]
A new documentary centered on the life and legacy of Whoopi Goldberg is officially in development, with acclaimed filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir set to direct. The untitled project will be produced by Imagine Documentaries and Message Pictures in association with One Hoe Productions. The documentary aims to present an intimate portrait of Goldberg’s life and career, […]
The nightmare is far from over in From. IGN has exclusively released the official trailer for Season 4 of its mystery-horror series, offering the first chilling look at the return of the ominous Man in Yellow and the increasingly dangerous search for answers inside the town that refuses to let anyone leave. The upcoming season […]
The upcoming 98th Academy Awards will spotlight one of the year’s biggest cultural and cinematic moments as producers plan an expansive tribute to Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, the most nominated film in Oscars history. The tribute will center on the film’s Oscar-nominated original song “I Lied to You,” performed by Sinners breakout star Miles Caton alongside […]