Taraij P Henson is developing an Empire spinoff centered on her character, Cookie Lyon. The untitled Empire spinoff will see Henson reprise her role as the matriarch of the Lyon Family. The official plot is still under wraps but according to The Hollywood Reporter, the potential series will follow Cookie as she moves to L.A. […]
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Terrence Terrell and Anthony Hemingway Team Up For Skin Deep, An Animated Short on Colorism, Mental Health, and Self-Love
Terrence Terrell and Anthony Hemingway team up for Skin Deep. It is an animated short about an adolescent Black boy navigating complex personal and social issues with an emphasis on colorism, mental health and self-love. The film centers on Skylar, a Black boy from the rural South, who grows up in Los Angeles, California with […]
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The Trial of the Chicago 7: Yahya Abdul Mateen II and Kelvin Harrison Jr as Fred Hampton and Bobby Seale
Aaron Sorkin’s star-studded political drama The Trial of the Chicago 7 will stream on Netflix beginning October 16th. Three weeks before the national election. The Cross Creek Pictures drama retells the true story of how the peaceful protest outside the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago unraveled into a fatal clash with police officers and the […]
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Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds Team Up For Comedy Futha Mucka
Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds are teaming up for a new animated comedy series for Quibi called Futha Mucka. The duo who starred in The Hitman Bodyguard movie franchise will also executive produce the series whose title, Futha Mucka, is a nod to Jackson’s famous expletive. The show’s plot centers on Samuel L. Jackson […]
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Cynthia Erivo to Star in Talent Show Drama For Universal — Lena Waithe Penned Script
Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo to star in Talent Show, a musical drama for Universal Pictures. Gandja Monteiro is directing the picture which is based on an idea by Duane Adler, who originated the “Step Up” franchise. Talent Show follows a failed songwriter who returns home to Chicago to lead a group of at-risk youth in […]
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Sherri Saum Joins Power Book II: Ghost Cast
Sherri Saum joins Power Book II: Ghosts for its first season. The series, which is a spin-off of Power, picks up shortly after the earth-shattering events of “Power” as Tariq St. Patrick grapples with a new world order: his father dead and his mother, Tasha, facing charges for the murder her son committed. Not to […]
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Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts to Star in Leave The World Behind Thriller For Netflix
Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts are reuniting for the first time since 1993’s The Pelican Brief for Leave The World Behind thriller for Netflix. The streaming giant won the rights to Rumaan Alam’s upcoming novel after a fierce bidding war with sources saying that the winning bid was over $100 million. The novel will be […]
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Terrence Howard to Make Directorial Debut With Delta Blues — Howard and Evan Ross Attached to Star
Terrence Howard is coming out of acting retirement. Less than a year since the Empire actor announced he was retiring, he is making his directorial debut with Delta Blues. Howard will star in the film as well alongside Evan Ross. Howard has signed on for the pilot of Delta Blues, a one-hour drama based on […]
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Ava Duvernay’s Social Experiment Docu-Series Home Sweet Home Lands at NBC
Ava DuVernay and her arts advocacy collective ARRAY are diving into the realm of reality for Home Sweet Home. NBC ordered 10 hour-long episodes of Home Sweet Home, a social experiment docu-series. This series marks as DuVernay’s first primetime unscripted project. Each episode of Home Sweet Home taps two families who lead very different lives […]
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Michael Che to Host a Sketch Comedy Show For HBO Max
Michael Che to host a sketch comedy show for HBO Max. The sketch comedy show will consist of six original episodes that will cover a variety of themes or incidents. Topics will range from police brutality to falling in love. The show will use sketches and vignettes to illustrate these experiences from a black point […]