Taraji P. Henson to make her directorial debut with dramedy Two-Faced, which she will also star in and produce the film for BRON Studios. Tim K. Story is producing the project and it serves as a reunion for Henson and Story who worked together on the Think Like a Man movies. Cat Wilkins wrote the […]
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Ayo Edebiri, Adrienne C. Moore to Voice Interactive Special For Netflix We Lost Our Human
Netflix is coming out with a new 2D-animated interactive comedy-adventure special, We Lost Our Human. Audiences will choose to experience the story from the perspective of a self-involved cat Pud (Ben Schwartz). Or they choose that of a loving, hyperactive dog Ham (Ayo Edebiri). Pud/Ham wakes up one day to find that their human and […]
Glynn Turman Joins Women of the Movement, ABC’s Limited Series on Mamie Till-Mobley
Emmy winner Glynn Turman joins Women of the Movement, ABC’s limited series on Mamie Till-Mobley. He is the latest to join the cast that includes Adrienne Warren as Mamie Till-Mobley and Cedric Joe as Emmett Till. Niecy Nash is also attached and she will play Alma, Emmett Till’s grandmother. The limited series will center on […]
Brittany S. Hall, Erica Luttrell, And More Join David Makes Man For Season 2
OWN’s David Makes Man is entering season 2 with 10 additional new faces. Tony Plana, Brittany S. Hall, Erica Luttrell, Zsané Jhé, Bobbi Baker, Patrice Arenas, Trinity Cidel, Brandi Huzzie, Rodney Gardiner and Janmarco Santiago are all cast in the series from Tarell Alvin McCraney and Warner Bros. Television. They will all star in recurring […]
Issa Rae, La La Anthony, Angelica Nwandu, Thembi Banks Team Up For Horror Comedy Juju
Issa Rae, La La Anthony, Angelica Nwandu (The Shaderoom Founder), and Thembi Banks are teaming up to deliver the horror comedy film, ‘Juju’. The project is still in the early stages so there are not a lot of plot specifics. However, it will be based on Nwandu’s original concept and she will also write […]
Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes to Play Brothers in Netflix’s True Story
Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes are playing brothers in Netflix’s limited series, True Story. While the series will see Hart taking a break from his usual comedy movies, Hart is starring as a fictional version of himself. He will play a comedian named Kid (Hart) who reconnects with his wayward older brother Carlton (Snipes) during […]
Kiki Layne to Star in Ring Shout — Kasi Lemmons Will Write and Direct
After a competitive bidding war, Skydance Television has landed the rights to adapt P. Djéli Clark’s fantasy historical novella Ring Shout into a TV series starring Kiki Layne. Kasi Lemmons is attached to write and direct. READ: James Earl Jones to Reprise Role in Coming to America 2 — Kiki Layne, Wesley Snipes, Leslie Jones, […]
Issa Rae, Adam McKay to Adapt Podcast Nice White Parents into an HBO Series
Issa Rae and Adam McKay are adapting the podcast Nice White Parents into an HBO series following a competitive bidding war that included the Obamas and Netflix. The network has won the rights to adapt the five-part New York Times and Serial Productions podcast as a half-hour comedy. It has already given the project a […]
Ava DuVernay is Developing Naomi Superhero Series For The CW
Ava DuVernay is developing Naomi, a superhero series for Th CW. She has teamed with Arrow writer and co-exec producer Jill Blankenship to write and exec produce the project. Naomi is a fairly new superhero as she debuted as a comic book series in 2019 with Naomi: Season One, which was co-written by Brian Michael […]
Laurence Fishburne Join Thandie Newton to Star in All the Old Knives
Laurence Fishburne is set to star opposite Thandie Newton in ‘All The Old Knives.’ Chris Pine and Jonathan Pryce are also attached to the project for Amazon Studios. Directed by Janus Metz, the story is set in the town of Carmel-by-the-Sea and follows ex-lovers — one a CIA spy, one an ex-spy — meet over […]