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Colorado filmmaker Nkosi Roma has completed Blue Check, his feature directorial debut, an independent black-and-white comedy-drama shot in just four days. The film stars Iman Shakur, Summer Marie Thomas, Jonathan Bynoe, and Mark Thomas. Blue Check follows a controversial online influencer, played by Shakur, who spends an awkward evening with old friends who knew him […]
Disney+ and Hulu have officially ordered a Glee reboot to series, confirming months of speculation after co-creator Ryan Murphy repeatedly discussed the show’s potential return while promoting FX’s The Shards. The original series ran for six seasons on Fox from 2009 to 2015, following the New Directions glee club at William McKinley High School in […]
Nicholas Christopher will take over the role of Bobby Darin in Broadway’s Just in Time beginning November 10, succeeding Matthew Morrison, who begins a three-week limited run October 20 following Jeremy Jordan’s final performance on October 18. Christopher’s casting makes him the third actor to play Darin in the production’s run so far. The show […]
Hosea Chanchez, who played star quarterback Malik Wright on The Game, says he has retired from acting. The Montgomery, Alabama, native made the revelation on Cam Newton’s Funky Friday podcast. About 46 minutes into the nearly two-hour conversation, Newton asked him directly whether he was retired. Chanchez paused before answering. “I would definitely say I’m […]
Durango, Hulu’s drama pilot starring Cooper Hoffman and Kathryn Newton, has been picked up to series. Merritt Wever, Mason Gooding, and Abbey Lee have joined the cast, Variety reports. Created by Eliza Clarke, the series follows Mikey, a ski bum townie chasing a buzz, and Bunny, a homeschooled runaway working as a diner waitress, as […]
Leslie Grace will co-star alongside Patrick Schwarzenegger in The Journeyman, a crime thriller directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, Deadline reports. Schwarzenegger plays a down-on-his-luck tennis pro drawn into match-fixing to support his family, while Grace plays his fiercely loyal fiancée. The script comes from husband-wife writing duo The Roberts, with revisions by Bill Dubuque. AGC […]
Dwayne Johnson was spotted shooting Lizard Music in Brooklyn this week, sporting a dramatic prosthetic transformation into a 70-year-old character known as the Chicken Man. Set photos show Johnson in a tan bucket hat and coat, holding a slice of pizza, walking alongside young co-star Theo Clark Leber, who carries an oversized lizard plush. Kazu […]
Denzel Washington will star in an untitled thriller directed by Christopher McQuarrie, greenlit by Amazon MGM Studios and Scott Stuber’s United Artists, Deadline reports exclusively. The film is set for an October 1, 2027 theatrical release, with production beginning in November in New Jersey. Written by Scott Barkan and Gregg Zehentner, the thriller follows a […]
FX has renewed Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s anthology series American Horror Story for a 14th season, announcing the news a week ahead of the Season 13 finale. It marks the show’s first renewal in nearly seven years; the series received a three-season pickup covering Seasons 11 through 13 back in January 2020, leading many […]
Paramount+ has set January 15, 2027, as the premiere date for the fifth and final season of Taylor Sheridan’s Mayor of Kingstown, releasing first-look photos alongside the announcement. Jeremy Renner teased the stakes on Instagram, writing, “No one is safe this season… I mean Nobody!” The final season picks up in the aftermath of Season […]