The Daria spinoff series Jodie and it has found a home on Comedy Central. Tracee Ellis Ross is voicing Jodie as well as executive producing the series. Grace Edwards created and wrote the series that will star Jodie Landon, a friend of Daria’s from the original series. Jodie has since graduated from the fictional Lawndale […]
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Barry Jenkins and Leonardo DiCaprio Team Up for Virunga Documentary on Netflix
Barry Jenkins and Leonardo DiCaprio are teaming up for a feature adaptation of the Oscar-nominated documentary Virunga. Orlando von Einsiedel wrote and directed the 2014 documentary. It tells the story of four park rangers in Democratic Republic of Congo fighting to protect the Virunga National Park and the world’s last mountain gorillas. READ: Jharrel Jerome […]
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30 Rock is Pulling Blackface Episodes From Streaming and Syndication
As Hollywood continues to address their lineage of racism and improve inclusion, 30 Rock is pulling blackface episodes from all its streaming and syndication. 30 Rock ran from 2006-2013. And it has four episodes that feature someone in blackface and they will be scrapped for good. The earliest episode to feature blackface is Season 3, […]
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Jharrel Jerome Attached to Star in Boots Riley’s New Series I’m a Virgo
Boots Riley went to Instagram to tease his next project, ‘I’m a Virgo, starring Jharrel Jerome. He didn’t release much details on the new series except that it follows a 13-ft Black Man (Jerome) who lives in Oakland. READ: 14 Movies About Black Resilience That Aren’t Slave Movies He posted the shows’ presumed artwork with […]
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Gabrielle Union to Star in The Perfect Find Adaptation For Netflix — Numa Perrier to Direct
Gabrielle Union to star in The Perfect Find, an adaptation of the best-selling book of the same name by Tia Williams. READ: Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua Are Teaming Up For Runaway Slave Thriller Emancipation Numa Perrier is set to direct the romantic comedy that will be released on Netflix. And Leigh Davenport adapted Williams’ […]
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HBO Max Picks Up Kay Oyegun’s The Ancestor Starring Tika Sumpter – Produced by Michael B. Jordan
Kay Oyegun’s The Ancestor starring Tika Sumpter and produced by Michael B. Jordan and Alana Mayo’s Outlier Society has been picked up by HBO Max. READ: Dave Chappelle’s New Netflix Special 8:46 is a Must Hear — Here’s How You Can Watch it For Free Oyegun penned the psychological thriller that follows an African-American female […]
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Tessa Thompson to Star in Pyschological Thriller, Balestra
thefilm Tessa Thompson to star in the psychological thriller Balestra alongside Aladdin’s Marwan Kenzari. Thompson is also executive producing the film that Nicole Dorsey will direct. Imran Zaidi penned the film based on an original story by Aron Eli Coleite. Balestra follows disgraced competitive fencer Joanna Bathory (Thompson), who is desperately hoping for an Olympic […]
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Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua Are Teaming Up For Runaway Slave Thriller Emancipation
Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua are teaming up for Emancipation, a runaway slave thriller. Fuqua is directing the project that is based on a true story. Smith will star in the picture that William N. Collage is penning. The film is based on the true story of runaway slave Peter. He is forced to outwit […]
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Will Packer is Producing a Biopic About Doug Williams, The First Black Quarterback to Win a Super Bowl
In a time where all black history is needed and welcomed, Will Packer is here to deliver. Will Packer is producing a biopic about Doug Williams, the first black Quarterback to win a Super Bowl during his time as a member of the Washington Redskins. The timely biopic will chart Williams’ storied career and his […]
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Dave Chappelle’s New Netflix Special 8:46 is a Must Hear — Here’s How You Can Watch it For Free
Dave Chappelle’s new Netflix special 8:46 is a must hear. He is emotional and raw (as ever), and funny where it needs to be as he addresses so many topics that needed to be addressed. But addressed the Chappelle-way. The half-hour special is titled 8:46, a reference to how long a Minneapolis police officer kneeled […]