Hulu announced during their New Fronts presentation that Justin Simien’s horror satire, Bad Hair, would be released in October. This premiere is apart of the streaming platform’s Halloween-themed original content, branded as Huluween. As far as the exact release date, Hulu did not disclose that information. Simien wrote and directed Bad Hair, a horror satire […]
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Craig Robinson to Star in Songbird — Pandemic-Themed Thriller Alongside Demi Moore
Craig Robinson is starring in Songbird, the pandemic-themed thriller alongside Demi Moore, Paul Walter Hauser, and Peter Stormare. Songbird is a love story that takes place two years in the future during a pandemic lockdown. The lockdown is dangerous because the virus continues to mutate. The movie centers on a delivery man named Nico, who […]
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Cush Jumbo In Talks To Star In Greatest Days Alongside Rosamund Pike & Ruth Wilson
Cush Jumbo is in talks to star in Greatest Days alongside Rosamund Pike and Ruth Wilson. The film is an adaptation of the hit stage musical The Band, about record-breaking UK pop group Take That. Take That, one of the world’s biggest pop acts, inspired the musical and now film adaptation, and the feel-good film […]
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Comedy Central Picks Up Daria Spinoff Jodie — Tracee Ellis Ross to Voice Lead
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 […]