Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
The wait is almost over. Apple TV has released the first teaser for Neuromancer, the highly anticipated cyberpunk sci-fi series based on William Gibson’s groundbreaking 1984 novel, with the 10-episode series set to premiere January 22. Co-created by JD Dillard and Graham Roland, the series follows Case, played by Callum Turner, a damaged top-rung super-hacker […]
Apple TV is in early development on an ongoing series based on Colson Whitehead’s bestselling Harlem trilogy, Variety has learned. The studio has acquired the rights to all three novels, with Aric Avelino and Graham Yost adapting the books for television. The trilogy is set in New York and spans the 1950s through the 1980s, […]
Lee Daniels is not giving up on Star. The director and co-creator of the beloved Fox musical drama has gone public with his efforts to revive the series, revealing in a pair of recent videos that every major studio has turned him down but that he is determined to find another way. “Every studio has […]
Keke Palmer could not help but share some exciting news during her live podcast taping with Michelle Obama at the ESSENCE Festival of Culture on July 3 in New Orleans. While recording a live episode of IMO: The Look at the Caesars Superdome, Palmer revealed that she is developing a basketball-themed comedy film with Higher […]
Sterling Sulieman is joining the cast of the upcoming darkly comedic supernatural romance Thud, which stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as the Grim Reaper and Rudy Pankow as the Devil. The film has added seven new cast members, including Piper Curda, Sujata Day, Sulieman, Steve Agee, Karan Soni, Dot-Marie Jones and Katie Parker. Character details for […]
Seven years after Mahershala Ali shocked Hall H with the surprise announcement that he would become the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s new Blade, the two-time Oscar winner says he’s officially ready to leave the project—and the questions surrounding it—behind. In a new interview with GQ, Ali addressed the long-troubled Marvel reboot, making it clear he no […]
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Penske Media Corporation on Tuesday, accusing the media conglomerate of orchestrating a fraudulent scheme to seize control of the Golden Globe Awards as part of a broader effort to dominate Hollywood’s awards and advertising ecosystem. The 113-page suit, filed in U.S. District Court in […]
The Earliest Show revival is bringing in some more heavy hitters. Lamorne Morris, Nicole Byer, Tawny Newsome and Majeed Nami are among a stacked guest cast confirmed for the six-part television revival of Ben Schwartz’s cult Funny or Die comedy. Based on the original Funny or Die digital series that launched in 2016, The Earliest […]
The beloved Nickelodeon sitcom My Brother and Me has finally found a streaming home. The classic 1990s series is now streaming exclusively on The Brick TV, a Black-owned streaming platform dedicated to preserving Black films and television shows that have fallen through the cracks or been forgotten over the years. The announcement came from Todd […]
If you have ever watched Diarra from Detroit and wondered whether the cast is actually that close in real life, Dominique Perry and Bryan Terrell Clark are here to confirm your suspicions. The answer is yes, and then some. Created by, written by and starring Diarra Kilpatrick, Diarra from Detroit premiered on Paramount+ in 2023 […]