Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Mike Epps and his wife Kyra are Buying Back the Block in a new series that will premiere on HGTV, Spring 2023. The couple has been spending the last two years fixing houses in neighborhoods and are now sharing their journey with Home and Garden Television to push the importance of Black and brown people […]
Lena Waithe and Pharrell Williams have teamed up via their production companies Hillman Grad Productions and i am OTHER for a new skating comedy series, Rollin’, for HBO Max. Calaya Michelle Stallworth is penning the half-hour, single-camera comedy series which centers on “an easily corruptible newbie skater and her ragtag rink crew who find drive […]
Will Smith is producing and possibly starring in the film adaptation of Marcus Sakey’s novel Brilliance. The project is a passion project of his and Akiva Goldsman, who is on-board to pen the script. The duo teamed up for three of Smith’s previous projects: I, Robot, I Am Legend and Hancock. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, the four-time […]
Netflix released the trailer to their upcoming limited series From Scratch, based on Tembi Locke’s best-selling memoir From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home. The series will debut on Netflix, October 21st. The series stars Zoe Saldana, Eugenio Mastrandrea, Danielle Deadwyler, Keith David, Judith Scott, and Kellita Smith. Lucia Sardo, Paride Benassai, […]
The Kelvin Harrison Jr.-led biopic, Chevalier, about 18th-century French composer Joseph Bolonge, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, debuted at TIFF. Check out the first look at Harrison Jr. as Saint-Georges, aka Black Mozart, the first known composer of classical music from African descent below. Stephen Williams who executive produced the HBO limited series Watchmen directed the biopic […]
Usher is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his hit album ‘My Way,’ with a mini documentary ‘My Way’ set for release on YouTube on Sept. 16. The Dolapo Sangokoya-directed documentary combines commentary from Usher, producer Jermaine Dupri, and drummer Ryan James Carr with archival footage shot during the album’s making and new content captured during […]
Samuel L. Jackson is reprising his role as Nick Fury to lead Marvel’s upcoming series ‘Secret Invasion,’ due out on Disney+, spring 2023. The series, which was announced at Disney Investor Day in December 2020, follows the team-up of Avengers Boss Fury (Jackson) with Captain Marvel‘s Talos (Ben Mendelsohn). Thomas Bezucha and Ali Selim will […]
Disney revealed more details on their upcoming live-action The Lion King prequel led by Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Aaron Pierre as Mufasa and Scar. During Walt Disney Studios’ panel at D23 Expo on Friday, Barry Jenkins- who is attached to direct — revealed that the film will be titled Mufasa: the Lion King. It will […]
Manhattan Theatre Club will debut Jocelyn Bioh’s play Jaja’s African Hair Braiding in the fall of 2023 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). Bioh wrote play and Whitney White will direct. READ: Yahya Abdul Mateen II, Corey Hawkins to Star in Broadway Play Topdog/Underdog Jaja’s African Hair Braiding is set in […]
Vince Staples’ life is inspiring the upcoming Netflix series The Vince Staples Show. Staples is set to star in the fictional series set in Long Beach, California and based on his upbringing. It is separate from the web series of the same name he launched in 2019. He will also executive produce the project alongside […]