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Raven Goodwin and Nicole Chanel Williams have joined the cast of Fox’s upcoming drama, Our Kind of People. They will recur Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut, Nadine Ellis, Lance Gross, Joe Morton, Rhyon Nicole Brown, L. Scott Caldwell, Kyla Bary, and newcomer Alana Bright. The project comes from Lee Daniels and Karen Gist with Tasha Smith […]
Camille A. Brown is making her Broadway directing debut and history at the same time. Tony Award-nominated choreographer Camille A. Brown is set to make her Broadway directing debut and choreograph the revival of Ntozake Shange’s 1976 classic for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. READ: Uzo Aduba, Ron Cephas Jones […]
Eminem has joined the cast of BMF, the upcoming Starz drama series from executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. The rapper joins Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr. (“Big Meech” Flenory’s son), Da’Vinchi, Russell Hornsby, Michole Briana White, Ajiona Alexus and Eric Kofi Abrefa. Additional cast members are Myles Truitt, Steve Harris, Arkeisha “Kash Doll” Knight, […]
Sterling K. Brown and Randall Park are teaming up for the untitled action-comedy set at Amazon. The film is described as a buddy cop movie in the vein of “48 Hrs.” Wu-Tang: An American Saga co-creator Alex Tse is penning the project that centers on two estranged childhood friends who now find themselves on opposite […]
Mark Wahlberg is set to have some me-time with Kevin Hart in the Netflix comedy Me Time. READ: Kevin Hart, Snoop Dogg Will Recapping The Olympic Highlights in New Show on Peacock Hart’s Night School writer John Hamburg will write and direct the pic that follows a stay-at-home dad (Hart). He finds himself with some […]
André 3000 is joining the cast of Noah Baumbach’s White Noise for Netflix. He joins Adam Driver, Don Cheadle, Greta Gerwig and Jodie Turner-Smith in the satirical film. Directed by Noah Baumbach White Noise is based on Don DeLillo’s 1985 novel of the same name. READ: Adrienne Wells Joins Showtimes’ Black Monday For Season 3 […]
Blair Underwood is the latest to join Ryan Murphy’s upcoming FX limited series Impeachment: American Crime Story about the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky sex scandal. He will star in a recurring capacity. Underwood joins Clive Owen, Beanie Feldstein, Sarah Paulson, Annaleigh Ashford, Anthony Green, and Billy Eichner as journalist Matt Drudge. READ: Uzo Aduba to Star […]
Annie Live! has found its second villain. Tituss Burgess joins Taraji P. Henson in NBC’s adaptation of the Tony-winning musical. He is cast in thhe scene-stealing role of Rooster. Rooster is the underhanded brother of the ruthless Miss Hannigan (P. Henson). Miss Hannigan is in charge of the orphanage where Annie lived but she also […]
Lil Rel Howery and Josh Brener are co-leading the comedy feature film Bromates. Marla Gibbs, Taryn Manning, Brendan Scannell, Asif Ali, Jessica Lowe, Flula Borg, Ken Davitan, and Jamie Brewer also star in the comedy. READ: Daniel Augustin, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut + 2 More Join Issa Rae’s Comedy Rap Shit (WT) Christopher Kemper of Palmetto […]
Justice Smith and Briana Middleton are set to star in Apple Original Films and A24’s con-artist feature Sharper. They join previously cast Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan in the cast. READ: April Parker Jones, Celeste O’Connor, and Donna Biscoe Join The In Between Benjamin Caron is directing the film based on the spec feature screenplay […]