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DeVon Franklin and his Franklin Entertainment is teaming up with Amazon Studios to develop Mike Todd’s New York Times bestseller Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex. Michael Elliot and Cory Tynan are attached to pen the script. Relationship Goals is a candid, inspiring guide to finding lasting love and sustaining a […]
Jesse Williams is starring in the TV adaptation of Richard Greenberg’s Tony Award-winning play Take Me Out, about baseball and homophobia. First seen on Broadway in 2003, Take Me Out follows Darren Lemming (Williams), a mixed-race star center fielder for the fictional Empires. Darren’s decision to come out of the closet sparks controversy and soul […]
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is set to star in By All, a dystopian thriller set in a world without cops for Warner Bros. And Creed II director Steve Caple Jr will helm the thriller READ: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II to Star in The Scent of Burnt Flowers From Blitz Bazawule, Macro TV The story kicks off in […]
Four more have been added to the cast of Issa Rae’s HBO Max’s half-hour comedy series Rap Shit (working title). Daniel Augustin, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Amandla Jahava, and Jaboukie Young-White join the series in a recurring role. They join previously cast Aida Osman, KaMillion, Jonica Booth, and Devon Terrell in the series from Rae and […]
Keesha Sharp is adding to her directing resume with three episodes across three different television series. Sharp has been tapped to direct an episode of Karin Gist and Lee Daniels’ freshman Fox drama Our Kind of People. She will also direct an episode on the upcoming fourth season of CWs’ Charmed reboot, as well as […]
Popular writer and New York Times bestselling novelist Colson Whitehead’s 2009 novel Sag Harbor is being adapted into an HBO series. Boat Rocker Studios has put the project in production with Daniel “Koa” Beaty attached to write the pilot. READ: Michaela Coel Joins the Cast of Black Panther 2 Set in 1985, Sag Harbor follows […]
Richard Roundtree and Terri J. Vaughn have been added to the second season of OWN’s romance anthology Cherish the Day. They will star opposite this season’s leads Henry Simmons and Joy Bryant. Cherish the Day is Ava Duvernay’s anthology series in which each episode chronicling a single day of one couple. READ: Joy Bryant, Henry […]
Facebook Series Red Table Talk has become a staple talk show known for its open conversation on some of the most personal and rarely discussed in-depth topics. And now the Jada Pinkett-Smith-led series is expanding into the world with sports with Toughest Opponent. With Brandon Marshall as host. Red Table Talk Productions is developing the […]
DeWanda Wise joins Shailene Woodley in Showtime’s series Three Women. The upcoming drama is based on Lisa Taddeo’s non-fiction bestselling book of the same name. Taddeo is adapting her book into an hour-long series which is described as an intimate, haunting portrayal of American female desire and follows three women, Sloane, Maggie, and Lina who […]
Ron Cephas Jones and Vinnie Jones are joining season 2 of NBC’s Law & Order: Organized Crime in recurring roles. Created by Dick Wolf, in Law & Order: Organized Crime, Meloni, reprising his role as Elliot Stabler, returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a devastating personal loss. However, the city and police […]