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Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo have been cast to star in and executive produce the comedy series Unprisoned for Hulu via Disney’s Oynx Collective. Inspired by the life of Tracy McMillan, Unprisoned is a half-hour about “a messy but perfectionist relationship therapist and single mom whose life is turned right-side-up when her dad gets out […]
Marsha Stephanie Blake, Winning Time’s Rachel Hilson, Demetrius Grosse (Fear the Walking Dead), Never Have I Ever’s Sendhil Ramamurthy, Johnny Simmons (Girlboss), and Rahnuma Panthaky (NCIS: Los Angeles) are all cast as leads in Kay Oyegun’s therapist drama pilot for ABC. The drama centers on five therapists (Hilson, Grosse, Ramamurthy, Simmons, Panthaky) located in Philadelphia […]
Anthony Mackie, Uzo Aduba, Sarah Paulson, Martin Freeman, Nick Robinson, and Hillary Baack have been cast in the film Clybourne Park. Bruce Norris is adapting his award-winning play about race and real estate in America which is a spinoff of Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun. Pam MacKinnon, who directed the play’s 2010 […]
Jennifer Hudson, Common are, Quvenzhané Wallis, and Milla Jovovich are attached to star in the action thriller Breathe. Sam Worthington is also in talks to join the feature that is described as an “edge-of-your-seat survival thriller.” Stefon Bristol will direct from a Black List screenplay written by Doug Simon. Breathe follows a mother Maya (Hudson) […]
Lenny Kravitz, Luka Sabbat are two of the many to join the dark comedy The Trainer. Gus Van Sant, Beverly D’Angelo, Colleen Camp, and Gavin Rossdale have also recently signed on. They will all star opposite previously cast Steven Van Zandt, Taylour Paige, Stephen Dorff, John McEnroe, Gina Gershon, Soo Joo Park, Brock O’Hurn, Bella […]
Aunjanue Ellis, Vondie Curtis Hall, Boyd Holbrook, Adelaide Clemens, Marin Ireland, Norbert Leo Butz, Victor Williams, and Vivian Olyphant are all attached to star in FX’s limited series Justified: City Primeval. They will star opposite series lead Timothy Olyphant who is reprising his role of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens for the limited series, that is […]
Lance Riddick, Teyana Taylor, and Laura Harrier are the latest to join the cast of the White Men Can’t Jump remake for 20th Century Studios. They will star opposite previously announced leads Jack Harlow and Sinqua Walls who will take on the roles originated by Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson. This movie will be Harlow’s […]
Janelle Monáe is taking on another historic figure for her next role. Monáe will star as the iconic entertainer and freedom fighter, Josephine Baker in the upcoming TV series De La Resistance. She will also produce the series under her Wondaland banner. READ: There’s a Reginald F. Lewis Biopic based on his Autobiography in The […]
Issa Rae is the festival ambassador for the 2022 American Black Film Festival (ABFF). “I’m honored to be this year’s Festival Ambassador,” said Rae in a statement. “ABFF was the first major festival to showcase my work and they continue to elevate Black creatives from the ground level. It’s also fun as hell.” This years’ […]
LeToya Luckett, Romeo Miller and Keith David are set to star in the upcoming holiday film A Miracle Before Christmas. The film comes from writer-director LazRael Lison and centers on famous, fast-talking relationship therapaist Mercedes Wright (Luckett). he can fix everyone else’s marital issues, but is challenged by problems faced with her own husband (Miller). […]