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Keke Palmer, Daniel Kaluuya and Steven Yeun are cast in Jordan Peele’s next “terror” project Nope. And like much of Jordan Peele’s other projects, the name is short and the details are scarce as we know very little about his new project. Oh, except for the poster that Peele tweeted today to announce the project. […]
Punkie Johnson, Kimberly Elise, Blair Underwood are joining HBO Max’s romantic comedy anthology series Love Life season 2. Leslie Bibb, John Earl Jelks, Arian Moayed and Ego Nwodim will also star in the series. They all join previously cast stars Jessica Williams, Chris “Comedian CP” Powell, William Jackson Harper, Janet Hubert, Jordan Rock and Maya […]
Kadeem Hardison and Emma McDonald join the cast of AMC’s utopian drama Moonhaven, which is set 100 years in the future on a “utopian colony on the Moon that may hold the keys to preserving life on Earth, which has become increasingly perilous.” McDonald is cast as the lead role and Hardison as a series […]
Eva Reign, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Abubakr Ali, Courtnee Carter, Kelly Lamor Wilson, and Grant Reynolds join Billy Porter’s directorial debut film ‘What If? for Orion Pictures. Reign is replacing 17-year-old Britsh trans actress Yasmin Finney, who was originally cast to star in the lead role. Due to complications owing to backlogs during Covid that have […]
The power of three will now be two. Madeleine Mantock is exiting the Charmed reboot after starring as one of the Charmed sisters for the past three seasons. Mantock, who played eldest sister Macy Vaughn since the reboot’s premiere in 2018, made the announcement ahead of Friday’s Season 3 finale. “Playing Macy on Charmed for […]
Alfre Woodard joins the cast of BET+/CBC’s The Porter, an upcoming drama series about a group of 1920s railway workers who unite to form the world’s first Black union. Woodard, who is also executive producing the series joins previously cast Aml Ameen, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Mouna Traoré, Oluniké Adeliyim and Loren Lott. The series was […]
MGM’s The Thomas Crown Affair remake is moving forward, with Michael B Jordan still attached as lead and Wes Tooke joining to write the screenplay. Jordan is also producing via his Outlier Society banner with Joe Russo and Anthony Russo through their AGBO banner. READ: Jonathan Majors in Talks to Get in the Ring Against […]
Tamera Kissen joins House Party reboot. She will star opposite previously Shakira Ja’nai Paye, Andrew Santino, Bill Bellamy, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Tosin Cole, Karen Obilom, and DC Young Fly. Music video director Calmatic will be making his feature directorial debut based on a script by Stephen Glover and Jamal Olori. READ: Robin Thede, London Hughes […]
Matthew A. Cherry and Chaz Bottoms are developing Battu, an animated series for Cartoon Networks. Battu, which is based on Bottoms’ dance-themed short Battu: An Animated Musical, comes from the French ballet term meaning beat. Battu follows teenagers Otis and Jada – two gifted dancers in Chicago whose free-spirit and individuality often leave them as […]
Nicole Ari Parker, Karen Pittman, and Sarita Choudhury are joining the cast of HBO Max’s Sex and the City revival And Just Like That… The aforementioned will join original franchise leads Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis. They will reprise their original characters, Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbs, and Charlotte York. The only original […]