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Debbi Morgan is the most recent star to join Fox’s upcoming drama Our Kind of People . She joins previously cast Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut, Letoya Luckett, Lance Gross, Joe Morton, Rhyon Nicole Brown, Kyla Bary, and newcomer Alana Bright. The project comes from Lee Daniels and Karen Gist with Tasha Smith attached to direct […]
Phylicia Rashad joins Nikyatu Jusu’s thriller Nanny for Stay Gold Features And Topic Studios Pic. Sinqua Walls, Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, and Morgan Spector also star. Jusu will write and make her feature directorial debut with Nanny, which is being described as a timely thriller that puts the immigrant story front and center. The film […]
Andre Royo joins the cast of Amazon’s holiday romantic comedy series With Love. He joins previously cast Rome Flynn, Isis King, Todd Grinnell, Desmond Chiam, Emeraude Tobia and Mark Indelicato. “One Day at a Time” co-creator Gloria Calderón Kellett created and wrote With Love which follows the Diaz siblings, Lily (Toubia) and Jorge (Indelicato) who […]
Naomi Ackie joins Channing Tatum in Zoe Kravitz’s Pussy Island. MGM acquired the film during the virtual Cannes Festival in a highly competitive situation which marks Kravitz directorial debut. Kravitz and E.T. Feigenbaum wrote the film that centers on a philanthropist and tech mogul Slater (Tatum) who whisks away young, clever, Los Angeles cocktail waitress […]
Lance Gross is the latest to join the growing cast of Fox’s upcoming drama Our Kind of People . He joins previously cast Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut, Letoya Luckett. The project comes from Lee Daniels and Karen Gist with Tasha Smith attached to direct two episodes of the series. The Fox drama Our Kind of […]
Colman Domingo is adapting his award-winning play Dot into the dramedy series West Philly, Baby for AMC. The half-hour series follows the journey of a Philadelphia family. They are forced to grapple with their matriarch’s declining memory amidst uncovering long-held family secrets that shake the foundation of their home. Midlife crises, troubling revelations, childhood trauma, […]
The Olympic Highlights are about to get funny thanks to Kevin Hart and Snopp Dogg. The duo, which starred in the 2004 comedy Soul Plane are teaming up to host the Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg for NBC’s streaming platform Peacock. READ: Jamie Foxx, Kevin Hart, Halle Berry, Angela Bassett, and More […]
Karen Obilom joins House Party reboot as the female lead. She will star opposite Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Tosin Cole 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 to Lead Perfect Strangers Reboot The […]
Morris Chestnut is executive producing Greenwood Avenue. The feature film is about The Tulsa Race Massacre. Daryl Spiveys scripted the film that tells the story of a Philadephia lawyer who follows a lead to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and unveils the events of the massacre as well as her family’s connection to it. Casting for the film […]
Wanda Sykes joins season 5 of The Good Fight in a recurring position. In the fifth season, Diane (Christine Baranski) is forced to question whether it’s appropriate for her to help run an African American law firm with Liz (Audra McDonald) when the firm loses two top lawyers. Meanwhile, Marissa (Sarah Steele) and the firm […]