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The cast of Boots Riley’s upcoming Amazon series I’m a Virgo, which is led by Jharrel Jerome, has added six to its cast. Brett Gray, Kara Young, Allius Barnes, and Olivia Washington join I’m a Virgo as series regulars with Mike Epps and Carmen Ejogo set to recur. “Our cast is hard as hell. Our […]
Deon and Roxanne Avent Taylor, through their Hidden Empire Film Group, is teaming up with King Bach (real name Andrew Bachelor) to develop a scripted series chronicling Bach’s rise to social media fame. Bach first hit it big when he became Vine’s biggest star, boasting 14 million followers and 5.1 billion loops. He has since […]
Aaron Pierre is joining Delroy Lindo and Mahershala Ali in Marvel’s Blade reboot starring Ali in the titular human-vampire hybrid role. Bassam Tariq is directing the feature project from a script Stacy Osei-Kuffour penned. Osei-Kuffour writing the script makes her the first Black woman to pen a Marvel movie. READ: 15 Actors Whose Careers Rose […]
It’s official, The Wendy Williams show is ending. After 14 seasons, The Wendy Williams Show is no more. Sherri Shepherd, who has been a frequent guest host on the season, will host her very own talk show, Sherri, in the fall and take over the time slot Williams’ show had on FOX. “OMG! I am […]
It’s safe to say Terrence Howard is not retiring after all. Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Clifton Powell have been cast in the horror movie Skeletons in the Closet. Valery M. Ortiz is also cast in the La Llorona-themed thriller, directed by Lance Kawas. Koji Steven Sakai and Joshua A. Cohen wrote the script based […]
Crystal Fox, Djouliet Amara, and Ally Maki have joined the cast of The Big Door Prize, rounding out the cast Apple’s The Big Door Prize. They join previously cast Gabrielle Dennis, Damon Gupton, Chris O’Dowd, Josh Segarra and Sammy Fourlas. The half-hour comedy is based on M.O. Walsh’s bestselling novel. The 10-episode series tells a […]
Daveed Diggs has joined The Crossover, Disney+’s basketball drama series, as its narrator. The project which was recently given a series order is based on Kwame Alexander’s novel of the same name that is told entirely through verse. Alexander and Damani Johnson penned the pilot with Dee Johnson supervising. READ: 19 Best Teachers in TV […]
After an extensive, year-long search, Paramount Pictures has found their leading man. British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir, fresh off of playing Malcolm X in One Night in Miami, will portray Bob Marley in the studio’s biopic about the reggae icon. Reinaldo Marcus Green will helm the film and he is re-teaming up with Zach Baylin, who […]
Court is almost in session and with a few new faces. Roger Guenveur Smith and Christian Keyes are joining the cast of All Rise for its third season, and first season on its new network, OWN. They join returning cast members Simone Missick, Wilson Bethel, Jessica Camacho, J. Alex Brinson, Ruthie Ann Miles, Lindsay Mendez, […]
Felicia D. Henderson (The Punisher, Gossip Girl) is attached to adapt Tracy Deonn’s YA novel Legendborn, a fantasy that gives a modern twist to the King Arthur story with a sprinkle of Black Girl Magic. The series currently does not have a network, but production company Black Bear Television is currently shopping the program around […]