Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
You know that picture Donald Glover posted that featured Dominique Fishback, Chloe Bailey and Damson Idris that we speculated was for Glover and Janine Nabers’ upcoming untitled series for Amazon. Well we were right. The series (officially titled) Swarm is coming to Prime on March 17th. Swarm centers on Dre (Fishback), a young woman who […]
Jermaine Jackson’s son Jaafar Jackson has been cast to portray his late uncle, Michael Jackson in the upcoming biopic Michael. Antoine Fuqua, who is on board to direct confirmed the news via Instagram. “Proud to announce @jafaarjackson as Michael — the motion picture event that explores the journey of the man who became the King […]
Ayo Edebiri has lined up her next role in Marvel Studios’ villain-centric Thunderbolts. She joins Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen and Olga Kurylenko, who were previously cast. Little is known about the plot of the film, but in the comics, The Thunderbolts centers on a team of Marvel […]
Larry Wilmore who is no stranger to late-night talk shows is taking fans on a behind-the-scenes journey in his new scripted comedy Lately for ABC Wilmore is starring in, writing, and executive producing the series which is described as a behind-the-scenes look at the upstairs-downstairs dynamics of the people who work at a late-night talk […]
I May Destroy You alum Paapa Essiedu is starring opposite Melissa McCarthy in the untitled Christmas movie. Set in New York, the upcoming Christmas Movie is described as a fairy-tale comedy about a workaholic man who enlists the help of a magical genie to help win his family back before Christmas. READ: Danielle Pinnock Joins […]
Niecy Nash-Betts, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Nick Offerman, and Connie Nielsen are joining Ava DuVernay’s upcoming feature Caste for Netflix. They join previously cast Aunjanue Ellis who is leading Caste, which is an adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller ‘Caste: Origins of Our Discontent. DuVernay directing, penning, and producing the film […]
Rita Moreno, King Bach, Bashir Salahuddin, Xosha Roquemore and more are joining the cast of the upcoming Netflix movie Family Leave. They join previously cast Jennifer Garner, Ed Helms, Emma Myers, and Brady Noon in the body swapping comedy inspired by New York Times bestselling author Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s book, Bedtime for Mommy. Joseph McGinty […]
Over 20 years after the original Gabrielle Union is officially developing a Bring It On sequel. And before you say it, we are aware the franchise has four direct-to-video sequels, however Union’s Bring It On sequel will center on the East Compton Clovers. “We’ve been developing a sequel that centers on the [Clovers],” she told […]
Garcelle Beauvais to lead and executive produce Lifetime’s upcoming original movie, Black Girl Missing. Iyana Halley, Taylor Mosby, and Linda Park also star in the film which is inspired by actual stories of missing women of color. Delmar Washington directs the film and Kale Futterman penned the script and a new PSA for the Black […]
There are some great new movie trailers out this week! Lots of shows dropped their new trailers as well as movies. And because we missed the release of some films, we dropped their trailers as well. Listen this list is of all the shows and movies you may be interested coming out soon or already […]