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Keke Palmer, Jermaine Crawford, and Amy Aniobi are developing comedy series Unfriendly Black Hotties at HBO Max. The trio will co-write and executive produce the series. The series is a “comedic satire exploring Gen-Z’s weaponization of political correctness told through the eyes of four high school girls.” No word on if Palmer, Crawford, or Aniobi […]
Allen Maldonado, Brandon Mychal Smith, Darrell Britt-Gibson, and Stephen Falk are executive producing the upcoming single-cam comedy series Get Buckets for Fox. Get Buckets follows three estranged brothers who must come together to run their late billionaire father’s professional basketball team and learn how to be a functional family. READ: 14 Comedy Specials by Black […]
“Abbott Elementary” star and Emmy winner Sheryl Lee Ralph is officially booked as part of Super Bowl LVII’s pregame entertainment. Singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the multihyphenate performer will be joined on the program by country star Chris Stapleton singing the national anthem and singer, songwriter and producer Babyface singing “America the Beautiful.” READ: […]
Girls Trip 2 is officially happening and the girls may be headed to Ghana. While speaking at the Variety Studio presented by Audible at Sundance, Tracy Oliver, who co-wrote the 2017 original, gave an update to the film. She confirmed that “it’s officially happening. I can say that” as well that the original cast: Regina […]
Onyx Collective ordered the scripted drama series Sheba into development. Chantelle Wells and Azie Tesfai co-created the hour-long drama that explores the rise to power of the Queen of Sheba. She was the first queen on the continent of Africa as she seeks to unite the nation we now know as Ethiopia. Her efforts turned […]
Xosha Roquemore joins Anthony Mackie in Marvel’s upcoming Captain America: New World Order movie. Carl Lumbly, Shira Haas, Tim Blake Nelson, Danny Ramirez, Liv Taylor, Seth Rollinsand Harrison Ford are also apart of the film’s ensemble. Julius Onah will direct the pic with Malcolm Spellman and Dalan Musson co-writing the script. READ: ‘Snowfall’ to ‘A […]
Rodney Barnes and Melina Matsoukas join the Mahershala Ali-led HBO limited series about boxing legend Jack Johnson. Barnes will pen the series and Matsoukas is directing. Both will executive produce the untitled Jack Johnson bio-series (formally titled Unruly) alongside Khaliah Neal. READ: 17 Best TV Shows and Limited Series That Debuted in 2022 The series […]
Michael B. Jordan continues his journey as John Clark in Paramount’s adaptation of Tom Clancy novel Rainbow Six. The film will serve as a follow-up to the 2021 adaptation of Clancy’s novel Without Remorse, which Jordan starred in as Clark, the Navy SEAL-turned-CIA operative. John Wick director Chad Stahelski is helming the project. READ: 20 […]
Netflix announced their upcoming rom-com, The Perfect Find starring Gabrielle Union and Keith Powers will be released summer 2023. Gina Torres, Janet Hubert, La La Anthony, and Aisha Hinds have also been cast in the project based on Tia Williams’ book of the same name. Numa Perrier directed the romantic comedy based on the script […]
There are some great new movie trailers out this week! Lots of shows dropped their new trailers as well as movies. Check out the trailers and let us know what you are looking forward to watching? PS. We’re adding new tv and movie trailers everyday so be sure to check back! READ: 51+ Most Anticipated […]