Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
One hundred years ago, in 1921 thirty-five blocks of the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma was a thriving town of black entrepreneurs, businesses, and wealth. The segregated town was famously coined Black Wall Street. However, on May 30, 1921 when “[a] chance encounter between two teenagers lit the fuse that set Greenwood District alight,” that […]
Jayln Hall and Amir O’Neil are co-starring in the drama pilot, The Crossover for Disney+. George Tillman Jr is directing the pilot which is based on Kwame Alexander’s bestselling novel of the same name that is told entirely through verse. Alexander and Damani Johnson are scripting with Dee Johnson supervising. The Crossover is the coming-of-age […]
Newcomer Alana Bright is set as a lead opposite Yaya DaCosta and Morris Chestnut in Fox drama series Our Kind of People. This role marks as Bright’s professional acting debut. The project comes from Lee Daniels and Karen Gist with Tasha Smith attached to direct two episodes of the series. Our Kind of People is […]
Lynn Whitfield, Rick Fox, and Grace Byers join the action flick The Retirement Plan. Ernie Hudson, Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Ashley Greene, Jackie Earle Haley, Joel David Moore, and 11-year-old newcomer Thalia Campbell also star. Tim J. Brown is writing and directing the picture. The Retirement Plan centers on Ashley (Greene), a mother who gets […]
Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown to produce and co-star Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. Adamma Ebo to make feature writing and directorial debut in the film which takes a satirical look at megachurch culture and the often nebulous perspectives that are cultivated from being both entrenched in it, as well as finding yourself […]
HBO’s 1980s Lakers series has a very, very full cast and it has added seven more. Edwin Hodge, Ta’Nika Gibson, Rory Cochrane, Danny Burstein, Austin Aaron, Terence Davis, and Ja’Quan Cole have recently been added to the cast. The untitled series based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers […]
Four more have been added to CW’s reimagining of the 2004 USA Network sci-fi drama series The 4400. Titled, 4400 TL Thompson, Derrick A. King, Cory Jeacoma, Ireon Roach, and newcomer Autumn Best join as series regular. They join previously cast Brittany Adebumola, Jaye Ladymore, Amarr Wooten, Joseph David-Jones, and Khailah Johnson. Penned by executive […]
Leslie Odom Jr. joins Janelle Monae in Knives Out sequel. Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista and Edward Norton have also been cast in the sequel opposite Daniel Craig who is reprising his role from the first movie. Rian Johnson will also return to direct and is also producing with Ram Bergman under their T-Street banner. Plot […]
Nicole Ari Parker, Brad James, Adrian Holmes, and Jade Eshete have been added to the cast of the NBC drama pilot At That Age. They will co-lead alongside previously cast Sinqua Walls, Emayatzy Corinealdi and Christian Keyes. Bailey Bass has also been cast in a recurring role. Lee Daniels created and directed the pilot based […]
Morris Chestnut is headed back to Martha’s Vineyard (IYKYK). Morris Chestnut has been cast in a lead role of the Fox drama series “Our Kind of People. He joins previously cast Yaya DaCosta in Lee Daniels and Karen Gist’s project. Tasha Smith is also attached to direct the series. Our Kind of People is a […]