Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
NBC gave the drama pilot, The Irrational, which is based on Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational, a series order. Jesse L. Martin leads the series as a behavioral scientist who helps solve high-stakes problems. Maahra Hill is cast as the female lead opposite, previously cast Jesse L. Martin with Travina Springer, Molly Kunz, and Arash […]
You may or may not know but Ryan Coogler penned Black Panther: Wakanda Forever prior to Chadwick Boseman’s passing. Coogler and his co-screenwriter Joe Robert Cole sent Boseman a first draft for the film in 2020. However much of the storyline which was going to center on T’Challa and his son Toussaint, changed due to […]
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We’re loving all who are guest starring on the second seasons of ‘The Proud Family Louder and Prouder.’ Gabrielle Union, Anthony Anderson, Holly Robinson Peete, and Leslie Odom Jr. are just some of the many new stars lending their voice to the series. READ: All The Shows Canceled or Ended in 2022 Chance the Rapper, […]
Mary J. Blige and her Blue Butterfly Production Company have inked first-look and second-look deal with BET. With her first look, Blige will develop unscripted projects for the network and for her second-look she will develop scripted projects. Under Blige’s non-scripted deal with BET, Blue Butterfly is developing The Wine Down, a new talk show […]
Them, Amazon’s Studio’s original anthology series has lined up their cast for season 2. Titled Them: The Scare, Deborah Ayorinde who starred in the first season is returning and is joined by Pam Grier and Luke James who will lead the upcoming seasons. READ: 11 Actors You Didn’t Know Were Twins…And Some You Did Joshua […]
The cast for the upcoming fourth installment in the Disney+/National Geographic anthology series titled Genius: MLK/X is shaping out to be full of talent–rising talent and well established talent. Genius: MLK/X will explore the formative years, pioneering accomplishments, dueling philosophies, and key personal relationships of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) and Malcolm […]
Louis Gossett Jr., Lance Henriksen, and Robin Curtis are cast in the horror-thriller, Awaken The Reaper. Dave Campfield and Justin Paul are directing the thriller based on a script Campfield wrote. Awaken the Reaper follows a troubled drifter who returns home to begin therapy when he begins experiencing visions of a hooded skeletal figure that […]
On Monday (Dec 19), soap opera star Sonya Eddy, best known for her longtime role playing Epiphany Johnson on “General Hospital,” has died. She was 55. On Tuesday, Oscar winner Octavia Spencer announced the death of her close friend on Instagram, writing: “The world lost another creative angel. Her legions of @generalhospitalabc fans will miss […]
Check out the trailer to Philip Johnson and Robert Graves’ latest project, The Unhinged. Directed by Robert Graves, the short film thriller stars Johnson, Taylor Brooks, Antoine Tate, EJ Joseph, and Tyler Boyce. Written and produced by Johnson and Graves, The Unhinged centers on a young man, who while trying to find new love after […]
50 Cent is executive producing the British boxing drama Fightland which is currently in development over at Starz. Writing team Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan and Marlon Smith are attached to the series set within the high stakes, cash rich, dangerous world of British boxing. READ: Black Actors Nominated for the 2023 Golden Globes Awards Fightland follows a […]