Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
TV One is giving Marvin Sapp’s life the biopic treatment with Never Would Have Made It: The Marvin Sapp Story, starring Chaz Lamar Shepherd as the famed gospel singer. The movie title is a nod to Bishop’s award-winning 2007 hit “Never Would Have Made It,” which topped the Gospel chart for nearly 50 weeks and […]
Keke Palmer is set to host the reboot of the iconic gameshow Password, for NBC. The show comes from The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon, who has made the guessing game a part of his late-night talk shows over the years. He will recur on the show as a celebrity player.. The series will see […]
The Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences have announced Will Smith’s consequences following him slapping Chris Rock as he presented at the 94th Oscars. Will Smith has been banned from all Academy events for 10 years. That means Will Smith can not attend any Academy events or programs, in […]
Kerry Washington and Lupin star Omar Sy are starring opposite one another in the action-thriller Shadow Force for Lionsgate. Joe Carnahan is directing the feature that follows “an estranged couple with a bounty on their heads who must go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer, a shadow ops unit that […]
Angela Bassett is joining Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown in the upcoming Netflix fantasy film Damsel, which tells the story of what happens when the princess marries prince charming. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is directing based on a script written by Dan Mazeau. READ: Angela Bassett, Lyric Ross and More Join Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele […]
Whoopi Goldberg joins Delroy Lindo and Malachi Kirby in the Amazon Prime series adaptation of Anansi Boys. Based on Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel, the six-episode series is set throughout contemporary London and follows a cast of characters in an epic story that stretches from the UK to Florida, the Caribbean, and the mythical World Before […]
Huey P. Newton is the center of a new limited series for Apple TV. Andre Holland is in talks to star as Huey P. Newton in the Apple TV limited series The Big Cigar, about how the Black Panther leader eluded a nationwide manhunt and escaped to Cuba. The six-part series comes from Don Cheadle, […]
The cast of The Color Purple just got more star-studded as Aunjanue Ellis joins The Color Purple musical film, directed by Blitz Bazawule. The Color Purple is set for a global theatrical release in December of 2023. She joins previously cast Danielle Brooks, Fantasia Barrino, Colman Domingo, Halle Bailey, Taraji P Henson, H.E.R., and Corey […]
Damon Wayans, Pam Grier and more have been cast in the noir thriller Cinnamon for Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service. They will star opposite previously cast Hailey Kilgore, David Iacono and Jeremie Harris. Cinnamon follows a struggling small-town gas station attendant and aspiring (and truly gifted) singer, Jodi Jackson (Kilgore), whose life is sent into […]
Kid Cudi (real name Scott Mescudi) is the latest star to join the cast of the Silent Night. He’ll star alongside Joel Kinnaman, Harold Torres, and Catalina Sandino Moreno in the forthcoming action-thriller from director John Woo. Robert Lynn penned the screenplay. READ: Anthony Mackie is Cast in Action-Comedy Twisted Metal TV Series Silent Night […]