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BET has greenlit, Carl Weber’s The Black Hamptons , a new four-part original limited series. The series is based on Weber’s novel of the same name and stars Lamman Rucker, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Elise Neal, Brian White, and Karon Riley. Mike Merrill, Blac Chyna, Acaron Spears, Daya Vaidya, Cameo Sherrell, Franklin Ojeda Smith, Jordan Smith, Jennifer Freeman, […]
Giancarlo Esposito is leading the reboot to the British series The Driver for AMC and its streaming platform AMC+. Created by Sunu Gonera and Danny Brocklehurst, Esposito stars as a taxi driver whose life is turned upside down when he agrees to chauffer a New Orleans-based Zimbabwean gangster. His new boss is notorious for exploiting […]
Reign Edwards and Bokeem Woodbine have been cast in Bill Burr’s upcoming comedy Old Dads for Miramax. Burr, Bobby Cannavale, and Kate Aselton also star in the film. Burr is making his feature film debut with this project that centers on a middle-aged father (Burr) who, along with his two best friends (Woodbine and Cannavale), […]
Dorian Missick, Amanda Warren, Pamela Reed, and Jim Klock round out the cast of Prime Video’s The Burial led by Tommy Lee Jones and Jamie Foxx. The film is based on a true story, about a bankrupt funeral homeowner who decides to sue a rival businessman over a handshake deal gone wrong and then owner […]
Daphne Maxwell Reid and Vernee Watson-Johnson who played on the original Fresh Prince of Bel-Air series, are reuniting on Peacock’s Bel-Air. Reid and Watson-Johnson will guest star on the dramatic reimagining series under new characters Helen and Janice, respectively, who are members of the Art Council Board of Trustee. In the original 90s sitcom Reid […]
As Black-ish bows out after eight seasons, Freeform has renewed its spin-off Grown-ish for a fifth season. And Marcus Scribner who plays Andre Johnson Jr aka Junior on Black-ish will segue over to the college-driven series. According to the network, Scribner will reprise his role as Andre Johnson Jr. as he embarks on his own […]
Skye Townsend has been upped to a series regular for the third season of Robin Thede’s A Black Lady Sketch Show. Created, written by and starring Thede, A Black Lady Sketch Show consists of comedic sketches performed by a main cast of Black women comedians including producer and creator Thede, Gabrielle Dennis, Quinta Brunson (season […]
Will Smith and Michael B Jordan are sharing the screen for the first time for the sequel to I Am Legend. Both are also producing the post-apocalyptic action thriller film for Warner Bros. The original screenwriter Akiva Goldsman will return to pen the sequel and also will produce. Outside of that, there aren’t any other […]
J.B. Smoove and Kamaia Fairburn join the cast of Netflix’s untitled Blockbuster comedy series in a recurring role. Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, and Olga Merediz have also been cast as series regulars. Netflix gave the comedy a 10-episode order, created by Vanessa Ramos. The single-cam ensemble workplace comedy follows the staff of the last Blockbuster […]
Damson Idris is going from drug kingpin in Snowfall to sports agent Rich Paul in upcoming project. While visiting Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, the British actor revealed he will be portraying the sports agent and entrepreneur. Most notably, Rich Paul is known as Lebron James’ sports agent who has consistently helped James’ success since […]