Yahya Abdul-Mateen is starring in and executive producing the limited series The Scent of Burnt Flowers. Charles D. King’s Macro Television Studios is developing the series which comes from Blitz Bazawule. The six-episode series which is described as a geopolitical fugitive thriller is based on Bazawule’ upcoming first novel of the same name, which will […]
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Unrapped: 50 Cent’s G-Unit Film & Television is Developing Rap Competition
50 Cent is developing a hip-hop competition series titled Unrapped via his G-Unit Film & Television for ABC. Dubbed as Hip-Hop’s American Idol, the show will follow a rap battle format that sees celebrities compete with the help of the music industry’s most iconic mentors. The contestants will go head-to-head in rap battles until a […]
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Joy Bryant, Henry Simmons to Star in Cherish The Day Season 2
Joy Bryant and Henry Simmons will lead the second season of OWN’s romance anthology Cherish the Day. In season two, followers will follow the rekindling of former high school sweethearts, Ellis and Sunday, who find themselves reunited in beautiful New Orleans. Bryant will play a vegan celebrity chef named Sunday, while Simmons will play former […]
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Lance Reddick to Reprise Role in John Wick: Chapter 4
Lance Reddick is reprising his role in John Wick: Chapter 4. Reddick plays Charon, the concierge of New York’s Continental Hotel who also helps John Wick (Keanu Reeves). In John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Charon fights with Wick in the High Table attacks at the hotel. Together the guys take out the strike force […]
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Robin Givens Joins The CW’s Batwoman Season 3
Robin Givens joins the cast of Batwoman season 3 in a series regular role. Givens is cast as Jada Jet, the CEO of Jett Industries CEO. Her character description reads, “Passionate and hard working, a woman who has worked her way through life’s ups and downs to climb her way to the top — all […]
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Nico Parker Joins Merle Dandridge in HBO’s The Last of Us Series
Nico Parker Joins Merle Dandridge in HBO’s adaptation of the popular video game The Last of Us into a series. Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey and Gabriel Luna are also cast The story takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel (Pascal), a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Ramsey), a 14-year-old […]
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Nadine Ellis Joins Yaya DaCosta and Morris Chestnut in Fox Drama Our Kind Of People in Recasting
Nadine Ellis joins the Fox drama series Our Kind of People in recasting. She will star opposite Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut and Joe Morton. The project comes from Lee Daniels and Karen Gist with Tasha Smith attached to direct two episodes of the series. The drama Our Kind of People is inspired by Lawrence Otis […]
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Boris Kodjoe to Star and Make Directorial Debut With Thriller Safe Space — Nicole Ari Parker, Monica Calhoun + 4 More Also Cast
Boris Kodjoe is making his directorial debut with lifetime’s thriller Safe Space. Boris will also star alongside his wife, Nicole Air Parker, Drea de Matteo, Nik Sanchez, Mackenzie Astin, Monica Calhoun, and Julito McCullum. Nneka Gerstle penned Safe Space that centers on recently widowed Lila Jackson (Ari Parker) and her 14-year-old, autistic son Ian (Sanchez). […]
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Dangerous Moms: Telma Hopkins, Linda Park, Vanessa Marano Join Shanola Hampton, Dascha Polanco in NBC Pilot
Telma Hopkins, Linda Park and Vanessa Marano join Shanola Hampton and Dascha Polanco as series regulars in NBC pilot Dangerous Moms. The pilot comes from Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. The pilot is based on the Spanish version Señoras del (h)Ampa. Janine Sherman Barrois is writing and executive producing […]
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L. Scott Caldwell Joins the Fox Drama Our Kind Of People
L. Scott Caldwell is the most recent star to join Fox’s upcoming drama Our Kind of People . She joins previously cast Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut, Letoya Luckett, Lance Gross, Joe Morton, Rhyon Nicole Brown, Kyla Bary, and newcomer Alana Bright. The project comes from Lee Daniels and Karen Gist with Tasha Smith attached to […]