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FX recently gave a series order to adapt one of Octavia E. Butler’s most beloved works Kindred for the small screen. The network ordered an eight-episode season of the sci-fi novel with Janicza Bravo attached to direct the pilot and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins set to pen the script and is also the showrunner. READ: 13 Black […]
There is a Sidney Poitier documentary about his career and life in production at Apple. Reggie Hudlin is directing with Oprah Winfrey attached as executive producer for the Apple Original Films release. Apple and Winfrey have been in production on the documentary for more than a year. Poitier’s family is participating in the project. READ: 9 […]
As expected Viola Davis has entered 2022 with a new project in the works. The award-winning actress is in talks to star in the Amazon feature Two Butterflies. Yance Ford is directing the drama follows two estranged sisters who are torn apart by tragedy and forced to reunite when one sister must be transported to […]
Matthew A. Cherry is set to direct Jada Pinkett Smith in Redd Zone, an upcoming drama for Netflix with Kristin Layne attached to pen it. READ: Matthew A. Cherry, Chaz Bottoms Developing Animated Series, Battu, For Cartoon Network The drama is based on the true story of Tia Magee (portrayed by Smith), a single mother […]
Miles J. Harvey and Damon Wayans Jr are set to star in the comedy Supercool. The comedy which Vertical Entertainment just acquired the North American rights for also stars Jake Short, Madison Davenport, Iliza Shlesinger, Odessa A’zion, Peter Moses, and Madison Bailey. READ: Gabrielle Dennis, Damon Gupton Join Apple TV+ Comedy The Big Door Prize […]
Mahershala Ali is set to star in and executive producer the limited series The Plot, from Endeavor Content for the Onyx Collective on Hulu. READ: Mahershala Ali to Star Opposite Julia Roberts in Leave The World Behind Thriller For Netflix The eight-episode series is described as a cat-and-mouse story that revolves around Jake (Ali), a […]
Another year, another reboot is in the works. There is a female-driven reboot of The Honeymooners in the works at CBS. The multi-camera project which is described as “a bold, female-driven reboot” comes from executive producers Damon Wayans Jr. and Kameron Tarlow’s Two Shakes Entertainment and showrunner Lindsey Shockley. Kelly Park is also executive producing […]
AMC Networks streamer AllBlk has announced the cast for season 2 of its horror anthology season, Terror Lake Drive. Pascale Armand, Yolonda Ross, Denise Boutte, Charles Malik Whitfield, and Kendrick Cross will lead the series from Jerry LaMothe and Kajuana S. Marie. Titled Terror Lake Drive: Single Black Female, the upcoming season of the anthology […]
Keesha Sharp is joining the Powerverse. The Lethal Weapon alum has been cast as a series regular for the third season of Power Book II: Ghost. The spinoff picks up shortly after the Power finale and follows Tariq St. Patrick (Michael Rainey Jr.), the son of James “Ghost” St. Patrick and Tasha Green-St. Patrick, as […]
The film Rustin has added many to its cast. Those recently added include Jeffrey Wright, Grantham Coleman, Lilli Kay, Jordan-Amanda Hall, Jakeem Dante Powell, Ayana Workman, Jamilah Nadege Rosemond, Jules Latimer, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper, Frank Harts, and Kevin Mambo. They join previously announced cast members that include Colman Domingo in the title role, portraying Bayard Rustin, […]