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Moses Ingram (Queen’s Gambit) joins Naomi Ackie in the Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody from Sony and its TriStar division. Ingram is cast as Houston’s longtime assistant Robyn Crawford opposite Ackie’s Whitney Houston. Crawford later became Houston’s creative director while also remaining one of her closest friends. The project is being made […]
Prodigal Son alum Aurora Perrineau is joining the new season of HBO’s Westworld. Perrineau has a key recurring role in the upcoming fourth season but details on her character are being kept under wraps. She will star in at least five episodes. READ: Merle Dandridge to Reprise Video Game Role in HBO’s The Last of […]
Ashely D. Kelley and Anna Akana have been cast as series regulars in the NBC comedy pilot Hungry. The potential series also stars Demi Lovato, Alex Brightman, Jay Klaitz, and Rory O’Malley as series regulars. Written and executive produced by Suzanne Martin, Hungry follows a group of friends who belong to a food-issues group helping […]
Ryan Michelle Bathé and Morena Baccarin are set to co-lead an untitled bank heist drama pilot for NBC. The project hails from Nick Wootton and Jake Coburn; Julie Plec’s My So-Called Company; and Universal TV, a division of Universal Studio Group. READ: Issa Rae, La La Anthony, Angelica Nwandu, Thembi Banks Team Up For Horror […]
Peacock has put in development, Let Me Hear A Rhyme, a drama from Morenike Balogun, 50 Cent, and Morgan Cooper. Balogun is writing Let Me Hear You Rhyme, which is based on Tiffany Jackson’s drama of the same name and is described as True Detective meets Straight Outta Compton, a coming-of-age story set amidst and […]
Joe Morton joins the upcoming Fox drama Our Kind of People as a series regular. He joins Rhyon Nicole Brown, Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut, Letoya Luckett and newcomer Alana Bright. The project comes from Lee Daniels and Karen Gist with Tasha Smith attached to direct two episodes of the series. The Fox drama Our Kind […]
Sanaa Lathan is making her feature directorial debut on Paramount Players’ adaptation of Angie Thomas’ New York Times bestseller On the Come Up. She’s the third director on the project. She is taking over for Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu who took over for George Tillman Jr. who was originally attached to helm the film. […]
Hayley Law and Keith Powers have been cast in actor Avan Jogia’s neo noir thriller Door Mouse. Jogia is making his feature writing and directorial debut with this project. Famke Janssen and Donal Logue have also been cast. The neo-noir thriller centers on a woman named Mouse (Law) who is stuck in a dead-end job, […]
Derek Luke, Sabrina Revelle, Skyla I’Lece, Deja Monique Cruz, and Trevor Raine Bush join the cast of the Disney+ pilot The Crossover. They have been cast as series regulars and join previously announced leads Jayln Hall and Amir O’Neil. George Tillman Jr is directing the pilot which is based on Kwame Alexander’s bestselling novel of […]
There is a Bernie Mac biopic in the work from John Legend’s production company Get Lifted. Legend’s producing partner Mike Jackson revealed the news during a Q&A with Legend at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. They will be teaming up with the Bernie Mac estate to make the feature film biopic about the legendary comedian. […]