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Because Hollywood refuses to leave classics alone, The Bodyguard remake is up next, almost three decades after its release. Tony-nominated The Inheritance playwright Matthew López is attached to pen the remake for Warner Bros. READ: Jada Pinkett Smith to Executive Produce Netflix Docu-Series About African Queens The 1992 blockbuster told the love story of R&B […]
Mahershala Ali is joining Julia Roberts in the thriller adaptation of Leave The World Behind for Netflix. Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail on board to direct and adapt Rumaan Alam’s novel of the same name. READ: Spinning Gold: Wiz Khalifa, Tayla Parx, Ledisi and More Cast in Biopic About Casablanca Records It follows a husband […]
33 years later, the comedy Twins starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito is getting a sequel, entitled Triplets. Director/producer Ivan Reitman is teaming back up with Schwarzenegger and DeVito who played brothers Julian and Vincent with the help of Tracy Morgan, who will play a third and long-lost sibling. Reitman will direct the sequel which […]
Just week after Bel-Air has found its new Fresh Prince with newcomer and West Philadelphia local Jabari Banks, the series completed its casting. Adrian Holmes will play patriarch Phillip Banks, Cassandra Freeman will be the family’s matriarch, Vivian Banks, Olly Sholotan stars as Carlton Banks, Coco Jones as Hilary Banks, and Akira Akbar as Ashley […]
Stephan James is set as the male lead in the psychological thriller series adaptation Beacon 23 for Spectrum Originals and AMC Networks. James will co-lead opposite Lena Headey. The series is created by Zak Penn and is based on Hugh Howey’s book of the same name. Beacon 23 follows two people, whose fates become entangled […]
Idris Elba, Taylour Paige, and Justice Smith are all attached to star in the rap drama, We All Die Young. Jake Schreier will direct the picture and Daveed Diggs is penning the script based on a story by Diggs and Chinaka Hodge. We All Die Young centers on Marcus (Smith), a rapper in the midst […]
Rosario Dawson joins LaKeith Stanfield and Tiffany Haddish in Disney’s new Haunted Mansion with Justin Simien set to direct. Katie Dippold penned the script that is reportedly based on the studio’s iconic theme park attraction. Owen Wilson has also joined the cast. The Haunted Mansion theme park ride debuted in 1969 and takes guests through […]
Omar Epps and Michael Ealy are starring in the thriller The Devil You Know for Lionsgate and Command Films. Will Catlett, Glynn Turman, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Theo Rossi, BJ Britt, Vaughn Hebron, Erica Tazel, Curtiss Cook, Keisha Epps, and Ashley Williams also star in the film. READ: Showtime Orders TV Pilot of The Wood — Based […]
H.E.R. and Corey Hawkins join the cast of Warner Bros.’s feature adaptation of the Broadway musical The Color Purple. Blitz Bazawule to helm The Color Purple musical film. Marcus Gardley is penning the story that follows the lives of African-American women — namely Celie and Nettie Harris, Shug Avery and Miss Millie — in the […]
There is a documentary in the works on Reading Rainbow, the 80s children program hosted by LeVar Burton. Titled Butterfly in the Sky, Jasper Mall duo Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb are directing the documentary. The film will feature archival footage and interviews with Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton along with the major broadcasters, educators, […]