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Alfre Woodard is joining the cast of New Line’s adaptation of Salem’s Lot, the 1975 Stephen King vampire novel of the same name. She joins previously cast Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Spencer Treat Clark, and Bill Camp. Gary Dauberman is writing and directing Salem’s Lot which follows young author Ben Mears (Pullman) as he returns […]
Bel-Air has found its new Fresh Prince with newcomer and West Philadelphia local Jabari Banks. The new version titled Bel-Air, is a drama series based on Morgan Cooper’s viral YouTube trailer. It was a four-minute trailer that reimagined the series as a drama. Cooper a Fresh Prince super-fan, created and directed the 2019 clip that […]
Lashana Lynch joins Viola Davis and Thuso Mbedu in The Woman King for TriStar Pictures. Gina Prince Bythewood is directing and Dana Stevens wrote the original screenplay with the current draft being by Stevens and Prince-Bythewood. The film is a historical epic inspired by actual events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey. It […]
Regina Hall is joining Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg in the Netflix comedy Me Time. READ: Kevin Hart, Snoop Dogg Will Recapping The Olympic Highlights in New Show on Peacock Hart’s Night School writer John Hamburg will write and direct the pic that follows a stay-at-home dad (Hart). He finds himself with some “me time” […]
Eddie Murphy is starring opposite Jonah Hill in an upcoming untitled comedy for Netflix with Kenya Barris on board to direct. The untitled comedy will mark as Barris’ feature directorial debut. Hill and Barris co-wrote the script which is being kept under wraps. What we do know is that it is said to be an […]
Tiffany Haddish is set to star in the live-action hybrid family comedy I.F. for Universal Pictures. Mike Mitchell is attached to direct based on a script by Darren Lemke. Specific details on the film, I.F. are under wraps but the story centers around an imaginary friend and uses both animation with live-action. Think Who Framed […]
The Lion King prequel has found its Mufasa and Scar. Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Aaron Pierre will head to the Pride Lands, to voice at-odds brothers Mufasa and Scar. Barry Jenkins is attached to direct the prequel to the 2019 adaptation which will further explore the mythology of the iconic characters, including Mufasa’s origin story. […]
Victoria Mahoney will direct The Old Guard 2 for Netflix and Skydance. And it seems she’s the only new person on the project as the original cast: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Veronica Ngo and Chiwetel Ejiofor are returning to reprise their roles in the sequel. Gina Prince-Bythewood directed the […]
Netflix ordered two seasons of an untitled docuseries about African queens. The project comes from Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Studios and Nutopia, with Pinkett Smith set to executive produce. “As the mother of a young Black woman, it is immensely important to me that she learns the lessons of the African Queens […]
Game of Thrones alum Jacob Anderson will star as Louis opposite Sam Reid in Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire series for AMC and its sister streamer, AMC+. The casting will reunite Anderson with GoT director Alan Taylor, who is helming the show’s first two episodes. Rolin Jones is creator, showrunner and executive producer of […]