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Marlon Wayans is giving fans another frightening laugh with the untitled father-daughter Halloween comedy movie for Netflix which he will star in and produce. Jeff Wadlow will direct the comedy with Rob Rugan, Todd Berger and John R. Morey writing the script. The story follows a teenage girl, who after accidentally unleashing an ancient and […]
Showtime has ordered a comedy TV pilot based on Rick Famuyiwa’s 1999 film, The Wood. The project comes from the film’s director Rick Famuyiwa, Justin Hillian and Showtime sibling Paramount Television Studios. Famuyiwa will return to direct the pilot while Hillian, will write the script. READ: Dominique Fishback, Anthony Ramos to Lead in New Transformers […]
After a nationwide, virtual search for a young actor to play the title role, Annie Live! has found its lead with Celina Smith. The character, long considered one of the great musical theater roles for young actresses, gets to sing the show’s most famous showstopper – “Tomorrow” – as well as “Maybe” and “It’s a […]
Jurnee Smollett and Misha Green are reteaming up for Black Canary, a spinoff from Warner Bros.’s 2020 DC movie Birds of Prey. The project, which is in early development at HBO Max sees Smollett reprising her supporting Birds of Prey character Black Canary as the lead in the film. And according to Cinelinx, Green is […]
It’s like official, official now. Anthony Mackie is picking up the shield in Marvel’s upcoming “Captain America 4” movie. Deadline reported Wednesday that Mackie has signed a deal to return to the MCU, this time as Captain America, months after the project was initially reported on. Mackie first appeared as Sam Wilson (aka the Falcon) […]
Raven Goodwin and Nicole Chanel Williams have joined the cast of Fox’s upcoming drama, Our Kind of People. They will recur Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut, Nadine Ellis, Lance Gross, Joe Morton, Rhyon Nicole Brown, L. Scott Caldwell, Kyla Bary, and newcomer Alana Bright. The project comes from Lee Daniels and Karen Gist with Tasha Smith […]
Camille A. Brown is making her Broadway directing debut and history at the same time. Tony Award-nominated choreographer Camille A. Brown is set to make her Broadway directing debut and choreograph the revival of Ntozake Shange’s 1976 classic for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. READ: Uzo Aduba, Ron Cephas Jones […]
Eminem has joined the cast of BMF, the upcoming Starz drama series from executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. The rapper joins Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr. (“Big Meech” Flenory’s son), Da’Vinchi, Russell Hornsby, Michole Briana White, Ajiona Alexus and Eric Kofi Abrefa. Additional cast members are Myles Truitt, Steve Harris, Arkeisha “Kash Doll” Knight, […]
Sterling K. Brown and Randall Park are teaming up for the untitled action-comedy set at Amazon. The film is described as a buddy cop movie in the vein of “48 Hrs.” Wu-Tang: An American Saga co-creator Alex Tse is penning the project that centers on two estranged childhood friends who now find themselves on opposite […]
Mark Wahlberg is set to have some me-time with Kevin Hart 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 […]