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Cynthia Erivo is set to star in and produce The Rose remake. The film is a remake of the 1979 Twentieth Century Fox musical romantic drama The Rose, following a self-destructive female rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of those around her. While paying homage […]
Zoe Kravitz is set to make her directorial debut with the thriller Pussy Island. Channing Tatum is set to star in the film in which Kravitz and E.T. Feigenbaum co-wrote together. Tatum stars as a philanthropist and tech mogul named Slater who whisks away young, clever, Los Angeles cocktail waitress Frida to his mysterious private […]
Robin Thede and London Hughes are set to lead the Perfect Strangers reboot. Thede is also writing the remake of the ’80s sitcom which is in development at HBOMax. The half-hour, multi-camera comedy reboot follows perfect strangers Deja (Thede) and Poppy (Hughes) unexpectedly discover that they are half-sisters when they both inherit a one-bedroom apartment […]
In The Height’s Dascha Polanco is set to co-lead opposite Shanola Hampton in NBC pilot Dangerous Minds. The pilot comes from Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. READ: A Madea Homecoming: Tyler Perry is Bringing Madea Out of Retirement For Netflix Film The pilot is based on the Spanish […]
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 […]