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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. […]
Rhyon Nicole Brown joins Fox’s upcoming drama Our Kind of People. She will lead opposite 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 drama Our Kind of People is inspired by Lawrence […]
Shameik Moore and Sydney Sweeney to lead the crime-drama Silver Star. The film is based on Ruben Amar’s original screenplay and he will also direct the movie. The film centers on Buddy, a 20-year-old Civil War re-enactor who is fresh out of jail and struggling to root himself in today’s world. Buddy is determined to […]
Anna Diop (Titans) will star as the lead in Nikyatu Jusu’s thriller Nanny for Stay Gold Features And Topic Studios Pic. Jusu will write and make her feature directorial debut with Nanny, which is being described as a timely thriller that puts the immigrant story front and center. The film follows an undocumented nanny named […]
Rome Flynn, Isis King, Todd Grinnell, and Desmond Chiam join Amazon’s holiday romantic comedy series With Love. They join previously cast Emeraude Tobia and Mark Indelicato. “One Day at a Time” co-creator Gloria Calderón Kellett created and wrote With Love which follows the Diaz siblings, Lily (Toubia) and Jorge (Indelicato) who are on a mission […]
There are new additions to Netflix’s sci-fi series Stranger Things for its new season, titled Stranger Things 4. Myles Truitt, Regina Ting Chen, Amybeth McNulty, and Grace Van Dien will all recur in the upcoming season, the streamer announced during its “Geeked Week” presentation Wednesday (Jun 9). They join previously announced new cast members for […]
Ludacris and Beau Bridges are joining Queen Latifah in the upcoming Netflix thriller, End of the Road. Millicent Shelton is directing the film from a script by David Loughery who penned the script based on an original draft by Christopher Moore. READ: Yara, Keri Shahidi Adapting Cole Brown’s Book Greyboy: Finding Blackness in […]