Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Viola Davis and husband Julis Tennon, Chris Tucker, and Marlon Wayans have joined the cast of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s untitled Nike film. Affleck is writing the project alongside Damon and both are producing. Chris Messina, Matthew Maher, and Tom Papa have also been cast. Affleck is directing the film which tells the story […]
Even after death, Lena Horne is still making history as the first Black woman with a Broadway theater named after her. The Nederlander Organization will rename its Broadway theater, the Brooks Atkinson Theatre after the late, great performer and civil rights activist Lena Horne. The new name will be Lena Horne Theatre and it will […]
Check out the trailer to Netflix’s adult-animated music series Entergalactic, based on Kid Cudi’s upcoming album of the same name. The series hails from Kenya Barris and Scott Mescudi (aka Kid Cudi). Mescudi will write, star, and executive produce the series. Ian Edelman will co-write with Mescudi and will also executive produce along with Barris. […]
Taylour Paige is joining Jonathan Majors in the bodybuilding drama, Magazine Dreams. Haley Bennett and Mike O’Hearn, a four-time Mr. “Natural” Universe and Fitness Model of the Year of four years who appeared on American Gladiators, are also set to star. Elijah Bynum is writing and directing the film which follows an amateur bodybuilder (Majors) […]
Before Kevin Hart was selling out arenas and starring in blockbuster movies, he was a sneaker salesman in Philly at a mall. His past life is coming back in the form of a half-hour comedy series called, True to Size, for Peacock. True To Size is based on Hart’s pre-comedy days as a sneaker salesman […]
Amin Joseph is taking on the role of iconic former Kansas City Royal slugger Willie Mays Aikens for Samuel Goldwyn Films’ upcoming baseball biopic The Royal. Directed by Marcel Sarmiento and written by Gregory W. Jordan, The Royal tells the true story of the promising career of Kansas City Royals slugger Willie Mays Aikens, that […]
Young Vic/West End’s acclaimed revival of Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’ starring Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke is coming to Broadway’s Hudson Theatre this fall. The limited engagement will run for on 17 weeks only, beginning on September 19, 2022. Miranda Cromwell is directing this revival. Cromwell co-directed the London production alongside Marianne […]
After a hiatus from shooting due to COVID, production for the upcoming boxing movie Flint Strong is underway and with a new cast member added. Brian Tyree Henry joins the project alongside previously cast Ryan Destiny and Oluniké Adeliyi. Henry joins the boxing drama in a recast, Ice Cube originally played the role before production […]
Jussie Smollett is making his directorial debut with B-Boy Blues and the film just found a home on BET’s streamer BETPlus. The LGBTQ film will premiere on BET+ on June 9th. Smollett also penned B-Boy Blues alongside James Earl Hardy. The film is an adaptation of Hardy’s novel of the same name. READ: ABFF Premieres: […]
Maahra Hill is cast as the female lead opposite, previously cast Jesse L. Martin in NBC drama pilot, The Irrational, which is based on Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational. Written by Arika Mittman, the show centers on Alec Baker (Martin), a world-renowned professor of behavioral psychology with a unique insight into human nature who lends […]