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You know that picture Donald Glover posted that featured Dominique Fishback, well we’re pretty sure it was for his and Janine Sabers upcoming untitled series for Amazon. (Click here for photo) On Tuesday (Apr 12), Glover shared a photo that included Fishback holding a binder that gave the first look into who could be cast […]
Hulu has ordered an eight-episode limited series about Sammy Davis, Jr. that will see Elijah Kelley cast in the title role which is based on the Wil Haygood book, “In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr.” The project comes from Lee Daniels and reunites Kelley with Daniels years after working on Daniels’ […]
Jesse L. Martin is going from high speed to high probability. After eight seasons, Martin will no longer be a series regular on The CW’s The Flash. He instead is moving on as a lead in the NBC drama pilot, The Irrational, which is based on Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational. Written by Arika Mittman, […]
Sinqua Walls is joining the White Men Can’t Jump remake as a lead opposite Jack Harlow, who is making his acting debut in the film. Walls and Harlow will take on the roles originated by Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson. Calmatic, who recently directed the House Party reboot has been tapped to direct White Men […]
TV One is giving Marvin Sapp’s life the biopic treatment with Never Would Have Made It: The Marvin Sapp Story, starring Chaz Lamar Shepherd as the famed gospel singer. The movie title is a nod to Bishop’s award-winning 2007 hit “Never Would Have Made It,” which topped the Gospel chart for nearly 50 weeks and […]
Keke Palmer is set to host the reboot of the iconic gameshow Password, for NBC. The show comes from The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon, who has made the guessing game a part of his late-night talk shows over the years. He will recur on the show as a celebrity player.. The series will see […]
The Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences have announced Will Smith’s consequences following him slapping Chris Rock as he presented at the 94th Oscars. Will Smith has been banned from all Academy events for 10 years. That means Will Smith can not attend any Academy events or programs, in […]
Kerry Washington and Lupin star Omar Sy are starring opposite one another in the action-thriller Shadow Force for Lionsgate. Joe Carnahan is directing the feature that follows “an estranged couple with a bounty on their heads who must go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer, a shadow ops unit that […]
Angela Bassett is joining Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown in the upcoming Netflix fantasy film Damsel, which tells the story of what happens when the princess marries prince charming. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is directing based on a script written by Dan Mazeau. READ: Angela Bassett, Lyric Ross and More Join Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele […]
Whoopi Goldberg joins Delroy Lindo and Malachi Kirby in the Amazon Prime series adaptation of Anansi Boys. Based on Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel, the six-episode series is set throughout contemporary London and follows a cast of characters in an epic story that stretches from the UK to Florida, the Caribbean, and the mythical World Before […]