Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts are reuniting for the first time since 1993’s The Pelican Brief for Leave The World Behind thriller for Netflix. The streaming giant won the rights to Rumaan Alam’s upcoming novel after a fierce bidding war with sources saying that the winning bid was over $100 million. The novel will be […]
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Terrence Howard to Make Directorial Debut With Delta Blues — Howard and Evan Ross Attached to Star
Terrence Howard is coming out of acting retirement. Less than a year since the Empire actor announced he was retiring, he is making his directorial debut with Delta Blues. Howard will star in the film as well alongside Evan Ross. Howard has signed on for the pilot of Delta Blues, a one-hour drama based on […]
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Ava Duvernay’s Social Experiment Docu-Series Home Sweet Home Lands at NBC
Ava DuVernay and her arts advocacy collective ARRAY are diving into the realm of reality for Home Sweet Home. NBC ordered 10 hour-long episodes of Home Sweet Home, a social experiment docu-series. This series marks as DuVernay’s first primetime unscripted project. Each episode of Home Sweet Home taps two families who lead very different lives […]
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Michael Che to Host a Sketch Comedy Show For HBO Max
Michael Che to host a sketch comedy show for HBO Max. The sketch comedy show will consist of six original episodes that will cover a variety of themes or incidents. Topics will range from police brutality to falling in love. The show will use sketches and vignettes to illustrate these experiences from a black point […]
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Gina Prince-Bythewood to Direct The Woman King Starring Viola Davis
Now that Old Guard is officially playing on Netflix, Gina Prince-Bythewood has moved on to her next project, The Woman King. Gina Prince-Bythewood to direct Viola Davis in the period action drama The Woman King for Sony’s TriStar. The film is a historical epic inspired by actual events that took place in The Kingdom of […]
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On This Day: TV and Film History on July 15th
On This Day: TV and Film History on July 15th. History may be annoying to some, but it’s what shapes us in life, especially in film and TV. It allows us to celebrate the lives of celebrities who are entertaining us. READ: 11 Coming to America Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About As well as […]
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Quvenzhané Wallis Joins O’Shea Jackson Jr. in Kevin Durant’s Basketball Drama Swagger
Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis joins O’Shea Jackson Jr. in Kevin Durant’s basketball drama, Swagger. She’s set to co-lead the series with Jackson Jr. Swagger is inspired by Durant’s youth basketball experiences. It explores the world of youth basketball, and the players, their families, and coaches who walk the fine line between dreams and ambition, and […]
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There’s a Breonna Taylor Documentary in the Works — And Her Killers Are Still Free
There’s a Breonna Taylor documentary in the works at Hulu and FX…all while Taylor’s killers are still free. The New York Times is creating a documentary about Breonna Taylor as part of a new television series entitled, The New York Times Presents. The documentary will be part of a 10-episode series airing simultaneously on Hulu […]
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Javicia Leslie Makes History as the New Batwoman
Javicia Leslie makes history as the new Batwoman. She becomes the first Black actress to portray the superhero in a live-action television show or film production. She is replacing Ruby Rose, who decided to quit as the lead in The CW’s Batwoman series this year. READ: There is a Limited Series on Lena Horne in […]
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Zendaya and John David Washington Shoot a Feature Film, Malcolm & Marie, in Midst of COVID-19
While everyone was shutdown during COVID-19, Zendaya and John David Washington were filming a secret movie, Malcolm & Marie, while keeping social distancing. The film has already completed production, most likely the first feature film to do so during this epidemic. Euphoria creator Sam Levinson penned the script, one he wrote over the span of […]