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After an extensive, year-long search, Paramount Pictures has found their leading man. British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir, fresh off of playing Malcolm X in One Night in Miami, will portray Bob Marley in the studio’s biopic about the reggae icon. Reinaldo Marcus Green will helm the film and he is re-teaming up with Zach Baylin, who […]
Court is almost in session and with a few new faces. Roger Guenveur Smith and Christian Keyes are joining the cast of All Rise for its third season, and first season on its new network, OWN. They join returning cast members Simone Missick, Wilson Bethel, Jessica Camacho, J. Alex Brinson, Ruthie Ann Miles, Lindsay Mendez, […]
Felicia D. Henderson (The Punisher, Gossip Girl) is attached to adapt Tracy Deonn’s YA novel Legendborn, a fantasy that gives a modern twist to the King Arthur story with a sprinkle of Black Girl Magic. The series currently does not have a network, but production company Black Bear Television is currently shopping the program around […]
The cast for the updated Color Purple has rounded out. Danielle Brooks and Fantasia Barrino have joined to reprise their roles as Sofia and Celie in The Color Purple musical film. Colman Domingo and Halle Bailey have also been cast. They all join Taraji P Henson, H.E.R., and Corey Hawkins, who were previously cast. Blitz […]
Terry Crew has been added to the cast of Tales of the Walking Dead, AMC’s new spinoff series set in The Walking Dead universe. Anthony Edwards, Parker Posey, Poppy Liu, and Jillian Bell will also star in the episodic anthology series. Each one-hour standalone episode of Tales of the Walking Dead will focus on both […]
Season 2 of P-Valley is coming and two new faces are joining the Pynk family. Snowfall’s Gail Bean and Psalms Salazar (Girl Lost: A Hollywood Thriller) have joined season 2 of Katori Hall hit starz series. They join returning cast members Brandee Evans, Shannon Thornton, Parker Sawyers, Nicco Annan, Elarica Johnson, Harriett D. Foy, Dan […]
Justin Simien is taking on another reboot. Simien who directing the Haunted Mansion reboot for Disney is now also attached to adapt and direct Paramount+’s forthcoming Flashdance reboot series. The now-series has been in the works for over a year and is based on the 1983 Jennifer Beals-led blockbuster hit romantic drama film. Adrian Lyne […]
Anthony Mackie and Pryianka Chopra Jonas are cast in Kevin Sullivan’s action film Ending Things. The film centers on a hit-woman (assuming it will be played by Jonas) who wants out of the assassin business. She tells her “business” partner (assuming it will be played by Mackie) that she’s quitting the business as well as […]
DB Woodside has been cast as series regulars opposite leads Gabriel Basso and Luciane Buchanan in Netflix’s political conspiracy thriller series The Night Agent. Hong Chau, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Eve Harlow, Phoenix Raei, Enrique Murciano, and Sarah Desjardins have also been cast in the series Shawn Ryan created the 10-episode series which is based on author […]
Brooklynn Mackenzie joins Asante Blackk and Tiffany Haddish in the sci-fi film adaptation of M.T. Anderson’s novel Landscape With Invisible Hand for MGM and Plan B. Clifton Collins Jr., Michael Gandolfini, Josh Hamilton, and Kylie Rogers have also been cast. READ: Janet Hubert, Lala, Aisha Hinds Joins Netflix Rom-Com The Perfect Find Cory Finley […]