Boots Riley went to Instagram to tease his next project, ‘I’m a Virgo, starring Jharrel Jerome. He didn’t release much details on the new series except that it follows a 13-ft Black Man (Jerome) who lives in Oakland. READ: 14 Movies About Black Resilience That Aren’t Slave Movies He posted the shows’ presumed artwork with […]
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Gabrielle Union to Star in The Perfect Find Adaptation For Netflix — Numa Perrier to Direct
Gabrielle Union to star in The Perfect Find, an adaptation of the best-selling book of the same name by Tia Williams. READ: Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua Are Teaming Up For Runaway Slave Thriller Emancipation Numa Perrier is set to direct the romantic comedy that will be released on Netflix. And Leigh Davenport adapted Williams’ […]
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HBO Max Picks Up Kay Oyegun’s The Ancestor Starring Tika Sumpter – Produced by Michael B. Jordan
Kay Oyegun’s The Ancestor starring Tika Sumpter and produced by Michael B. Jordan and Alana Mayo’s Outlier Society has been picked up by HBO Max. READ: Dave Chappelle’s New Netflix Special 8:46 is a Must Hear — Here’s How You Can Watch it For Free Oyegun penned the psychological thriller that follows an African-American female […]
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Tessa Thompson to Star in Pyschological Thriller, Balestra
thefilm Tessa Thompson to star in the psychological thriller Balestra alongside Aladdin’s Marwan Kenzari. Thompson is also executive producing the film that Nicole Dorsey will direct. Imran Zaidi penned the film based on an original story by Aron Eli Coleite. Balestra follows disgraced competitive fencer Joanna Bathory (Thompson), who is desperately hoping for an Olympic […]
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Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua Are Teaming Up For Runaway Slave Thriller Emancipation
Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua are teaming up for Emancipation, a runaway slave thriller. Fuqua is directing the project that is based on a true story. Smith will star in the picture that William N. Collage is penning. The film is based on the true story of runaway slave Peter. He is forced to outwit […]
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Will Packer is Producing a Biopic About Doug Williams, The First Black Quarterback to Win a Super Bowl
In a time where all black history is needed and welcomed, Will Packer is here to deliver. Will Packer is producing a biopic about Doug Williams, the first black Quarterback to win a Super Bowl during his time as a member of the Washington Redskins. The timely biopic will chart Williams’ storied career and his […]
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Dave Chappelle’s New Netflix Special 8:46 is a Must Hear — Here’s How You Can Watch it For Free
Dave Chappelle’s new Netflix special 8:46 is a must hear. He is emotional and raw (as ever), and funny where it needs to be as he addresses so many topics that needed to be addressed. But addressed the Chappelle-way. The half-hour special is titled 8:46, a reference to how long a Minneapolis police officer kneeled […]
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Gabrielle Union is Adapting All Boys Aren’t Blue Memoir Into TV Series Through Production Company I’ll Have Another
Gabrielle Union is adapting All Boys Aren’t Blue Memoir into TV series through her I’ll Have Another Production Company. She optioned television rights to George M. Johnson’s bestselling memoir and will develop it as a series with Sony Pictures TV, where I’ll Have Another is under a first-look deal. READ: 13 Powerful TV Episodes That Address […]
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Keke Palmer Will Star in Alice Thriller in The Titular Role
Keke Palmer stays busy on the small and big screen. Up next she’s heading to the big screen. Keke Palmer will star in Alice, a thriller from first time helmer Krystin Ver Linden. Palmer will also serve as executive producer of the picture alongside Jose Agustin Valdes and Luisa Fernanda Espinosa of Steel Springs Pictures. Peter […]
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Tessa Thompson to Executive Produce Adaptation of The Left Right Game Podcast
Tessa Thompson to executive produce adaptation of The Left Right Game podcast. Amazon won the screen rights to the QCode mystery sci-fi podcast in a seven-figure deal. Emma Tammi directed the podcast and Jack Anderson wrote it based on his online blog of the same name. The ten-part series follows an idealistic journalist (Thompson) as she […]