Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Love Life star John Earl Jelks has joined the upcoming Broadway production of Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles. He joins previously cast Debra Messing, Enrico Colantoni, Crystal Finn, Susannah Flood, and Christopher Livingston. The play centers on Ernestine Ashworth (Messing) “who spends her 17th birthday agonizing over her insignificance in the universe. Soon enough, it’s her […]
David Ramsey is reprising his role as John Diggle to put together a new gang of superheroes for the upcoming Arrowverse series Justice U. The show will center around Diggle as he “embarks on a new mission to recruit five young meta-humans to live undercover as freshmen at a prestigious university. There he will oversee […]
This is a story I am excited to see. HBO Max is developing The Other Hamilton, a drama series about Jeremiah Hamilton, one of the first Black millionaires in history. Don Cheadle and Steven Soderbergh are executive producing the project that is based on the book “Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. […]
Amazon Prime Video announced that Phat Tuesdays, a docuseries from Guy Torry, creator and host of LA’s The Comedy Store’s Phat Tuesday, will debut on Feb. 4. Directed by Reggie Hudlin, the three-part docuseries highlights Torry’s Phat Tuesdays at The Comedy Store. This groundbreaking comedy showcase helped jumpstart the careers of some of the most […]
FX recently gave a series order to adapt one of Octavia E. Butler’s most beloved works Kindred for the small screen. The network ordered an eight-episode season of the sci-fi novel with Janicza Bravo attached to direct the pilot and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins set to pen the script and is also the showrunner. READ: 13 Black […]
There is a Sidney Poitier documentary about his career and life in production at Apple. Reggie Hudlin is directing with Oprah Winfrey attached as executive producer for the Apple Original Films release. Apple and Winfrey have been in production on the documentary for more than a year. Poitier’s family is participating in the project. READ: 9 […]
As expected Viola Davis has entered 2022 with a new project in the works. The award-winning actress is in talks to star in the Amazon feature Two Butterflies. Yance Ford is directing the drama follows two estranged sisters who are torn apart by tragedy and forced to reunite when one sister must be transported to […]
Matthew A. Cherry is set to direct Jada Pinkett Smith in Redd Zone, an upcoming drama for Netflix with Kristin Layne attached to pen it. READ: Matthew A. Cherry, Chaz Bottoms Developing Animated Series, Battu, For Cartoon Network The drama is based on the true story of Tia Magee (portrayed by Smith), a single mother […]
Miles J. Harvey and Damon Wayans Jr are set to star in the comedy Supercool. The comedy which Vertical Entertainment just acquired the North American rights for also stars Jake Short, Madison Davenport, Iliza Shlesinger, Odessa A’zion, Peter Moses, and Madison Bailey. READ: Gabrielle Dennis, Damon Gupton Join Apple TV+ Comedy The Big Door Prize […]
Mahershala Ali is set to star in and executive producer the limited series The Plot, from Endeavor Content for the Onyx Collective on Hulu. READ: Mahershala Ali to Star Opposite Julia Roberts in Leave The World Behind Thriller For Netflix The eight-episode series is described as a cat-and-mouse story that revolves around Jake (Ali), a […]