Gabrielle Union and Freida Pinto are teaming up for Dressed in Dreams adaptation. The duo are developing a series on Tanisha C. Ford’s memoir, Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl’s Love Letter to the Power of Fashion. Dressed in Dreams was released in 2019 by St. Martin’s Press to critical acclaim, landing on numerous notable lists […]
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Rick Gonzalez to Co-Star in NBC Pilot Langdon
Rick Gonzalez to co-star in NBC pilot Langdon, the Da Vinci Code prequel opposite Ashley Zukerman, Sumalee Montano and Beau Knapp. The potential series is based on Dan Brown’s bestselling novel The Lost Symbol. READ: 11 Coming to America Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Written by Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie, Langdon follows the […]
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Matthew A. Cherry To Direct Comedy Heist The Come Up Starring Lil Rel Howery, Jermaine Fowler, and the Lucas Brothers
Oscar-winning filmmaker Matthew A. Cherry is directing comedy heist, The Come Up, a feature film for New Line. Jermaine Fowler created the movie, and Michael Starrbury penned the screenplay, which is like a Friday meets Oceans 11. “I am super honored to be working with Jermaine Fowler, Michael Starrbury, John Rickard, and New Line on […]
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Lil Rel Howery to Host Small Fortune Game Show For NBC
Lil Rel Howery is heading back to NBC, this time to host. Howery will executive produce and host the Small Fortune game show for NBC. This show will be the first time Howery has returned to the network following his co-starring role on The Carmichael Show. Small Fortune will see teams of three friends compete […]
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Sinqua Walls Joins Alice Thriller Alongside Common and Keke Palmer
Just yesterday we shared news that Common is starring in the Alice thriller alongside Keke Palmer and today we’re sharing that Sinqua Walls joins Alice thriller as well. Alice is based on a couple of different real events that happened in Georgia in the 1960s inspired Alice. However, the specifics of the individuals have changed. […]
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Common is Joining Keke Palmer in Alice Thriller
Common is Joining Keke Palmer in Alice Thriller. Jonny Lee is also the latest actor added to the cast. A couple of different real events that happened in Georgia in the 1960s inspired Alice. However, the specifics of the individuals have changed. The film tells of a slave in the antebellum South. She escapes […]
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Justin Simien’s Horror Satire Film Bad Hair Is Set to Be Released in October
Hulu announced during their New Fronts presentation that Justin Simien’s horror satire, Bad Hair, would be released in October. This premiere is apart of the streaming platform’s Halloween-themed original content, branded as Huluween. As far as the exact release date, Hulu did not disclose that information. Simien wrote and directed Bad Hair, a horror satire […]
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Craig Robinson to Star in Songbird — Pandemic-Themed Thriller Alongside Demi Moore
Craig Robinson is starring in Songbird, the pandemic-themed thriller alongside Demi Moore, Paul Walter Hauser, and Peter Stormare. Songbird is a love story that takes place two years in the future during a pandemic lockdown. The lockdown is dangerous because the virus continues to mutate. The movie centers on a delivery man named Nico, who […]
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Cush Jumbo In Talks To Star In Greatest Days Alongside Rosamund Pike & Ruth Wilson
Cush Jumbo is in talks to star in Greatest Days alongside Rosamund Pike and Ruth Wilson. The film is an adaptation of the hit stage musical The Band, about record-breaking UK pop group Take That. Take That, one of the world’s biggest pop acts, inspired the musical and now film adaptation, and the feel-good film […]
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Comedy Central Picks Up Daria Spinoff Jodie — Tracee Ellis Ross to Voice Lead
The Daria spinoff series Jodie and it has found a home on Comedy Central. Tracee Ellis Ross is voicing Jodie as well as executive producing the series. Grace Edwards created and wrote the series that will star Jodie Landon, a friend of Daria’s from the original series. Jodie has since graduated from the fictional Lawndale […]