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Manhattan Theatre Club will debut Jocelyn Bioh’s play Jaja’s African Hair Braiding in the fall of 2023 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). Bioh wrote play and Whitney White will direct. READ: Yahya Abdul Mateen II, Corey Hawkins to Star in Broadway Play Topdog/Underdog Jaja’s African Hair Braiding is set in […]
Vince Staples’ life is inspiring the upcoming Netflix series The Vince Staples Show. Staples is set to star in the fictional series set in Long Beach, California and based on his upbringing. It is separate from the web series of the same name he launched in 2019. He will also executive produce the project alongside […]
Check out Nnamdi Asomugha, Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne in Netflix’s upcoming serial killer thriller ‘The Good Nurse’ trailer. Noah Emmerich and Kim Dickens also star. Danish writer-director Tobias Lindholm is making his English-language feature directing debut with the film based on a script by Krysty Wilson-Cairns. Based on Charles Graeber’s book, ‘The Good Nurse’ […]
Zazie Beetz is cast to star in Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming HBO Max limited series Full Circle. According to the logline, Full Circle is centered on an investigation into a botched kidnapping. That investigation uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City. Beetz is believed to be playing an agent […]
Check out the Wendell & Wild trailer. Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are back together in Netflix’s stop-motion animated dark comedy ‘Wendell & Wild’ Directed by Henry Selick, the animated dark comedy centers on two scheming demon brothers, Wendell and Wild (Key and Peele), who enlist the aid of 13-year-old Kat Elliot (Lyric Ross) […]
The opportunity to star in an upcoming series is definitely now. Deon Taylor and Master P are looking for authentic, rising actors to cast in their upcoming No Limit series. In a new Instagram post, Deon Taylor alongside Master P explained the upcoming No Limit series, while announcing they are looking for authentic people to […]
Mo McRae stars in MVP, which is based on the true story of the formation of Merging Vets & Players (MVP), co-founded by Nate Boyer with Jay Glazer. The film will be released in (limited) theaters on September 14th. READ: Damson Idris to Portray Sports Agent Rich Paul in Upcoming Project MVP takes place on […]
Check out the first look of the Milli Vanilli biopic titled, Girl You Know It’s True from Leonine Studios. The series stars Newcomers Tijan Njie and Elan Ben Ali as Milli Vanilli stars, Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan. The film also stars Matthias Schweighöfer, Graham Rogers, and Bella Dayne. Simon Verhoeven is directing Girl You […]
Teyonah Parris, Ludacris, and Lil Rel Howery are cast in the Disney holiday comedy Dashing Through the Snow. Oscar Nunez, Gina Brillon, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Ravi Patel, Marcus Lewis and Madison Skye Validum also star in the holiday picture. READ: Eddie Murphy to Star in Holiday Comedy Candy Cane Lane Tim Story is directing and […]
Tone Bell, Tasha Smith are joining Michelle Buteau’s upcoming Netflix comedy series Survival of the Thickest. Bell will star opposite Buteau in the series while Smith joins in a recurring capacity. Linda Mendoza is directing the first two episodes of Survival of the Thickest, which is based on Buteau’s book, was created by Buteau and […]