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Dee Rees is directing the adaptation of Alexis Schaitkin’s novel Saint X for Hulu. The eight-part, psychological drama comes from writer Leila Gerstein and Rees. It is told in multiple timelines and perspectives, explores and upends the girl-gone-missing genre. READ: Ernest Kingsley Jr., Iola Evans Join Sterling K. Brown in Hulu Limited Series Washington Black Saint […]
Carl Weber’s The Family Business has upped some recurring cast members and added some new faces to its roster for its upcoming fourth season. Brely Evans and Ben Stephens, who currently recur as Sonya Duncan and Curtis Duncan, have been promoted to series regulars while Bern Nadette Stanis, Nayirah Teshali, and Sacaiah Shaw have joined […]
Sharon Duncan-Brewster, newcomer Eddie Karanja, and Edward Bluemel join the cast of Hulu’s upcoming drama series Washington Black. They join as series regulars opposite Sterling K. Brown, Iola Evans and Ernest Kingsley Jr. The nine-episode limited series is based on Esi Edugyan’s novel of the same name. Set in the 19th century and follows George […]
Louis Gossett Jr. is joining the cast of IF for Paramount Pictures. The movie reunites Steve Carell with former Office star John Krasinski and also stars Alan Kim, Cailey Fleming, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fiona Shaw, and Ryan Reynolds. The films’ plot is being kept under wraps but it is based on Krasinski’s original idea about a […]
The Hallmark Channel is reuniting ER alums Gloria Reuben and Eriq La Salle for their upcoming original movie, A Second Chance at Love. Alvina August and Jarod Joseph have also been cast in the romantic comedy. The film centers around Alicia (August) and Arnold (Joseph), who on the surface their marriage is picture-perfect, however, there […]
The Flossy Posse is coming back. Producer Will Packer announced on Good Morning America that despite the woes of the pandemic Girls Trip 2 is underway. “Can’t we all use a post-pandemic trip, my friend? I think that the time is actually right, and this is something that I will tell you and break right […]
Better late than never right? 20 years later there is a Paid in Full sequel in the works. During a recent interview with AllHipHop, Dame Dash, an executive producer of the original, revealed he’s in the process of shooting the Paid in Full sequel in Newark, New Jersey. “It’s what happens after [they] put all […]
Will Packer’s company Will Packer Productions has tapped Leon Chills to adapt Stan Parish’s novel Love and Theft into a film for Universal Pictures. The film is a global romantic heist film set in three locations: Las Vegas, Mexico, and Spain. Love and Theft centers on Alex Cassidy and Diane Alison, who develop an instant […]
Toks Olagundoye, Ian Duff, and Hari Nef join the cast of the new incarnation of Steven Bochco’s legal drama L.A. Law. They join as series regulars in ABC drama pilot opposite original cast members Blair Underwood and Corbin Bernsen, who are reprising their roles as Jonathan Rollins and Arnie Becker, respectively. Anthony Hemingway is directing […]
The deaths of some of hip hop’s greatest artists are being explored in AMC Networks-owned WEtv’s upcoming unscripted series Hip Hop Homicides. The series comes from 50 Cent, Mona Scott-Young, and Lionsgate and will be hosted by Van Lathan. The eight-part series will look into the staggering number of unsolved murders in the hip-hop community […]