After 17 bidders vied for the rights to Brit Bennett’s novel, The Vanishing Half, HBO won the auction with, according to sources, a low seven-figures bid. With that agreement, HBO will adapt the book a limited series that Bennett will executive produce. READ: 11 Surprising Boyz N The Hood Facts You Didn’t Know About The […]
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Stephen Williams and Stefani Robinson Team on Black Mozart Biopic Based on Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Stephen Williams and Stefani Robinson are teaming up for Black Mozart biopic about the life of the 18th-century French composer Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Williams who executive produced the HBO limited series Watchmen is set to direct the biopic based on Robinson’s original idea. An idea that she sold the idea to Searchlight. Robinson, who is […]
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On This Day: TV and Film History on July 3
On This Day: TV and Film History on July 3rd. History may be boring to some, but it’s what shapes us in life. Especially in film and TV. It allows us to celebrate the lives of celebrities who are entertaining us. READ: 11 Coming to America Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About As well as […]
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Melvin Gregg Joins Nine Perfect Strangers as Series Regular
Melvin Gregg joins Nine Perfect Strangers as series regular opposite Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy. The Alienist Luke Evans also joins the cast as well as Manny Jacinto. The Hulu limited series is based on author Liane Moriarty’s latest book by the same name. She’s also the author behind the HBO series Big Little Lies […]
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Mahershala Ali to Star as Boxer Jack Johnson in HBO Limited Series Unruly
Mahershala Ali is set to star as boxing legend Jack Johnson in HBO’s Unruly. Unruly is described as an unapologetically Black, no-holds-barred telling of Jack Johnson (Ali), the world’s first Black Heavyweight Boxing Champion. This bold exploration depicts the champion’s rise to athletic greatness and the costs he paid for his skin and defiance, which […]
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Vanessa Bell Calloway, Sheryl Lee Ralph and More to Direct Short Films for BET Her Presents: The Couch
Producer Tressa Azarel Smallwood of MegaMind Media has teamed with BET Networks on a new BET Her initiative entitled, BET Her Presents: The Couch. The series will include four female-centric original short films, which will be directed by prominent African American Hollywood stars. READ: Gabrielle Union and Frieda Pinto Team Up For Dressed in Dreams […]
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Apple Studios Lands Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua’s Emancipation in Record Breaking Deal
Apple Studios picked up the rights to Will Smith and Antoinque Fuqua’s Emancipation in a record-breaking deal. Apple picked Emancipation, a Civil War-era thriller starring Will Smith as a runaway slave, after a tense bidding war throughout the week. There were seven bidders when the package was brought to market last week as the signature […]
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Gabrielle Union and Frieda Pinto Team Up For Dressed in Dreams Adaptation
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 […]