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Amin Joseph is taking on the role of iconic former Kansas City Royal slugger Willie Mays Aikens for Samuel Goldwyn Films’ upcoming baseball biopic The Royal. Directed by Marcel Sarmiento and written by Gregory W. Jordan, The Royal tells the true story of the promising career of Kansas City Royals slugger Willie Mays Aikens, that […]
Young Vic/West End’s acclaimed revival of Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’ starring Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke is coming to Broadway’s Hudson Theatre this fall. The limited engagement will run for on 17 weeks only, beginning on September 19, 2022. Miranda Cromwell is directing this revival. Cromwell co-directed the London production alongside Marianne […]
After a hiatus from shooting due to COVID, production for the upcoming boxing movie Flint Strong is underway and with a new cast member added. Brian Tyree Henry joins the project alongside previously cast Ryan Destiny and Oluniké Adeliyi. Henry joins the boxing drama in a recast, Ice Cube originally played the role before production […]
Jussie Smollett is making his directorial debut with B-Boy Blues and the film just found a home on BET’s streamer BETPlus. The LGBTQ film will premiere on BET+ on June 9th. Smollett also penned B-Boy Blues alongside James Earl Hardy. The film is an adaptation of Hardy’s novel of the same name. READ: ABFF Premieres: […]
Maahra Hill is cast as the female lead opposite, previously cast Jesse L. Martin in NBC drama pilot, The Irrational, which is based on Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational. Written by Arika Mittman, the show centers on Alec Baker (Martin), a world-renowned professor of behavioral psychology with a unique insight into human nature who lends […]
Jamie Foxx, John Leguizamo, Robert De Niro, and Scott Eastwood have all been cast in the indie action film Tin Soldier. Brad Furman is directing the film based on his script he co-wrote with Jess Fuerst. READ: Dorian Missick, Amanda Warren Join Jamie Foxx in The Burial Tin Soldier tells the story of The Bokushi […]
Following the success of The Harder They Fall, which was written and directed by Jeymes Samuel and starred LaKeith Stanfield among other heavy hitters, Samuel and Stanfield are teaming up once again for the film, The Book of Clarence. While speaking with Deadline, Samuel revealed the Bible-era project: So, my next movie is The Book […]
Francis Ford Coppola has announced his all-star cast for his film, Megalopolis, a film that is over two decades in the making. Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne, Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Jon Voight are all cast to appear in Coppola’s dream project. READ: Gabrielle Union to Join Octavia Spencer in Season 3 of Truth Be […]
Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo have been cast to star in and executive produce the comedy series Unprisoned for Hulu via Disney’s Oynx Collective. Inspired by the life of Tracy McMillan, Unprisoned is a half-hour about “a messy but perfectionist relationship therapist and single mom whose life is turned right-side-up when her dad gets out […]
Marsha Stephanie Blake, Winning Time’s Rachel Hilson, Demetrius Grosse (Fear the Walking Dead), Never Have I Ever’s Sendhil Ramamurthy, Johnny Simmons (Girlboss), and Rahnuma Panthaky (NCIS: Los Angeles) are all cast as leads in Kay Oyegun’s therapist drama pilot for ABC. The drama centers on five therapists (Hilson, Grosse, Ramamurthy, Simmons, Panthaky) located in Philadelphia […]