Ayo Edebiri joins Big Mouth to replace Jenny Slate’s role as Missy. Last month both Jenny Slate and Kristen Bell announced they were no longer going to voice mixed characters. They cited “Black characters should be played by Black people”. Since that time The Umbrella Academy’s Emmy Raver-Lampman replaced Bell on Apple TV’s Central Park […]
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Chinonye Chukwu To Direct Film on Mamie Till Mobley Following Brutal Murder of Emmett Till — Whoopi Goldberg Producing
65 years ago today (Aug 28, 1955), 14-year-old Emmett Louis Till was tortured and lynched. And following his death, his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, spent her life making sure her son’s unfair and tragic story was heard and felt all over the world. 65 years later, Mamie Till Mobley’s story of justice is being told. […]
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Martin Lawrence and Snoop Dogg To Lead Game Drama Series
Martin Lawrence and Snoop Dogg to lead Game, DC-based drama series from Jerry Bruckheimer TV & CBS TV Studios. The Game is a political drama set in Washington, D.C. that Martin Lawrence and Snoop Dogg co-wrote the project from a story by Patrick Aison. Game revolves around lifelong best friends Bobby and Dice (Martin Lawrence […]
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OWN Gives Straight-to-Series Order For Delilah Drama Series Starring Jill Marie Jones, Maahra Hill and More
Greenleaf creator Craig Wright just wrapped the church series after five-seasons and already has a straight-to-series commitment for Delilah drama series. The same Greenleaf creative team, Warner Bros. Television, and Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films are on-board for the OWN upcoming series. It stars Maahra Hill in the titular role, Jill Marie Jones, Susan Heyward, and Ozioma […]
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Blitz Bazawule to Direct The Color Purple Musical Film
Blitz Bazawule is going from black to purple. Fresh off co-directing the visually enticing Beyonce-led film, Black is King. Blitz Bazawule to helm The Color Purple musical film. Marcus Gardley is penning the Warner Bros. movie based on the Tony-winning Broadway musical which is a reimagining of Alice Walker’s 1982 novel. The story follows the […]
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Filmmaker Reginald Hudlin Revealed a Static Shock Movie is in the Works
During a surprise, DC Fandome panel about Milestone Media, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Reginald Hudlin announced there is a Static Shock movie in the works. Static Shock follows a teenage boy, Virgil Hawkins, in the city of Dakota with electricity-based powers, who with the help of his inventive friend, fights crime as a superhero. After walking into […]
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Taryn Manning to Star in Coke Daniels’ Karen Movie
Say hello to a movie the Karens are going to be all upset about. Coke Daniels’ is directing a Karen movie. Literally entitled, Karen, a suspense thriller starring Orange Is The New Black’s Taryn Manning. If you know anything about the term, that Karens in Karen-like-fashion have deemed racist, it is used to describe caucasion […]
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Jason Mitchell to Star in Sean Bell Biopic 50 Shots
Jason Mitchell is set to star in Sean Bell biopic as Bell, a 23-year-old man who was shot by police the night before his wedding. The incident occurred on November 25, 2006. Bell was having his bachelor party at a strip club in Queens, New York. At the same time, the police were undercover investigating […]
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O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Pete Davidson Starring In American Sole — Kevin Hart & Chris Paul Producing
O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Pete Davidson are co-starring in the after-market sneakers comedy American Sole for STXfilms. Kevin Hart and Chris Paul are on board to produce the film based on the fastest-growing area of in-demand streetwear. Ian Edelman is directing the comedy that follows two twentysomethings (Davidson and Jackson) with mountains of college debt […]
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LisaRaye, AJ Johnson, B Simone to Star in Holiday Heartbreak
LisaRaye McCoy, Michael Colyar, AJ Johnson, Maryam Basir, B. Simone, Kountry Wayne, and Jay Cole are all cast to star in Holiday Heartbreak. Holiday Heartbreak is a romantic Christmas comedy from producer Tressa Azarel Smallwood and her MegaMind Media production company. Charles Jones is directing the movie from Tiffany Yancy’s script. READ: Zendaya and John […]