Dave Chappelle’s new Netflix special 8:46 is a must hear. He is emotional and raw (as ever), and funny where it needs to be as he addresses so many topics that needed to be addressed. But addressed the Chappelle-way. The half-hour special is titled 8:46, a reference to how long a Minneapolis police officer kneeled […]
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Gabrielle Union is Adapting All Boys Aren’t Blue Memoir Into TV Series Through Production Company I’ll Have Another
Gabrielle Union is adapting All Boys Aren’t Blue Memoir into TV series through her I’ll Have Another Production Company. She optioned television rights to George M. Johnson’s bestselling memoir and will develop it as a series with Sony Pictures TV, where I’ll Have Another is under a first-look deal. READ: 13 Powerful TV Episodes That Address […]
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Keke Palmer Will Star in Alice Thriller in The Titular Role
Keke Palmer stays busy on the small and big screen. Up next she’s heading to the big screen. Keke Palmer will star in Alice, a thriller from first time helmer Krystin Ver Linden. Palmer will also serve as executive producer of the picture alongside Jose Agustin Valdes and Luisa Fernanda Espinosa of Steel Springs Pictures. Peter […]
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Tessa Thompson to Executive Produce Adaptation of The Left Right Game Podcast
Tessa Thompson to executive produce adaptation of The Left Right Game podcast. Amazon won the screen rights to the QCode mystery sci-fi podcast in a seven-figure deal. Emma Tammi directed the podcast and Jack Anderson wrote it based on his online blog of the same name. The ten-part series follows an idealistic journalist (Thompson) as she […]
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Aldis Hodge is Reprising his Role in Leverage Reboot
There is a Leverage reboot coming and we are very excited about this. IMDB TV added Dean Devlin, John Rogers and Chris Downey’s cult 2008 crime drama series Leverage to its library when it launched July 2019. Since then it has been a popular title and now it will be a popular reboot with a […]
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Stella Meghie to Direct Whitney Houston Biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody — Estate Involved in Film
The estate of Whitney Houston has approved a biopic that will make Houston’s life the subject of another biopic. According to Deadline, Stella Meghie to direct Whitney Houston biopic, I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Clive Davis is producing the project along with Anthony McCarten. The biopic came together after Davis approached screenwriter and producer McCarten […]
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Niles Fitch Makes History as Disney’s First Black, Live Action Prince
It’s 2020 and black people are still out here making history…on things they should’ve already made history on. The latest actor to make history is Niles Fitch. Fitch is making history as Disney’s first black, live action prince. Fitch will star in the Disney+ sci-fi film, Secret Society of Second-Born Royals as Prince Tuma. READ: […]
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La La is Executive Producing a Docuseries About Alabama State University’s Plus-Size Dance Squad
La La is executive producing a docuseries about Alabama State University’s plus-size dance squad, The Honeybeez. She’s partnered with ITV America’s Leftfield Pictures to produce the docuseries for Snapchat. READ: Where Are They Now: The Cast of Love & Basketball The docuseries is called The Honeybeez of ASU and will consist of 10-episodes. It will […]
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Natasha Rothwell to Star in and Executive Produce Malltown, Comedy Central’s New Animated Pilot
Insecure star Natasha Rothwell to star in and executive produce Malltown, Comedy Central’s new animated pilot. Rothwell will voice the shows’ main character, 13-year-old Libby. Set in a declining mall, Malltown follows the coming-of-age adventures of Libby. Seen through the eyes of the budding teen, the mall is a microcosm of America and everything that’s […]
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Kasi Lemmons Will Adapt and Direct The Shadow King Into a Feature Film
Kasi Lemmons will adapt and direct The Shadow King, Maaza Mengiste’s historical fiction novel, into a feature film. Atlas Entertainment will produce it. The Shadow King is set during Mussolini’s 1935 invasion of Ethiopia. It takes us back to the first real conflict of World War II. The book also casts a light on the […]