AMC Theatres just made a move that could matter a lot for filmmakers who’ve struggled to get their work in front of an audience. The world’s largest movie theater chain has launched Leawood Films, a new distribution label headquartered in both Los Angeles and AMC’s home base of Leawood, Kansas. The venture is built around […]

Before there was a billion-dollar biopic, there was Steve Manning in his mother’s apartment in Harlem, running the official Jackson 5 Fan Club at 15 years old. That is where a four-decade relationship with one of the most iconic families in music history began, and now Manning is ready to tell his version of the […]

aTwist is building out its Hollywood roster. The U.S.-based vertical storytelling platform has announced a strategic partnership with Hartbeat, Kevin Hart’s global entertainment company, to produce more than 20 original microseries exclusively for the platform, with a dedicated Hartbeat destination coming to aTwist. The slate will include original comedy microseries under the LOL umbrella and […]

One of New York City’s most notorious crimes is heading to the screen. PRƎPPY, a true-crime thriller centered on the 1986 Central Park murder that gave rise to the infamous Preppy Killer case, has set its director and leads. Janicza Bravo will helm the STX Entertainment and Aggregate Films production, with Kit Connor and Diana […]

The Ndlovu family is not done fighting. Netflix has released the official trailer for Blood Legacy Season 2, with all 20 new episodes dropping globally on September 25. Season 2 picks up in the aftermath of a devastating Season 1 finale that left Khanyi Adesina under arrest, framed for her father’s murder by her own […]

Paramount+ has released the first teaser and a batch of first-look photos for Season 4 of Tulsa King, the hit crime dramedy starring Sylvester Stallone, ahead of its October 16 premiere. The teaser sets the tone for what is coming. “It’s a dirty business,” says Stallone’s Dwight Manfredi. “And everyone gets a little stained.” Season […]

Netflix is expanding its podcast slate in a big way. The streamer has announced a new podcast from comedian Katt Williams, alongside a handful of other new shows, while also renewing its entire original lineup of video podcasts for additional episodes. Williams, who starred in his fourth Netflix stand-up special The Last Report, joins author […]

Nearly four decades after sharing the screen in Clean and Sober, Michael Keaton and Morgan Freeman are back together. Keaton will direct and star opposite Freeman in Rode to Ruin, an original Western thriller written by R. Dean McCreary. Keaton plays retired Marshal Henry Tillman, a man who spent forty years searching for his wife’s […]

New Vision Film and Stillwind Productions have officially wrapped filming on Gracefully Grounded, an inspirational dramedy written and directed by Tampa Bay’s own Tiffany Q. Edwards. New Vision Film, led by Deon Gibson, is handling all filming and post-production work on the project. Shot entirely in the Tampa Bay area with a mostly local cast, […]

Auntie Suga is back. Kym Whitley has confirmed she will be reprising her iconic role in Last Friday, the long-awaited fourth installment in Ice Cube’s iconic Friday franchise. Whitley first broke the news to TMZ earlier this month. “Next Friday’s coming back. It’s called The Last Friday. The script is done. I know I’m in […]