David Oyelowo is reimagining one of literature’s most iconic pirates. Paramount+ and MGM+ have unveiled a first look at Treasure Island, Playground Entertainment’s six-part adventure series starring David Oyelowo (Silo) as Long John Silver, marking the first time a Black actor has played the iconic pirate on screen. Oyelowo leads a cast that includes Hayley […]

The African American Film Critics Association has given $25,000 to the Black Film Hall of Fame, a museum and multicultural cultural center dedicated to preserving and celebrating Black cinema, set to open in 2027 inside Kansas City’s historic Boone Theater. The donation lands as the theater itself is only months into its own second act. […]

Universal Pictures’ Snoop Dogg biopic, Snoop, has added four more names to its stacked cast: Tre Hale, Bentley Green, SwayvoTwain and G Perico. Hale, who appears on the Netflix crime series Nemesis, will portray infamous record executive Suge Knight, the larger-than-life co-founder of Death Row Records, the label that helped bring rap and hip-hop into […]

Focus Features has wrapped production on The Bell Jar, its adaptation of the classic Sylvia Plath novel, and has confirmed a supporting cast that includes Danielle Deadwyler (Till) alongside stars Billie Eilish and Carey Mulligan. Deadwyler joins the ensemble as Dr. Nolan, Esther Greenwood’s psychiatrist. She’s joined in the supporting cast by Dylan Hawco (Ice […]

FKA Twigs has stepped into the role of a lifetime. The Grammy-winning artist has begun principal photography as legendary entertainer and activist Josephine Baker in a new Studiocanal biopic. Production kicked off in France and will run through November 13, with additional shooting taking place in Sofia, Bulgaria. Joining FKA Twigs in the ensemble are […]

Dexter: Resurrection is coming back just in time for Halloween, and this time he can actually see where he’s going. Showtime’s Dexter: Resurrection will premiere its second season on October 30 on Paramount+, arriving nearly a month after the franchise’s 20th anniversary. The original Dexter series premiered on October 1, 2006. A new teaser shows […]

Sherri Shepherd will become the first woman to ever play the Genie in Aladdin on Broadway, and the first in any of the 11 Disney-produced stage productions of the musical around the world. Shepherd steps into the role popularized by Robin Williams in the 1992 animated film for a limited run beginning Friday, October 16, […]

Angela Robinson is stepping into ancient Egypt. Disney+ and 20th Television are developing a live-action series adaptation of Rick Riordan’s The Kane Chronicles trilogy, with Riordan and Robinson teaming up to create and executive produce the project. Robinson, known for her work on True Blood, How to Get Away With Murder and The L Word, […]

The Johnson family is growing on Beyond the Gates. Khiry Walker and Denzell Dandridge have joined the CBS daytime drama as Cedric and Lamont Johnson, the brothers of Shanice Johnson (Ernestine Johnson Morrison). Both actors make their debut on the Tuesday, September 8 episode, marking their first daytime television roles. The brothers’ arrival puts them […]