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The film Rustin has added many to its cast. Those recently added include Jeffrey Wright, Grantham Coleman, Lilli Kay, Jordan-Amanda Hall, Jakeem Dante Powell, Ayana Workman, Jamilah Nadege Rosemond, Jules Latimer, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper, Frank Harts, and Kevin Mambo. They join previously announced cast members that include Colman Domingo in the title role, portraying Bayard Rustin, […]
Aml Ameen, CCH Pounder, Adrienne Warren, Michael Potts, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Bill Irwin, Gus Halper, Carra Patterson, and Johnny Ramey have boarded the upcoming Netflix biopic Rustin. They join previously announced cast members that include Colman Domingo in the title role, portraying Bayard Rustin, the gay, civil rights activist, as well as Audra McDonald, Chris […]
Alfre Woodard joins the cast of BET+/CBC’s The Porter, an upcoming drama series about a group of 1920s railway workers who unite to form the world’s first Black union. Woodard, who is also executive producing the series joins previously cast Aml Ameen, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Mouna Traoré, Oluniké Adeliyim and Loren Lott. The series was […]
CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster, and BET+ have begun casting on its drama series The Porter. Aml Ameen will lead the series about a group of 1920s railway workers who unite to form the world’s first Black union. Ronnie Rowe Jr. and Mouna Traoré are also cast. The series was created by Arnold Pinnock, Annmarie […]
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 […]