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Check out Will Smith, who gave his blood, sweat, and tears, in Emancipation official trailer. The slavery thriller Emancipation will be released in theaters, December 2 followed by a December 9 release on Apple TV+. READ: The Marathon Continues with a Nipsey Hussle Docuseries [TRAILER] Antoine Fuqua is directing the Apple Original Film and Willam N. […]
Check out Will Smith, who gave his blood, sweat, and tears, in Emancipation teaser trailer. The slavery thriller Emancipation will be released in theaters, December 2 followed by a December 9 release on Apple TV+. READ: Countdown to Halloween: 31 Best Movies to Watch All October Long Antoine Fuqua is directing the Apple Original Film and […]
Mustafa Shakir, Charmaine Bingwa, Ben Foster, and Gilbert Owuor are joining Will Smith in Emancipation. Antoine Fuqua is directing the Apple Original Film and Willam N. Collage penned the script. Emancipation is based on the true story of runaway slave named Peter (Smith). He is forced to outwit cold-blooded hunters and the punishing Louisiana swamp […]
Remi Adeleke joined the cast of Amazon’s thriller series Terminal List in a recurring role. He joins previously cast members Chris Pratt, LaMonica Garrett, Alexis Louder, Tom Amandes, Riley Keough, JD Pardo, Constance Wu, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Taylor Kitsch, and Jeanne Tripplehorn. The series is based on Jack Carr’s bestselling novel and written by David DiGilio […]
LaMonica Garrett, Alexis Louder and Tom Amandes (not pictured) are recurring in Amazon’s conspiracy thriller series The Terminal List. They join previously announced series regulars Constance Wu, Chris Pratt, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Riley Keough, Taylor Kitsch. and Jeanne Tripplehorn. The series is based on Jack Carr’s bestselling novel and written by David DiGilio who also serves […]
Antoine Fuqua is directing and producing the film adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with an all-black cast. Fuqua is teaming up with producers Stephen C. Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey for the adaptation. Byrd and Jones-Harvey backed the 2008 revival of the show that made history with a sold-out […]
Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua are no longer filming slave drama Emancipation in Georgia after Gov. Brian Kemp signed the state’s controversial new voting law last month. “At this moment in time, the nation is coming to terms with its history and is attempting to eliminate vestiges of institutional racism to achieve true racial justice,” […]
Antoine Fuqua to direct Siege of Bethlehem for Bron Studios. The movie is based on former Newsweek Jerusalem bureau chief Joshua Hammer’s book A Season in Bethlehem: Unholy War in a Sacred Place. Avi Issacharoff, the Palestinian and Arab Affairs Correspondent for Haaretz and Matt Cook, a military veteran who served two combat tours in […]
Apple Studios picked up the rights to Will Smith and Antoinque Fuqua’s Emancipation in a record-breaking deal. Apple picked Emancipation, a Civil War-era thriller starring Will Smith as a runaway slave, after a tense bidding war throughout the week. There were seven bidders when the package was brought to market last week as the signature […]
Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua are teaming up for Emancipation, a runaway slave thriller. Fuqua is directing the project that is based on a true story. Smith will star in the picture that William N. Collage is penning. The film is based on the true story of runaway slave Peter. He is forced to outwit […]