Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Briana Middleton to lead the Apple series adaptation of “Metropolis,” the iconic 1927 Fritz Lang sci-fi film. The series was officially greenlit by the streamer in March 2022 and will be written, directed, and executive produced by Sam Esmail. He is doing the series with and UCP where he is under an overall deal. Lindy […]
Jelani Alladin joins the cast of Disney+’s upcoming Beauty and the Beast prequel series. Titled, Little Town (a nod to Howard Ashman’s lyric in the musical’s opening number, “Belle”), he joins previously cast Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Briana Middleton, and Fra Fee. Gad, Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz developed and wrote the eight-episode limited musical […]
Justice Smith and Briana Middleton are set to star in Apple Original Films and A24’s con-artist feature Sharper. They join previously cast Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan in the cast. READ: April Parker Jones, Celeste O’Connor, and Donna Biscoe Join The In Between Benjamin Caron is directing the film based on the spec feature screenplay […]