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Shameik Moore returns as main hero Miles Morales and Hailee Steinfeld is reprising her role as Gwen Stacy, a.k.a. Spider-Gwen in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Daniel Kaluuya, Issa Rae, Oscar Isaac, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Greta Lee, Rachel Dratch, Jorma Taccone, Shea Whigham, and Jason Schwartzman star in the sequel to the 2019 […]
Daniel Kaluuya is the latest star to lend his voice to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the seuqle to the 2019 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The film is currently set for release on June 2, 2023, with a third installment already dated for March 29, 2024. Shameik Moore returns as main hero Miles Morales and Hailee […]
Four more have been added to the cast of Issa Rae’s HBO Max’s half-hour comedy series Rap Shit (working title). Daniel Augustin, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Amandla Jahava, and Jaboukie Young-White join the series in a recurring role. They join previously cast Aida Osman, KaMillion, Jonica Booth, and Devon Terrell in the series from Rae and […]
Devon Terrell joins the cast of Issa Rae’s HBO Max’s half-hour comedy series Rap Shit (working title). He joins previously cast leads Aida Osman, KaMillion, and Jonica Booth in the series from Rae and her Hoorae Productions. The eight-episode series will follow two estranged high school friends from Miami, Shawna (Osman) and Mia (KaMillion), who […]
Issa Rae is joining the Marvel Universe. The multi-hyphenated Rae joins the cast of the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse sequel as Jessica Drew aka Spider-Woman. Plot details are being kept hidden but the sequel will continue to feature an array of Spider-characters drawn across Marvel Comics’ time and space. READ: Malcolm Barrett, Cedric Joe + […]
Issa Rae’s HBO Max comedy, tentatively titled Rap Shit, has added three to its cast. Crooked Media Podcast Keep It’s writer Aida Osman, rapper KaMillion, and comedian Jonica Booth have been cast as the leads of Rap Sh*t (WT). The HBO Max’s half-hour comedy series from Insecure co-creator Rae and her Hoorae Productions. Rae will […]
Issa Rae, La La Anthony, Angelica Nwandu (The Shaderoom Founder), and Thembi Banks are teaming up to deliver the horror comedy film, ‘Juju’. The project is still in the early stages so there are not a lot of plot specifics. However, it will be based on Nwandu’s original concept and she will also write […]
Issa Rae and Adam McKay are adapting the podcast Nice White Parents into an HBO series following a competitive bidding war that included the Obamas and Netflix. The network has won the rights to adapt the five-part New York Times and Serial Productions podcast as a half-hour comedy. It has already given the project a […]
Issa Rae is producing Tanya Smith’s upcoming memoir The Ghost in the Machine alongside Davide Heyman. Rae will produce through her Issa Rae Productions and Heyman will produce his Heyday Films to update the memoir into a feature film for Netflix. Smith will exec produce. READ: Issa Rae is Executive Producing Seen & Heard Documentary […]
Issa Rae is putting her executive producer hat on to give us Seen & Heard documentary on black TV pioneers. The two-part HBO documentary will explore the history of black representation on TV through the eyes of trailblazers who produced, created and starred in a number of groundbreaking series. It will feature archival footage and […]