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Matthew A. Cherry is set to direct Jada Pinkett Smith in Redd Zone, an upcoming drama for Netflix with Kristin Layne attached to pen it. READ: Matthew A. Cherry, Chaz Bottoms Developing Animated Series, Battu, For Cartoon Network The drama is based on the true story of Tia Magee (portrayed by Smith), a single mother […]
Matthew A. Cherry and Chaz Bottoms are developing Battu, an animated series for Cartoon Networks. Battu, which is based on Bottoms’ dance-themed short Battu: An Animated Musical, comes from the French ballet term meaning beat. Battu follows teenagers Otis and Jada – two gifted dancers in Chicago whose free-spirit and individuality often leave them as […]
Ebonee Noel, Rance Nix, Karen LeBlanc, Yaani King Mondschein are set to star in OWN’s new drama The Kings of Napa. Created by Janine Sherman Barrois, who serves as showrunner, The Kings of Napa is focused on a picturesque Napa Valley, California, vineyard owned by the Kings, an aspirational African American family whose wealth and […]