Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Welcome the nominees for the 76th annual Tony Awards! This year, we’re thrilled to highlight the outstanding Black talent and productions that have graced the Broadway stage. READ: Check Out the 26 Projects Screening at The 2023 American Black Film Festival…So Far One of the standout nominees is the legendary Audra McDonald, who earned her historic […]
Stella Meghie is attached to direct multiple episodes of the Marvel Studio series Wonder Man for Disney+. The series stars Yahya Abdul Mateen II as Simon Williams, whose alter-ego is the titular superhero. According to Deadline, it is unknown how many episodes she will direct but it is believed to be multiple episodes for the […]
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Corey Hawkins are set to star as brothers in the revival of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog. Acclaimed by the New York Times as “The Greatest American Play of the Past 25 Years,” the darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, will return to Broadway this fall for […]
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is cast to star in the based on a true story film, I Helped Destroy People for Amazon Studios. Mateen II and Michael B. Jordan via his Outlier Production Company are producing the thriller that adapts Janet Reitman’s 2021 New York Times article of the same name. READ: FX Picked Up Blitz […]
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is set to star in By All, a dystopian thriller set in a world without cops for Warner Bros. And Creed II director Steve Caple Jr will helm the thriller READ: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II to Star in The Scent of Burnt Flowers From Blitz Bazawule, Macro TV The story kicks off in […]
Yahya Abdul-Mateen is starring in and executive producing the limited series The Scent of Burnt Flowers. Charles D. King’s Macro Television Studios is developing the series which comes from Blitz Bazawule. The six-episode series which is described as a geopolitical fugitive thriller is based on Bazawule’ upcoming first novel of the same name, which will […]
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is set to star in the action flick Emergency Contact for Warner Bros. Dwayne Johnson and Beau Flynn are producing the project via their production banners. Abdul-Mateen will executive produce as well. Warner Bros. picked up the project as a pitch from the writing team of Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani. The […]
Hollywood is full of talent. Many get their just due, while others go overlooked and underappreciated. But not by us. We are highlighting 25 actors to keep on your radar. They are making waves in Hollywood and you should make sure you know who they are now and follow their career because it is only […]
On This Day: TV and Film History on July 15th. History may be annoying to some, but it’s what shapes us in life, especially in film and TV. It allows us to celebrate the lives of celebrities who are entertaining us. READ: 11 Coming to America Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About As well as […]