Ludacris and Will Packer catch up with longtime friend RC to discuss their new Disney+ Christmas film, 'Dashing Through The Snow.'

Will Packer has a new film that would be perfect for your Valentine’s Day date night! The Photograph hits theaters on Friday and Alfredas says it’s a movie “about love.” She got a chance to see it early and absolutely loved it. It’s an all black cast starring Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield, but she […]

Will Packer is confident that his new show Ambitions staring Robin Givens will be your new favorite show. Givens plays a powerful, hardcore lawyer named Stephanie who she says is “a lot of fun.” Packer clarifies that “a lot of fun” means, “she will cut you eat you and spit you out before lunch.” Stephanie is […]

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Super-producer Will Packer says “one of the most important projects I’ve ever been apart of” is the upcoming three-part documentary miniseries on the Atlanta child murders. The Atlanta murders of 1979–1981 were committed over a two-year period and at least 28 children, adolescents, and adults were killed. The case garnered national attention and put immense pressure on police to […]

Actress Robin Givens has her OWN show. The now 53-year-old actress who had a tumultuous, brief marriage to boxer Mike Tyson in the 80’s, is headlining a new OWN show, Ambitions, created by Will Packer and Jamey Giddens. She and veteran TV actress Essence Atkins will co-star in a drama about two women navigating their lives […]

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When Thursday’s take comes in tomorrow, Universal’s Girls Trip will have crossed the $100M mark domestically, making it the first film to be produced (Will Packer, Malcolm D. Lee), directed (Malcolm D. Lee), written (Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver) and starring (Queen Latifah, Regina Hall, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Tiffany Haddish) African-Americans. At a time when articles are being written […]

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Entertainment genius  Will Packer is at it again. In the wake of the news of HBO’s controversial show drama series, Confederate, from the producers of Game of Thrones, which explores the premise of slavery being legal in modern times, Packer has an answer. It’s called Black America.”His new project at Amazon has been in the making […]

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You may not be familiar with his name but you know Will Packer’s movies. Packer has produced a string of hits, including “No Good Deed,” “Think Like a Man,” “Think Like a Man Too,” “Ride Along,” and “Obsessed.” He’s also an executive producer on Universal’s upcoming “Straight Outta Compton” and “Ride Along 2.” After landing […]

  Super producer Will Packer (Ride Along, The Wedding Ringer) returns to the big screen with another hilarious film starring an all-star cast. Gabrielle Union, Danny Glover, Monique, Omar Epps, Kimberly Elise, JB Smoove and Jessie T. Usher come together in the film to see if they can honor that wish and spend five days under the same […]

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NBC has purchased “Big of Me,” a half-hour comedy from producers Will Packer and Eva Longoria, and created/written by Lauren Iungerich (MTV’s “Awkward”), reports Deadline.com.   The story follows two women from different walks of life who start an unlikely friendship after their mutual husband dies. The project hails from Universal TV, where Packer’s Will […]

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A changing of the guard has taken place at BET’s Being Mary Jane. In the wake of creators and executive producers Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil leaving for a production deal at Warner Bros. TV, the show has tapped Will Packer and Erica Shelton Kodish to steer its upcoming fourth season, according to The […]

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Michael Ealy has joined the cast of LD Entertainment’s reboot of supernatural thriller “Jacob’s Ladder.” According to Variety, the reboot is a modern-day paranoid action thriller about two brothers. In the 1990 original Tim Robbins played Jacob, a Vietnam veteran whose experiences prior to and during the war resulted in flashbacks and hallucinations that continued […]