LOS ANGELES (AP) — In 2016 “Moonlight” won best picture and “Hidden Figures” was the 14th highest grossing film of the year, but popular Hollywood films remained as white and male-dominated as ever. A new report from the Media, Diversity, & Social Change Initiative at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and […]
The trailer to Ava DuVernay’s anticipated A Wrinkle In Time is finally here—and it looks spectacular! Just look at Oprah! The Disney and Dreamworks film, slated to debut next March, is an adaptation of the 1963 children’s classic book by Madeleine L’Engle. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film stars Storm Reid as Meg Murry, a young girl whose scientist […]
The upcoming Disney sci-fi film looks absolutely spectacular!
Director Benny Boom has opened up for the first time publicly about director John Singleton’s unsavory remarks about the upcoming Tupac biopic, All Eyez On Me. The film chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom, as well as his imprisonment and controversial time at Death Row Records. Titled after Shakur’s […]
The "Shots Fired" creator will helm Marvel's forthcoming Spider Man spinoff, “Silver & Black.”
After intense negotiations at the Cannes Film Festival, Netflix has nabbed a film project starring Grammy winner Rihanna and Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, based on a storyline created entirely via Twitter. Ava DuVernay has signed on to direct and Insecure star Issa Rae is in talks to write the screenplay. Twitter also lobbied for both ladies. The […]
The Rihanna & Lupita movie of Twitter dreams may actualize.
The Fate of the Furious set box office records with weekend with the eight installment of the movie opening over Easter weekend. But it also puts one Black director in a company by himself. Shadowandact.com reports: “The Fast and the Furious” was the No. 1 film this weekend with $100.2 million, which is by any […]
Jordan Peele made history when his horror film, Get Out sold over $100 million at the box office. Peele is now the first Black writer-director to cross that mark with a debut film, realizing a dream the comedian-actor has worked towards for years. Peele, 38, announced plans to make horror films back in 2015. When […]
NEW YORK (AP) — “Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins will follow up his Oscar-winning film with a drama series for Amazon based on Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad.” Amazon announced Monday that it will develop the TV series, with Jenkins writing and directing the adaptation of the 2016 National Book Award winner. Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad” […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Great reviews and buzz propelled comedian Jordan Peele‘s directorial debut, the micro-budget thriller “Get Out,” to a chart-topping opening weekend with $30.5 million according to studio estimates Sunday. The Blumhouse-produced and Universal Pictures-distributed film cost an estimated $4.5 million to make. While it was expected to perform well against its budget, […]
Essence has chosen Oscar-nominated director Ava DuVernay for its March 2017 cover celebrating Women’s History Month. Pausing from her adaptation of the popular children’s book A Wrinkle in Time, the acclaimed filmmaker shot the cover two days before Christmas, fresh off a flight from northern California. Inside, DuVernay chats about everything from her Oscar-nominated documentary […]
