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Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James and his teammate’s wife Gabrielle Union are now working together on a new comedy series in development at ABC, reports Variety. Titled “White Dave,” the single-camera series would follow a young African-American teenager who has grown up in an all-white suburb who suddenly moves to an all-black neighborhood when his […]

Fox is currently developing two more drama projects from Lee Daniels, the co-creator/executive producer of the network’s Empire and Star, reports Deadline. Victory, with writer Julian Breece, is set in the world of competitive gospel choirs, while East of Hope is described as a multi-racial soap opera. Written and executive produced by Breece, Victory tells the inspirational […]

Fox is currently developing two more drama projects from Lee Daniels, the co-creator/executive producer of the network’s Empire and Star, reports Deadline. Victory, with writer Julian Breece, is set in the world of competitive gospel choirs, while East of Hope is described as a multi-racial soap opera. Written and executive produced by Breece, Victory tells the inspirational […]

AMC is developing a drama series based on Wesley Lowery’s bestselling nonfiction book They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice, reports Deadline. Published in 2016 by LittleBrown & Company, the book examines how decades of racially biased policing in segregated neighborhoods with failing schools, crumbling infrastructure, and […]

Former NBA star Baron Davis, via his newly-launched No Label Productions, is developing movie projects with “Insecure” co-creator/star Issa Rae and industry veteran Amy Pascal, according to Variety. “We picked the name No Label because we wanted to emphasize that we’re looking for diverse content and we’re nimble,” Davis said of his new venture Hollywood […]