Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o says she wanted to work with Jordan Peele after seeing “Get Out” five times, so when she was approached to star in his follow-up “Us,” it was a no-brainer for the actress. “Black Panther was intense and time-consuming and all-encompassing,” Nyong’o said in an interview with BuzzFeed News’ Profile at SXSW on Saturday, alongside Peele and her co-star, […]
Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer has announced that she is teaming with Wyolah Films’ Tate Taylor and John Norris and award winning actress and NY Times Best Selling Author, Gabrielle Union, to produce the film version of the seminal novel “Coffee Will Make You Black” under her Orit Productions shingle. Union starred in and produced last year’s box office hit “Breaking In” and […]
Will Smith wants y’all to know that he’s OUT of the upcoming Suicide Squad film, in which the played assassin Deadshot. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Smith will not be returning for the upcoming “relaunch” of the franchise due to scheduling issues. Director James Gunn had reportedly hoped Smith and Margot Robbie would reprise their roles, but the upcoming […]
If you can’t get enough of the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, get ready to head across the pond with Lifetime as the network has announced that a follow-up to the 2018 hit movie about the couple is in the works. “Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal” (working title) will debut later this year and will […]
Oh Lord! Here we go with another manufactured outrage at Will Smith. When it comes to Big Will and some of his movie choices, he certainly and rightfully draws criticism. That leads us to his latest role, err, color (as the genie in Aladdin) … that’s pissin’ off a lot of Disney fans. If you was […]
Richard Roundtree will return as the original Shaft from his role from the original 1971 Blaxploitation film, Samuel L. Jackson is back as John Shaft II from the 2000 film and newcomer Jessie T. Usher will star as John Shaft Jr. John Shaft Jr., is a cyber security expert and after his best friend dies he […]
What if you could hear men’s thoughts like Taraji P. Henson in the reimagined flick What Men Want based off the classic Mel Gibson comedy What Women Want? Would you interrupt your friend’s wedding to tell her about her promiscuous fiancé? That’s precisely what happens in this EXCLUSIVE sneak peek of what happens during the […]
Issa Rae has teamed with Kumail Nanjiani to star in “The Lovebirds,” a romantic comedy from Paramount that will be helmed by Michael Showalter, who directed Nanjiani in the surprise hit “The Big Sick.” According to THR, the script centers on a couple (Nanjiani and Rae) on the brink of a breakup. The pair subsequently become embroiled […]
Lee Daniels is coming through for the LGBT community who are all about representation across all genres, so he’s gearing up to serve audiences the first openly gay superhero movie. Daniels hit up Instagram and confirmed the passion project and introduced the lead actor who will play “SuperBitch.” “Y’all remember maybe 10, 12 years ago I said my dream was […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Hart isn’t hosting the Oscars, but he’s got a number one movie. “The Upside,” starring Hart and Bryan Cranston, surpassed expectations to open with $19.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The strong performance of “The Upside” pushed “Aquaman” to second after the aquatic superhero’s three-week reign […]
You probably know Shanola Hampton as Veronica from Shameless. But, she’s tried her hand at executive producing with TVOne’s new film Three’s Complicated. Hampton also stars in the film as Deja Wolfe. Within the first five minutes Deja’s world collapses. Later that evening she meets a man at a bar and has a weekend fling, […]
You most likely know Tyler Lepley as Benny Young from Tyler Perry’s The Haves And The Have Nots. But, he’s staring in TVOne’s new romantic comedy called Threes Complicated. In the film, his character Sunny finds himself in a position that most guys can relate to, at the bar “trying to save the beautiful girl.” Things […]
