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Sony In Talks To Adapt ‘Battlefield’ Video Game With Michael B. Jordan, Christopher McQuarrie
Academy Award winner Michael B. Jordan is set to produce an adaptation of Electronic Arts’ hit video game franchise ‘Battlefield,’ with potentia...
Shane Paul McGhie And Dasan Frazier Set To Lead Issa Rae’s New HBO Comedy Pilot
Shane Paul McGhie (Poker Face, The Last Shift) and Dasan Frazier (A Different World, Delphi) have been cast as the leads in Issa Rae’s upcoming unti...
Average Joe Season 2: Deon Cole, Michael Trucco, Malcolm Barrett And Cynthia Kaye McWilliams On Survival, Loyalty And Finding A New Path
Season 2 of Average Joe takes everything that made the first season unpredictable and raises the stakes. Picking up 67 days after the events of Season...
Jayme Lawson Shares First Look At Her Directorial Debut Short ‘I Got You’
Gotham Award-winning actress Jayme Lawson is stepping behind the camera for her directorial debut, premiering at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival this ...
‘Tyler Perry’s Doing Life’ Is Now Streaming On Netflix
It’s officially premiere day! Follow the captivating story of Anika (Naomi Baker), a resilient single mother fighting for a better future, whose lif...
A Different World Renewed For Season 2 At Netflix
Netflix is sending audiences back to Hillman College. A Different World has officially been renewed for a second season following a strong debut for t...
Eddie Murphy Set To Star In His First Scripted Drama Series, ‘The Chairman’ For Peacock
Eddie Murphy is making his scripted television debut with The Chairman, an upcoming drama in development at Peacock from Mad Men creator Matthew Weine...
‘Sundays After Church’ Lands International Screening In Ghana On Jan. 16, 2027
Let the church say amen! The drama series ‘Sundays After Church’ is going international with a special screening event at the Silverbird Theatre i...
Lionsgate Drops Title Teaser For ‘Portrait Of God’ Starring Chase Infiniti, Produced By Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions
Lionsgate has unveiled a title teaser for ‘Portrait of God,’ an upcoming horror feature from director Dylan Clark starring Golden Globe nominee Ch...
Wunmi Mosaku Narrates ‘Africa: Earth’s Wild Home,’ Premiering Oct. 2 On National Geographic
Academy Award nominee Wunmi Mosaku narrates and executive produces ‘Africa: Earth’s Wild Home,’ a seven-part natural history event series from N...
NEON Releases Official Trailer For ‘Clarissa,’ Hitting Theaters Dec. 11
NEON has unveiled the official trailer for ‘Clarissa,’ directed by Arie and Chuko Esiri and written by Chuko Esiri. The film presents a modern rei...
‘Training Day’ Returns To Theaters This Month for Its 25th Anniversary
King Kong still ain’t got sh*t on him! That’s right—Antoine Fuqua’s acclaimed 2001 crime thriller ‘Training Day,’ starring Academy Award w...