Three original films by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen will debut at the New York Film Festival this year, organizers said Monday. The “12 Years a Slave” director will get the opening night slot for the 1980s-set music romance “Lovers Rock” in addition to two other premieres for films in his anthology
NEW YORK (AP) — A stage production of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me,” his prize winning book about racism and police violence, is being adapted by HBO for a special this fall. HBO announced Thursday that the program will feature readings from “Between the World and Me” and
Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts will star in the upcoming Netflix family drama “Leave the World Behind,” which is adapted from the Rumaan Alam novel of the same name. After longing to work together again, Washington and Roberts are finally reuniting in the film world after 27 years, previously starring
Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball, The Secret Life of Bees, Old Guard), is set to direct the upcoming period action drama The Woman King for Sony’s TriStar. Influenced by true events, the historical movie is set in the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most paramount states of Africa during
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is teaming up with CBS Television Studios through a multi-year agreement to produce content that focuses on the African American experience. Through this new partnership, the organizations will collaborate on producing scripted, unscripted, and documentary content for CBS’s broadcast, cable,
NEW YORK (AP) — For Michael B. Jordan, timing is everything. So when the SAG award winner marched in a Los Angeles Black Lives Matter protest last month demanding that Hollywood drastically increase its diversity in the executive ranks, it was a moment he felt prepared for. ‘I think it’s
In June of this year, Matthew A. Cherry signed a major multi-year deal with Warner Bros Television to develop comedies, dramas, and event series with the studio. Now, we’ve been informed about the first series that will be part of this deal: Young Love. Created by Cherry, Young Love is
Recently, HBO won an auction where 17 bidders competed for the rights to adapt Brit Bennett’s praised novel The Vanishing Half. With the seven-figure deal, HBO will create a limited television series out of the novel, Deadline reports. Receiving acclaim from critics, The Vanishing Half has been compared to Toni
The life story of French-Caribbean composer Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges is coming to the big screen. The idea is from Emmy-nominated writer Stefani Robinson, known for her work on FX’s Atlanta and What We Do in the Shadows. Stephen Williams, who has directed prominent episodes of Watchmen and Westworld,
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colin Kaepernick is joining with Emmy-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay on a Netflix drama series about the teenage roots of the former NFL player’s activism. “Colin in Black & White” will examine Kaepernick’s high school years to illuminate the experiences that shaped his advocacy, Netflix said Monday.
