Chris Brancato, the co-creator of Narcos, is developing a prequel series to the film American Gangster. Producer/writer Brancato. The project is called The Godfather Of Harlem and is based on the life of mob boss Bumpy Johnson. 

Describing…

 

This Michael K.Williams video on type casting in roles as posed to 
himself is brilliant. Take a look 



Source: The Atlantic 
 

Check out this great conversation on creativity in music, movies, TV,  theater, writing
and more with Issa Rae, Donald Glover, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Damien Chazelle and
Jon Favreau. It should be a weekly program. 



Source: The Hollywood Reporter

With her new movie, Disney's "A Wrinkle in Time" starring Oprah Winfrey, director Ava DuVernay is now the the first black woman to direct a $100 million-budgeted live-action movie.  The milestone became public when the film, which is a fantasy…

Michael Vick has been through it all. The dual-threat playmaker was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2001 NFL draft, set numerous quarterback rushing records, made four Pro Bowls and amassed a fortune playing football. Then it all disappeared…

Nas may not have been putting out a lot of music lately but he's been making his rounds as an investor and now as Executive producer on the IFC film "The Land." 

Here's the synopsis and watch the trailer below:

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Creed helmer and co-writer w has been appointed as the first Warner Bros Creative Talent Ambassador. The studio’s program supports the next generation of UK talent, with scholarships that provide work placements, mentoring, apprenticeships and training courses. 

Coogler himself was…

Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios, Inc., has announced the independent producer/distributor's first motion picture acquisition - "Friend Request" - for North American distribution through its recently-purchased theatrical distribution company Freestyle Releasing. 

The horror/thriller film "Friend Request" marks the first official acquisition…

Tidal, the streaming-music subscription service launched by Jay Z, is expanding its content mix to include
original scripted and unscripted programming. The company has ordered two new series: Brooklyn street-life
drama “Money & Violence” season 2, with new episodes slated…

Omar Epps is on a mission to shatter the myths surrounding black fatherhood. Epps is the executive producer
of the full-length documentary Daddy Don’t Go, which takes a look at fatherhood through the lives of four New
York City fathers.…

Amy Poehler is reteaming with Ike Barinholtz for an untitled basketball comedy just picked up by Universal.
Poehler will star and produce the comedy via her Paper Kite Productions banner.  Poehler will play a once
promising basketball coach who is…

Streaming services like Netflix are great, but you often end up watching the same blockbuster movies showing
how a white man will save the world. Meet Afrostream, a niche movie streaming service that only features African
and African-American content. Launching…

Amazon has now confirmed that Spike Lee’s Chi-raq will be its first original movie. Chi-Raq will feature
Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Hudson, D.B. Sweeney, Harry Lennix, Steve Harris, Angela Basset
with John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. Teyonah Parris…

In My Father’s House” explores identity and legacy in the African-American family, as Grammy award-winning
rapper Che “Rhymefest” Smith and his long-lost father reconnect and try to build a new future in Chicago’s
turbulent South Side.

Che, whose work as…

Rapper Nasir 'Nas' Jones takes us on a world tour of breakdancing in the most unexpected places.
We visit the slums, shanty towns and ghettos of the world, where hip-hop really means something.
With jaw-dropping breakdancing moves, b-boys and b-girls…

Longtime indie film actor Stephen Hill and "Twilight: Breaking Dawn" actress Tanaya Beatty have been cast in
HBO's upcoming miniseries on American explorers Lewis and Clark. 

Based on the Meriwether Lewis biography "Undaunted Courage" by Stephen E. Ambrose, the…

Add another fan-favorite character to the cast of next year's X-Men: Apocalypse, with director Bryan Singer
announcing via Instagram that Olivia Munn will play the telepathic Psylocke in the follow-up to X-Men: Days
of Future Past. 

Singer revealed that the…

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"Let's take a selfie," Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka tells his eight-year-old daughter
Raine as they sit on a patio early in the film Son of the Congo. Raine stands behind her dad and
plants a kiss on…

So here is the Official Trailer from Universal Pictures of "Straight Outta Compton"
about the rise and fall of rap group turned pop group NWA. You will have to 
get through the 1 minute intro of Ice Cube and Dr…

Get ready for Amazon-made movies. Amazon Studios, the same division behind shows like "Transparent,"
will begin to produce and acquire original movies for theatrical release and early window distribution on
Amazon Prime Instant Video. 

These films will hit theaters first…

U.S. industrial conglomerate General Electric Co plans to release its first feature film
through video streaming devices like Roku and Apple TV in a marketing effort that raises
the bar for sponsored content."Shake the Dust" is a documentary about breakdancing…

Netflix recently announced plans to debut an original documentary on the legendary
singer and activist Nina Simone. What Happened, Miss Simone? will be directed by
the award-winning documentarian Liz Garbus, whose credits include The Farm:
Angola, USA and the HBO…

HBO chairman and CEO Richard Plepler just confirmed what had been in
the wind for some time: In 2015 a stand-alone over-the-top HBO Go service
will launch in the the U.S. There are 80 million homes that do not have…

America's Got Talent host Nick Cannon has booked a multiple-episode role
on the Fox sophomore comedy, the network announced. On the cop comedy
starring Emmy nominee Andre Braugher, Cannon will recur as Marcus, Holt's
charming and educated nephew who just…