Non-profit entertainment organization Diverso has launched the first-ever paid summer fellowship program for Black student screenwriters called Black Writers in Focus (BWIF). This year, Diverso welcomed its inaugural group of screenwriter mentors Joe Robert Cole...
Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the Megan Park-directed riveting drama The Fallout starring Jenna Ortega. The film will be released exclusively on HBO Max and is set to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures in the balance of international...
Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY has announced their inaugural masterclass with celebrated Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima. Applications are now being accepted until August 9 for the Los Angeles-based intensive workshop, being led by the legendary figure of the L.A. Rebellion...
Lana Condor is set to star in the action-comedy Take Out at Hulu. The new series comes from Randall Park, Michael Golamco and Hieu Ho who will executive produce under their Imminent Collision production shingle alongside the The To All the Boys star. The series...
There are many things running through the Hollywood pipeline of news this week, but it seems like the only thing of importance is the casting of queen Michaela Coel in the forthcoming Ryan Coogler-directed Marvel Cinematic Universe sequel Black Panther: Wakanda...
GLAAD and The Black List announced that submissions for the the third edition of the GLAAD List, a curated list of the most promising unmade LGBTQ-inclusive scripts in Hollywood that have been hosted on blcklst.com or were included on the 2020 annual Black List....
By our count, we tallied 42 nominations for people of color in the acting categories that were revealed this morning during the annual Emmy nomination eleganza extravaganza hosted by father-daughter team Ron Cephas Jones and Jasmine Cephas Jones. However, our...
Vida's Tanya Saracho is teaming with Anonymous Content to make her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of her 2014 play off-Broadway play, Mala Hierba. Lance Reddick will return to the bone-breaking, action-packed world of John Wick for the upcoming...
It seems like only yesterday we were introduced to Yahya Abdul-Mateen II through his roles in The Get Down and Aquaman and we saw the impactful artistic vision of Blitz Bazawule via his feature film The Burial of Kojo. Now, the two are making waves and having an...
