Queen Latifah Partners With New Venture Fund Focused on African-American Content Ashley Turner July 16, 2018 Diversity, Film, Programs/Competitions Queen Latifah’s Flavor Unit Entertainment has teamed up with a new venture fund focused on lunching African-American content. The Essence Creators and Makers Fund has a $20 million endowment from Essence Ven... Read More
Lupita Nyong’o To Star in ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Reboot Jamara July 7, 2018 Film Lately, there has been a number of television series getting reboots from Fear Factor to Love Connection, as well as films like The Predator and Halloween. For your newest nostalgia fix, it has been announced ... Read More
‘Sorry To Bother You’ Starring Tessa Thompson & ‘Whitney’ Hit Theaters This Weekend Ashley Turner July 6, 2018 Film After being picked up by distributor Annapurna, Sundance debut Sorry to Bother You opens in seven markets this weekend before expanding on July 13. Starring Lakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson, the fantasy/... Read More
‘Kinky’ Starring Vivica A. Fox Receives Release Date Ashley Turner July 6, 2018 Film Vivica A. Fox’s new film Kinky has been acquired by Patriot Releasing as part of a plan to distribute 10 films a year that cater to African American women. The film is written and directed by Chocolate City’s J... Read More
CAA Launches Database for Writers of Color Ashley Turner June 28, 2018 Diversity, Film, TV CAA has officially launched their new Amplify Database, a searchable directory of more than 800 television writers of color. Christy Haubegger, CAA’s Head of Multicultural Business Development, made this annou... Read More
Adepero Oduye Directed Short Film ‘To Be Free’ Makes NYC Debut at BAMcinemaFest 2018 Ashley Turner June 28, 2018 Director to Watch, Film, Film Festivals To Be Free, a short film about Nina Simone, directed by Pariah actor Adepero Oduye, will be premiering at the 2018 BAMcinemaFest on June 30 at 2pm. To Be Free was shot by the brilliant cinematographer Bradford ... Read More
Queen Latifah Develops New Initiative to Fund Female Directors HBR Media Team June 25, 2018 Film, Programs/Competitions This year at the Cannes Festival, Queen Latifah announced that she will be partnering with P&G for the launch of The Queen Collective. The Queen Collective aims to accelerate racial and gender equality beh... Read More
WATCH: Powerful First Trailer for ‘The Hate You Give’ Starring Amandla Stenberg, Issa Rae, & Regina Hall HBR Media Team June 25, 2018 Film, Video The trailer for The Hate U Give made it's on -air debut during the BET Awards. The film is based on Angie Thomas’ best-seller YA novel of the same name. The novel was one of the first novels written in ... Read More
Amma Asante on Shortlist to Direct Upcoming Marvel Tentpole Film ‘Black Widow’ HBR Media Team June 21, 2018 Film Filmmaker Amma Asante is reportedly on the shortlist of favorites to direct Marvel’s anticipated Black Widow movie. Asante is joined by other rumored contenders Maggie Betts and Cate Shortland as potential dir... Read More
‘2 Dope Queens’ Star Phoebe Robinson Joins Taraji P. Henson in ‘What Men Want’ HBR Media Team June 20, 2018 Film Phoebe Robinson, of the popular-podcast-turned-HBO-series “Two Dope Queens,” has snagged a role in the upcoming movie, What Men Want. Robinson will play the role of Ciarra alongside Taraji P. Henson, Max Gr... Read More
WATCH: ‘Creed 2’ First Trailer Starring Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, & Michael B. Jordan HBR Media Team June 20, 2018 Film, Video MGM has officially dropped the first official trailer for Creed 2 starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, and Phylicia Rashad, and it's everything that we could have ever imagined. ... Read More
Mary J. Blige To Star In Paramount Horror ‘Body Cam’ HBR Media Team June 20, 2018 Film Following her Oscar-nominated role in Mudbound, Mary J. Blige has been tapped to take the leading role in the upcoming film Body Cam, the newest thriller from Paramount. The film has been described as Get Ou... Read More
WATCH: Janelle Monae in ‘Welcome to Marwen’ Trailer HBR Media Team June 20, 2018 Film, Video Janelle Monae goes miniature in the innovative new film, Welcome to Marwen. From the director of Forrest Gump and Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis) comes a movie inspired by the real life of Mark Ho... Read More
Yetide Badaki Launches Indiegogo Campaign For ‘Alice In Wonderland’ Short Film HBR Media Team June 20, 2018 Film Yetide Badaki wants to turn the world of Alice in Wonderland upside down. The American Gods star has written a script and is looking to launch the project off the ground through crowdfunding source IndieGoGo. ... Read More
‘Jinn’ Actress Zoe Renee Wins NBC Spotlight Actors Award at American Black Film Festival HBR Media Team June 18, 2018 Film, Film Festivals The 22nd Anniversary of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) announced the winners of their independent film awards on June 16th and actress Zoe Renee received the Grand Jury Prize for Best Performance by an... Read More
‘Belle’ Director Amma Asante Joins Pulse Films HBR Media Team June 18, 2018 Film Belle and United Kingdom director, Amma Asante, has officially joined the director roster for Pulse Films’ Commercial representation. In a statement from the company, Asante spoke on what it means to her to ... Read More
Tiffany Haddish to Star in and Executive Produce New Comedy HBR Media Team June 14, 2018 Film Tiffany Haddish is slated to star in The Oath, a Thanksgiving-set satirical thriller, set to release in the fall. She is starring alongside Ike Barinholtz, who wrote and directed the movie. Haddish will serve a... Read More
WATCH: Trailer for Sundance Film ‘Night Comes On’ Written by Angelica Nwandu HBR Media Team June 14, 2018 Film, Video Winner of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival NEXT Innovator Award, Night Come On, co-written by The Shade Room founder, Angelica Nwandu and director/writer Jordana Spiro, has released the trailer for the film’... Read More
Director Nikyatu Jusu Releases Teaser for Upcoming Vampire Film ‘Suicide By Sunlight’ K. Nicole Mills June 14, 2018 Director to Watch, Film "Do vampires exist? That's the question that New Yorkers are asking themselves after a surge of blood draining murders throughout the nation." Last year, Nikyatu Jusu’s short film project Suicide by Sunlight... Read More
Bozoma Saint John Joins Entertainment Company Endeavor As Chief Marketing Officer HBR Media Team June 11, 2018 Film, TV Endeavor has officially tapped the high profile all-star Uber branding executive, Bozoma Saint John. Saint John will join the parent company of talent agency WME-IMG as the new chief marketing officer. “... Read More
