By Sergio | Shadow and Act Actor Omar Sy challenges the long-standing industry belief that black stars don’t sell overseas. One of the major reasons why he was cast in "Jurassic World" is because he is one of the biggest movie stars in France, and Europe overall, and...
by Rebecca Ford | Hollywood Reporter The Darius Films project centers on a man who attempts to reconnect with his family after his father's death, but soon discovers that his family wants to kill him. Actor-director Bill Duke has signed on to direct Killing Daniel for...
...Film That Never Was, But Could Still Be & Other Films on the Haitian Revolutionary By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act When I spoke to Danny Glover about his long-in-development Toussaint L'Ouverture film in late 2011, this is what he had to say: "We're still...
https://youtu.be/3agaVwt0tb8 Director: Tarsem Singh Writer(s): David Pastor, Àlex Pastor (screenplay) Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Martinez, Matthew Goode, Ben Kingsley, Victor Garber, Derek Luke, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, Melora Hardin, Michelle Dockery, Sam Page,...
https://youtu.be/pXwaKB7YOjw Director: Christopher McQuarrie Writer(s): Bruce Geller (characters), Drew Pearce (story and screenplay), Will Staples (story) Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Simon McBurney,...
by Nellie Andreeva | Deadline Hollywood HBO has signed a new overall first-look deal with producer Russell Simmons and his new media company All hbologoDef Digital (ADD), for the Def Jam Records co-founder and his team to create and develop new television projects for...
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act Talk about a formidable one-two punch! I've previously teased the possibility of Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira working together on the same project, but I didn't expect it to happen on stage (this is a film blog after all). No...
https://vimeo.com/148031554 Director: Nijla Mu'min Writer(s): Nijla Mu'min Starring: Crystal Cotton (Tara), Kobie Dozier (Rashawn), Kevin Hunter (Bronson), Donna Simone Johnson (Rashawn’s Mother), Ka’ramuu Kush (Marcel), Mayumi Rhone (Tanji), Aramé Scott (Dream),...
https://vimeo.com/124661759 Director: Yolanda Keabetswe Mogatusi Writer(s): Yolanda Keabetswe Mogatusi Starring: Millicent Makhado Mothiba, Mokkie Tebeila Synopsis: What if one thing could transform your entire world? How far would you go to reach your dreams? A young...
Justin Kroll & James Rainey | Variety In the frantic days leading up to Relativity Media’s much-anticipated bankruptcy, producers have been scrambling to remove their film projects from the mini-studio — in hopes that the pics won’t become hopelessly mired in what...
by Dave McNary | Variety The Directors Guild of America will honor director-producer Ron Howard, director-producer Tyler Perry, Teamsters Local 817 President Thomas J. O’Donnell, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and film editor Thelma Schoonmaker at its 2015 DGA...
https://youtu.be/4cNmMLq9ZrQ Director: John Francis Daley, Jonathan M. Goldstein Writer(s): John Francis Daley, Jonathan M. Goldstein, John Hughes (characters) Starring: Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo, Steele Stebbins, Chris Hemsworth, Leslie Mann,...