by Antonia Blyth | Deadline Hollywood Less than three years ago Uzo Aduba was crying on the subway. Returning from an audition, she resolved to give up acting and re-train as a lawyer. Just 45 minutes later, she got a phone call. “It was 5:43 p.m. I’ll never forget...
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act At least, that's a suggestion made by both Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit production partner, Shakim Compere, and producer Lili Zanuck (who, along with producing partner, the late ace Richard Zanuck, first approached Latifah...
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act And I was just having a conversation about what John Boyega would do next now that "Star Wars" is in the can, and will be out in a few months. The man still has to keep working after all, despite all the press and probably a...
by Anita Busch | Deadline Hollywood Ving Rhames, who just co-starred in this summer’s box office hit Mission Impossible: Rogue – Nation, is joining Ed Helms, Owen Wilson, JK Simmons and Terry Bradshaw in the comedy Bastards. The film, which marks the directorial debut...
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act TV One’s 2014 comedy, "Girlfriends' Getaway," returns with a sequel, reuniting the original cast members Garcelle Beauvais, Malinda Williams, Terri J. Vaughn, and Essence Atkins, with an end-of-summer premiere on Saturday, Aug....
by Mike Fleming Jr. | Deadline Hollywood James F. Lopez is leaving his senior vice president post at Screen Gems to become Head of Motion Pictures for Will Packer Productions. He will steer development and oversee production on films Packer produces through his first...
Justin Kroll | Variety Sony Pictures has set its slate through 2017 that include two more films in the “Bad Boys” franchise, a remake of “Jumanji,” the first installment in “The Dark Tower” franchise and sci-fi romance “Passengers,” starring Jennifer Lawrence and...
Tim Gray | Variety Cheryl Boone Isaacs has been re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, for her third consecutive term. In addition, Jeffrey Kurland was elected first vice president; John Bailey, Kathleen Kennedy and Bill Kroyer were...
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act TV One announced today the production on two new holiday movies: "Royal Family Thanksgiving" and "Royal Family Christmas." With an ensemble cast led by Vivica A. Fox, Romeo Miller, and Debbi Morgan, both films will follow a middle...
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...
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...