Director: Tim Story Writer(s): Nicole Asher Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The project is based on the book, The World of Stephanie St. Clair: An Entrepreneur, Race Woman and Outlaw in the Early Twentieth Century Harlem, Shirley Stewart and tells the story of Stephanie...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit Starring: Kevin Hart Synopsis: Night Wolf follows a Meet the Parents-esque encounter where a man (Hart) meets his future father-in-law for the first time only to discover he is secretly the superhero known as the...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Brian Michael Jones Synopsis: The story centers on a dysfunctional African-American family going on a road trip to play for a game show in order to win enough money to keep their struggling restaurant afloat. Release...
Director: Ava DuVernay Writer(s): Jack Kirby (characters), Kario Salem, Ava DuVernay Starring: Unknown Synopsis: Plot unknown. Feature film based on the DC comic book series, ‘The New Gods’. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Action, Sci-Fi |...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Cheo Hodari Coker (screenplay), Terry Kavanagh (character), Alex Saviuk (character), Derek Yaniger (character) Starring: Unknown Synopsis: A scientist named Dr. Kevin Trench obtains a battle-suit with super powers, from someone he...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Kenya Barris, Alex Barnow Starring: Ice Cube Synopsis: The story of a hapless white guy, perennially disrespected by everyone from his girlfriend to his co-workers. When he wakes up after an accident, the voice inside his head is Ice Cube....
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Todd R. Jones, Earl Richey Jones, Charles Dickens (novel), Matt Ember Starring: Ice Cube Synopsis: A contemporary retelling of the Charles Dickens’ tale A Christmas Carol. In the new version, set in modern day New York City, a wealthy real...
Director: Nia DaCosta Writer(s): Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Clive Barker (characters) Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Tony Todd, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo Synopsis: A reboot of Candyman, the 1992 horror classic adapted from Clive...
Director: David Twohy Writer(s): David Twohy, Jim Wheat and Ken Wheat (created by) Starring: Vin Diesel Synopsis: Everyone wants to be a beast until it’s time to do what real beasts do. When Riddick finally finds his home planet, he has no idea what’s in store...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Wendy Williams Synopsis: Documentary on the life of talk show/radio show host Wendy Williams. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Biography | MPAA Rating: Unknown Note: Original announcement. To premiere on...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The biopic will chronicle the life of talk show host Wendy Williams. The authorized film will showcase the highs and lows Williams has experienced throughout the years. In terms of its narrative...
Director: John Lee Hancock Writer(s): John Lee Hancock Starring: Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Lato Synopsis: The story follows a burned-out Kern County deputy sheriff named Deke, who teams with a crack LASD detective, Baxter, to reel in a wily serial killer....
Director: Lin-Manuel Miranda Writer(s): N/A Starring: Rita Moreno, Norman Lear, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gloria Estefan, Emilio Estefan, Morgan Freeman, Whoopi Goldberg, Eva Longoria, Justina Machado, Terrence McNally and Chita Rivera. Synopsis: The film will explore how...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Monica Beletsky (screenplay), Karin Tanabe (novel) Starring: Zendaya Synopsis: A light-skinned African-American woman convinces the admissions board at Vassar College that she’s Caucasian in order to attend school there Release Date:...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Brian Ivie Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The film will follow 14-time Grammy-winning artist from his humble beginning through his meteoric rise to fame as he changes the face of gospel music and battles his demons in the process. Release...
Director: Quentin Tarantino Writer(s): Quentin Tarantino, Jerrod Carmichael Starring: Unknown Synopsis: Based on the comic book series by Quentin Tarantino, the story takes place several years after the events of Django Unchained. Django is still a bounty hunter, and...
Director: Bill Duke Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Diane Latiker Synopsis: It follows Latiker’s journey as she fought her way amidst the violence of a Chicago community to found Kids Off the Block, a safe place for children to do school work and be mentored away from...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Kwame Onwuachi and Joshua David Stein (novel), Randy McKinnon (adaptation) Starring: Lakeith Stanfield Synopsis: The story follows Onwuachi’s unprecedented journey from childhood in the Bronx with a mostly single mother to opening a...
Director: Shaka King Writer(s): Will Berson, Charles D. King, Shaka King, The Lucas Brothers (Keith Lucas, Kenneth Lucas) Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield Synopsis: The film will follow the rise and untimely demise of Fred Hampton as seen through the eyes...
Director: Regina King Writer(s): Kemp Powers (play & screenplay) Starring: Unknown Synopsis: Set on the night of February 25, 1964, the story follows a young Cassius Clay as he emerges from the Miami Beach Convention Center as the World Heavyweight Boxing...
Director: James Gunn Writer(s): James Gunn, Zak Penn (treatment), Adam Cozad (script), John Ostrander (comic book), Anthony Tambakis (screenplay) Starring: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, Jared Leto, Jai Courtney, Viola Davis, Amanda Rabinowitz, John Cena, Storm Reid...
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman Writer(s): Pete Goldfinger, Chris Rock, Josh Stolberg Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Rock, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols Synopsis: In the film, Rock will play a “police detective investigating a series of grizzly crimes.”...
Director: Rachel Morrison Writer(s): Barry Jenkins Starring: Unknown Synopsis: Biopic of Olympic gold medal winning boxer, Claressa ‘T-Rex’ Shields, based on T-Rex, a 2015 documentary about Shields. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre:...
Director: Emmett Malloy, Brendan Malloy Writer(s): N/A Starring: Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace Synopsis: The life and times of Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace, who was gunned down on March 9, 1997 – a death that remains shrouded in mystery. Release...
Director: Leigh Whannell Writer(s): H.G. Wells (novel), Leigh Whannell Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, Zara Michales Synopsis: Plot unknown. Feature film based on one of Universal Pictures’ classic monster characters. Release...
Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer(s): Randall Wallace (screenplay) Starring: Dwayne Johnson Synopsis: Kamehameha is the legendary king who was the first to unite the warring Hawaiian islands, which fulfilled the prophecy that surrounded his fabled life since birth. He...
Director: Jeffrey Byrd Writer(s): Michele Samit, Richard Kletter Starring: Niecy Nash, Rayven Symone Ferrell, Ta’Rhonda Jones Synopsis: The true story of a young woman who discovers at age 18, she was abducted as a baby and the family she knew to be hers, wasn’t hers...
Director: Chinonye Chukwu Writer(s): Elaine Brown (book), Alyssa Hill (screenplay) Starring: Unknown Synopsis: Based on the memoir of Black Panther Leader, Elaine Brown, the first and only woman leader of the group. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre:...
Director: Melina Matsoukas Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The story of a girl named Tina, who has been living on the streets of Kenya since her mother’s murder. Recruited by a gang of orphans and street kids, Tina gets closer to exacting revenge for...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Joshua Zetumer Starring: Ice Cube Synopsis: A witness under federal protection participates in a secret, high-tech version program allows him to disappear completely and begin a new life. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre:...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Tarell Alvin McCraney (screenplay), Edmond Rostand, William Shakespaere Starring: David Oyelowo Synopsis: A story inspired the two classics, Edmond Rostand’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” and William Shakespeare’s...
Director: Reginald Hudlin Writer(s): Ed Whitworth Starring: Morgan Freeman Synopsis: From revered army general to the first African American Secretary of State, Colin Powell is one of the worlds most iconic public figures. This is the untold story that led to his U.N....
Director: Dee Rees Writer(s): Dee Rees Starring: Unknown Synopsis: A swirling, futuristic roller-coaster journey of a young musician who catapults herself from the anonymity of her hometown of Same Ol’, Same Ol’ to the bright lights and plastic sights of the fabled It...
Director: John Ridley Writer(s): John Ridley Starring: Unknown Synopsis: Unknown Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Action, Sci-Fi | MPAA Rating: Unknown Note: Title changed from “The American Way” to “The American Way: Those Above and...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Queen Latifah Synopsis: Where Did the Women of Hip Hop Go? tells the history of the pioneering female rappers in a world dominated by men. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Biography, Music, History | MPAA...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Queen Latifah Synopsis: U.N.I.T.Y. follows Queen Latifah as she remakes her hit single from 1993. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Biography, History, Music | MPAA Rating: Unknown Note: There hasn’t...
Director: Malcolm D. Lee Writer(s): Raamla Mohamed, Ryan Richmond Starring: Unknown Synopsis: Inspired by Mandy Len Catron’s New York Times viral article “To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This”. The story explores two people reading from a list of questions developed...
Director: Malcolm D. Lee Writer(s): Terry McMillan (novel, screenplay), Ron Bass (screenplay) Starring: Viola Davis Synopsis: Georgia Young, a twice-divorced, successful optometrist. Despite a life, full of great friends and family, she hasn’t felt a romantic spark in...
Director: Justin Simien Writer(s): Tracy Oliver, Malcolm Spellman, Carlito Rodriguez Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The rags-to-riches tale about how Sylvia Robinson blazed a trail as a female record producer and music mogul in a male-dominated industry. In 1979 she...
Director: Justin Lin Writer(s): Gary Scott Thompson (characters) Starring: Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster Synopsis: Plot unknown. The tenth and final film of the ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise. Release Date: April 2, 2021 | Length: Unknown | Genre: Action,...
Director: Ryan Coogler Writer(s): Ta-Nehisi Coates, Rachel Aviv (New York Yorker article) Starring: Michael B. Jordan Synopsis: A math teacher in Atlanta is scandalized when he looks to get funding for his school by altering his students’ test scores. Release...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Kevin Hart Synopsis: Remake of the 1998 film of the same name. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Unknown | MPAA Rating: Unknown Note: Kevin Hart is also a producer on this project....
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Albert Woodfox (novel) Starring: Mahershala Ali Synopsis: Solitary is based on a memoir that Albert Woodfox wrote about the 43 years he spent in solitary confinement in Louisiana’s Angola Prison. That is the longest stretch in the U.S. for...
Director: Barry Jenkins Writer(s): Julian Breece Starring: Unknown Synopsis: Based on the life and work of choreographer Alvin Ailey. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Biography, Dance, Drama | MPAA Rating: Unknown Note: Announced by Deadline Hollywood....
Director: David Ayer Writer(s): David Ayer, Evan Spiliotopoulos Starring: Will Smith, Joel Edgerton Synopsis: Plot unknown. Sequel to the 2017 film ‘Bright’. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy | MPAA Rating: Unknown...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Erin Entrada Kelly (book), Michael Golamco (adaptation) Starring: Unknown Synopsis: When a bully’s antics land a timid boy in the bottom of a well, his self-proclaimed psychic friend and unknowing crush team up to find him. The novel is a...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Jonathan Herman Starring: Amandla Stenberg Synopsis: Remake of 1996 movie by the same name, starring Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Unknown | MPAA Rating: Unknown...
Director: Liesl Tommy Writer(s): Janine Eser (screenplay), Trevor Noah (book) Starring: Lupita Nyong’o Synopsis: The film adaptation of The Daily Show host Trevor Noah’s bestselling debut autobiography Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood....
Director: Tim Story Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Eddie Murphy Synopsis: Based on the movie Grumpy Old Men, about feuding neighbors who are competing for the attention of a college professor. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Comedy | MPAA Rating:...
Director: Benny Boom Writer(s): Tom White, Miles Hubley Starring: Unknown Synopsis: A dirty cop, exonerated in the murder of a high school honor student, visits the dead boy’s father at his barbershop, and while receiving a straight razor shave listens to him...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Robb Chavis Starring: Anthony Anderson Synopsis: Inspired by the Argentinian comedy “Futbol y Yo,” the story of an obsessive soccer fan whose love of the sport causes him to lose his job and puts a strain on his marriage. This time the...
Director: Rashida Jones Writer(s): Rashida Jones (screenplay), Hope Larson & Brittany Williams (comic book) Starring: Unknown Synopsis: Created by Eisner award-winning writer Hope Larson and artist Brittney Williams, the story, set at a historical Miami resort,...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tiffany Haddish Synopsis: The story of a detective who goes undercover to crack a series of baffling casino heists in which the prime suspects are a troupe of Australian male erotic dancers. He’s forced...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Roger Guenveur Smith Starring: Roger Guenveur Smith Synopsis: Smith’s one-man show begins with the actor rapping from his own text, mashing up references to slavery and contemporary life in the U.S. The performance then segues to Smith...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Misha Green Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The female answer to James Bond. The film is a remake of the 1973 version starring Tamara Dobson. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Action | MPAA Rating: Unknown Note: Misha Green is...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Charles Murray Starring: Tyler Perry Synopsis: An HBO film based on the 2007 biography “Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only: The Life of America’s First Black Filmmaker” by film historian Patrick McGilligan. Release Date: Unknown | Length:...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Ron Wimberly (graphic novel), Selwyn Sefyu Hinds Starring: Lakeith Stanfield Synopsis: The graphic novel is described as ‘80s hip-hop retelling of Shakespeare’s timeless classic Romeo & Juliet– only this time, we follow Tybalt’s...
Director: F. Gary Gray Writer(s): Greg Russo Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The story of the rise of the Third Street Saints as they battle rival gangs in an attempt to conquer the fictional cities of Stilwater and Steelport. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown |...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Tracy Oliver Starring: Kevin Hart Synopsis: The story follows a team of narcotics detectives who go undercover in a fried chicken joint to stake out an organized crime gang. But things take an unexpected turn when the detectives’ chicken...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Joey Poach Starring: O’Shea Jackson Jr. Synopsis: A biopic about the life of baseball player Dock Ellis. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Biography, History, Sports | MPAA Rating: Unknown Note: Still no update on this other...
Director: José Padilha Writer(s): Kevin Boyle (novel), Rodney Barnes Starring: David Oyelowo Synopsis: Based on a true story, Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age details the investigation and courtroom drama of Ossian Sweet – a...
Director: Aron Gaudet, Gita Pullapilly Writer(s): Aron Gaudet, Gita Pullapilly Starring: Leslie Jones, Kristen Bell Synopsis: A dark comedy in the spirit of Thelma & Louise and I, Tonya that is based on a true story like the latter. Two Phoenix housewives who...
Director: David E. Talbert Writer(s): David E. Talbert Starring: Keegan-Michael Key, Forest Whitaker, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Madalen Mills Synopsis: In Jingle Jangle, a cobblestone world comes to life in the event holiday musical tale of an embattled...
Director: Jon Watts Writer(s): Zach Dean (earlier script) Starring: Michael B. Jordan Synopsis: A man manages to stay alive for over 400 years, without showing the physical signs of age. In that time, he has accumulated vast intellectual knowledge, from multiple...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Angie Thomas (novel) Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The novel focuses on Bri, a young rapper and the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died just before making it big. Her father’s legend makes him a hard act to follow, but between...
Director: Joel Coen Writer(s): Joel Coen Starring: Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand Synopsis: The iconic Shakespeare tale follows a lord who’s convinced by a trio of witches that he’s destined to become the king of Scotland. With the help of his ambitious wife,...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Eunetta T. Boone Starring: Tessa Thompson Synopsis: Story based on the life of 75 year old international jewel thief, Doris Payne, whose career spanned over five decades. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Adventure, Crime,...
Director: Drew Goddard Writer(s): Drew Goddard, Rob Liefeld (comic), Fabian Nicieza (comic) Starring: Zazie Beetz, Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin Synopsis: A time-traveler assembles a team of mutants in order to prevent the wrecked future he came from. Release Date:...
Director: Christian Gudegast Writer(s): Christian Gudegast Starring: Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Curtis Jackson, Tucker Tooley, Mark Canton, Alan Siegel, Bob Jennings Synopsis: Big Nick (Butler) on the hunt in the streets of Europe closing in on Donnie...
Director: Rick Famuyiwa Writer(s): Jay Longino (graphic novel, screenplay) Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The film will not be a remake of the Shaw Brothers classic film. It will be a contemporary Kung-Fu story that intertwines Shaolin mythology with many of the current...
Director: Gerard McMurray Writer(s): Derek Kolstad Starring: Unknown Synopsis: John Wick-esque hard-boiled action film with an African American male lead. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Action | MPAA Rating: Unknown Note: Announced on Deadline...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Aleshea Harris (play, screenplay) Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The play is about twin sisters who go on a revenge journey from the South to the California desert to find (and kill) their father at the request of their ailing mother, who is...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): A.J. Wolfe (novel), Fredrick Kotto (screenplay) Starring: Mahershala Ali, Viola Davis Synopsis: An undercover detective in Northern California tried so take down a dangerous drug cartel while keeping his undercover life secret from his...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Zach Baylin Starring: Will Smith Synopsis: A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Biography,...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Russell Simmons, Kenya Barris Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The story of how the legendary hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings came to be. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Biography, Music | MPAA Rating: Unknown...
Director: Claire McCarthy Writer(s): Claire McCarthy, Ann Weisgarber (novel) Starring: Viola Davis, Saniyya Sidney Synopsis: A heavily pregnant woman on an isolated, drought-stricken ranch is not certain if she can trust her husband to put her and their starving...
Director: Scott Cooper Writer(s): Scott Cooper, Hampton Sides Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The FBI embarks on a manhunt to find the man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. in the spring of 1968. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Unknown | MPAA...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Tamara Pizzoli (book), Yamara Taylor (adaptation) Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The story centers on Tallulah, the founder and CEO of the largest teeth-collection organization on the planet. She’s a clever, diverse and wildly successful...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Kay Oyegun Starring: Unknown Synopsis: In a concept being called Sister Act meets Mrs. Doubtfire, a thief on the run from her old crew holes up in a retirement home. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Comedy | MPAA Rating:...
Director: Liesl Tommy Writer(s): Callie Khouri Starring: Jennifer Hudson Synopsis: The film covers the life of the late Franklin from singing as a child in her father’s church’s choir to becoming an iconic superstar and civil rights activist. Release Date: August 14,...
Director: Nzingha Stewart Writer(s): Misty Copeland, Gregory Allen Howard Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The movie will chronicle Copeland’s rise from her poor and tumultuous beginnings – she only began ballet at the late age of 13 and found herself in the middle of a...
Director: Deon Taylor Writer(s): Joe Bockol, Deon Taylor Starring: Tyrin Turner Synopsis: The story about five professional football players who pull a heist during the season. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Action, Thriller | MPAA Rating: Unknown...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Eisa Davis, Kay Oyegun Starring: Unknown Synopsis: Unknown Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Biography, History | MPAA Rating: Unknown Note: Forest Whitaker an Angela Davis are executive producers on this project. So far no...
Director: James Erskine Writer(s): Linda Lipnak Kuehl Starring: Billie Holiday, Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughan, Charles Mingus Synopsis: The documentary will explore Holiday’s life through the eyes of journalist Linda Lipnak Kuehl. Billie will include tape-recorded...
Director: Lee Daniels Writer(s): Johann Hari (novel), Suzan-Lori Parks Starring: Andra Day, Lakeith Stanfield Synopsis: Biopic about the life of Billie Holiday. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Biography, Drama, Music | MPAA Rating: Unknown Note: There...
Director: Denzel Washington Writer(s): Virgil Williams (screenplay), Dana Canedy (novel) Starring: Michael B. Jordan Synopsis: The novel tells the true story of Pulitzer-winning journalist Canedy and her love affair with First Sgt. Charles Monroe King, who kept a...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (novel and script) Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The novel explores the inhumanity, injustice and a hope that persists in black American life, often with a surrealist eye. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown |...
Director: Gerard McMurray Writer(s): Derek Haas (book), Frank Baldwin (screenplay) Starring: Michael B. Jordan Synopsis: The formative story of a man who becomes the most feared and respected hit man in the criminal underworld. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown...
