By Bruce Haring | Deadline Hollywood The nominees for the 51st NAACP Image Awards were announced Thursday, the prelude to the two-hour live televised awards airing on BET on February 2 at 8 PM ET/PT. The Image Awards honors the accomplishments of people of color in...
by Matt Warren | Film Independent Spirit Awards Wouldn’t you know it, the Film Independent Spirit Awards are now old enough to run for President, just in time for the 2020 elections. That’s right: this year’s ceremony recognizing the best (and budget-friendliest) in...
Alfre Woodard and Cynthia Erivo both star in movies helmed by black female directors this year; Woodard in Chinonye Chukwu’s “Clemency” and Erivo in Kasi Lemmons’ “Harriet.” In their “Variety Studio: Actors on Actors” conversation, the two talked about their new...
by Trey Mangum | Shadow and Act Awards season has officially kicked off! As with every year, the announcement of nominees for the Gotham Awards marks the start of the season that begins now and continues all the way until the Oscars. A lot of Black talent and several...
Director: Jon Favreau Writer(s): Irene Mecchi, Jeff Nathanson, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Oliver, James Earl Jones, John Kani, Alfre Woodard, JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Penny Johnson Jerald, Keegan-Michael Key, Eric...
Director: Paul Weitz Writer(s): Matt Logelin (novel), Dana Stevens (adaptation), Paul Weitz Starring: Kevin Hart, Alfre Woodard, Melody Hurd, Anthony Carrigan, Paul Reiser, Lil Rel Howery, Deborah Ayorinde, Ines Feghouli Bozon, Paul Alexander Désiré, Letitia Brookes...
Director: Clark Johnson Writer(s): Roderick Spencer (screenplay), Sheila Williams (novel) Starring: Alfre Woodard, Bonnie Johnson, Jordan Nia Elizabeth, Acorye’ White, Blair Underwood, Michael Jones Sr., Marcus Henderson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Anthony Matheson,...
The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the showcase of new independent feature films selected across all categories for the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort, from January...
Director: Gerard McMurray Writer(s): Gerard McMurray, Christine Berg Starring: Segun Akande, Sidney Alexandria, Malik Bazille, Toshi Calderón, Cuyle Carvin, Tosin Cole, Keenan Echols, Mitchell Edwards, Imani Hakim, Steve Harris, DeRon Horton, Aristle Jones IV, Trevor...
The Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) announced today that Ncredible Entertainment’s KING OF THE DANCEHALL, written and directed by Nick Cannon, will screen as the Opening Night Film at PAFF 25. The film will screen Thursday February 9 at 8pm at the Directors...
Director: Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack Writer(s): NA Starring: Maya Angelou, Cicely Tyson, Guy Johnson, Diahann Carroll, Don Martin, Louise Meriwether, Nikki Giovanni, Louis Gossett Jr., Alice Windom, Jules Feiffer, Robert Loomis, Common, John Singleton, Alfre...
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Writer(s): Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely Starring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd,...
Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck Writer(s): Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Yvonne Landry, Anthony Howard, Ryan Reynolds, Jayson Warner Smith, Kerry Cahill, Jane McNeill, Jason Shaffette, P.J. Marshall, Stephanie Honoré, Teri Wyble, Hunter Burke,...
By Robert Yaniz Jr. | ScreenRant Now that the Netflix debut of Jessica Jones is just a few months away, more eyes are starting to turn towards Luke Cage, the third show in Marvel Studios’ precedent-setting deal with the streaming service (and the third addition to the...
by Nellie Andreeva | Deadline Hollywood Marvel’s Luke Cage may have found his match. I’ve learned that Alfre Woodard is finalizing a deal to star opposite Mike Colter in Luke Cage, the third series in Marvel’s four-series package at Netflix. Woodard will play a lead...
Director: Carol Bash Writer(s): N/A Starring: Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Stanley Crouch, Gary Giddins, Wycliffe Gordon, Farah Griffin, Hank Jones, Robin D.G. Kelley, Tammy L. Kernodle, Delroy Lindo, Carmen Lundy, Gayle Murchison, Peter O’Brien, Robert...
Director: Tim Disney Writer(s): Bill Haney Starring: Nicole Beharie, Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton, Michael O’Keefe, Xzibit, Malcolm Barrett, Charles S. Dutton, Alfre Woodard, Tim Ware, Paul David Story, David Warshofsky, Lucinda Jenney, Karimah Westbrook, Paul...
Director: Pippa Scott, Oreet Rees Writer(s): Adam Hochschild (book), Pippa Scott Starring: Annick DeVille, James Newman, Jacques Depelchin, Adam Hochschild, Papa Maurice, Maurice Lenain, Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, Jan Vansina, Mubanga wa Beya, Etienne Mutshipayi, Frank...
Director: Craig Laurence Rice Writer(s): Lou Potter Starring: Philip Brookman, Avery Brooks, Flavio da Silva, Nelson George, Isaac Hayes, Coretta Scott King, Philip Kunhardt Jr., Malcolm X, Kermit Moore, Roger E. Mosley, Ron O’Neal, Gordon Parks Jr., Gordon...
Director: Julie Dash Writer(s): J. California Cooper (short story “Funny Valentines”), Ron Stacker Thompson (teleplay), Ashley Tyler (teleplay), Amy Schor Ferris (teleplay) Starring: Alfre Woodard, Loretta Devine, CCH Pounder, Tom Wright, Peter Jay...
Director: Joseph Sargent Writer(s): David Feldshuh, Walter Bernstein Starring: Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Sheffer, Joe Morton, Obba Babatundé, Von Coulter, Thom Gossom Jr., Ossie Davis, E.G. Marshall, Robert Benedetti, Peter Stelzer, Donzaleigh...
Director: Don McBrearty Writer(s): Peter Mohan, Nancy Trites-Botkin Starring: Falconer Abraham, Dwight Bacquie, Janet Bailey, Nigel Bennett, Tyrone Benskin, James Blendick, Peter Boretski, Tom Butler, Len Doncheff, James B. Douglas, Adrian Gittens, Ron Hartmann, Susan...
Director: Richard Donner Writer(s): Mitch Glazer, Michael O’Donoghue, Charles Dickens (novel) Starring: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover, Bobcat Goldthwait, David Johansen, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Nicholas Phillips, Michael J. Pollard,...
Director: Martin Ritt Writer(s): Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (book), Dalene Young Starring: Mary Steenburgen, Rip Torn, Peter Coyote, Dana Hill, Alfre Woodard, Joanna Miles, Ike Eisenmann, Cary Guffey, Toni Hudson, Bo Rucker, Jay O. Sanders, John Hammond, Tommy Alford,...
