HBO Max has announced a special Black History Month line-up of movies and TV shows you can start streaming right now. This curated library arrives just in time for the start of Black History Month, which begins on February 1 and runs through February 28. Accompanying this special Black History Month line-up is the premiere of Judas and the Black Messiah, also on HBO Max. Directed by Shaka … Continue reading HBO Max Announces Black History Month!!
A Whitney Houston biopic is currently in the works, with a script from Oscar-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten. As reported by Deadline, I Wanna Dance With Somebody will be a joint production between The Whitney Houston Estate and Primary Wave, as well as Clive Davis, the producer who initially signed Houston to Arista Records. Stella Meghie, who helmed the recent romantic drama The Photograph starring Issa … Continue reading ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Screenwriter Working on a Whitney Houston Biopic!!
Paramount‘s Sonic the Hedgehog managed to hold off 20th Century‘s The Call of the Wild for a second weekend at #1, topping $106 million after just ten days in release and already ranking as the fourth largest video game adaptation domestically of all-time. STX‘s release Brahms: The Boy II currently holds a narrow lead for a fourth place finish while truTV‘s release of Impractical Jokers: … Continue reading ‘Sonic’ Holds Top Spot, as ‘Call of the Wild’ Opens Well at the BO!!
Paramount‘s Sonic the Hedgehog exploded onto screens this Presidents’ Day weekend, delivering the largest opening weekend ever for a video game adaptation to go along with an estimated $68 million, four-day holiday debut. Meanwhile Sony‘s Fantasy Island and Universal‘s The Photograph are neck-and-neck in a race for third and Searchlight‘s Downhill finished just inside the top ten. With an estimated $57 million three-day performance, Paramount‘s … Continue reading ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Zooms Past Competition with $57 Million Opening the BO!!
Positive reviews and audience response wasn’t enough to send Warner Bros.‘s Birds of Prey flying too high this weekend. While the latest DC Comics adaptation was able to secure the weekend’s #1 slot it fell well short of expectations. However, Oscar contender 1917 was one of three titles to see a single digit drop as audiences sought to see the film that is widely expected … Continue reading ‘Birds of Prey’ Underwhelms with a $33 Million Opening at the BO!!
Synopsis – A series of intertwining love stories set in the past and in the present. Directed – Stella Meghie Starring – Chelsea Peretti, LaKeith Stanfield, Courtney B. Vance Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Photograph’ Trailer Has Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield Falling in Love!! Check It Out!!
Emmy-nominated actress Issa Rae (HBO’s Insecure) is set to produce and potentially star in a new version of the 1996 crime drama Set It Off for New Line, Collider has learned. The project is still in early development, so it’s unclear whether this new film be a remake or a reboot or what have you, but it will be developed as a starring vehicle for Rae, … Continue reading ‘Set It Off’: Issa Rae to Produce and Likely Star in Remake for New Line!!
Universal Pictures has picked up a pair of interesting new projects, as the studio has acquired Meredith Dawson‘s spec script When Michael Met Carrie… and Other People, as well as the family adventure project Outside the Box from Freaks filmmakers Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein. Paul Feig will produce When Michael Met Carrie, which promises a new take on the romantic comedy, while Mandeville … Continue reading Universal Buys Adventure Film from ‘Freaks’ Duo, Rom-Com from Producer Paul Feig!!
In notable release date news, it was announced Thursday that a pair of upcoming Blumhouse movies have been moved up two weeks — Universal’s The Invisible Man and Sony’s Fantasy Island. Jeff Wadlow’s Fantasy Island is moving up from Feb. 28, 2020 to Feb. 14, aka Valentine’s Day, and in turn, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man is moving up from March 13, 2020 to that … Continue reading Blumhouse Moves Up Release of ‘Invisible Man’ and ‘Fantasy Island’!!!
Lakeith Stanfield co-stars in two of this fall’s coolest movies — Rian Johnson‘s whodunit Knives Out and the Safdie brothers’ crime drama Uncut Gems — and while he may not be the lead in either one, he certainly proved himself as a lead over the last two years thanks to his versatile turns in the acclaimed indies Sorry to Bother You and Crown Heights. Now, … Continue reading ‘Notes From a Young Black Chef’: Lakeith Stanfield to Star in A24 Movie!!
Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield are set to star in Universal’s romantic drama The Photograph from writer-director Stella Meghie (The Weekend), Collider has confirmed. This is an exciting pairing on paper and I can’t wait to see the chemistry between these two stars on the big screen, where there has been a distinct lack of love stories featuring actors of color. Don’t get me wrong, … Continue reading ‘The Photograph’: Issa Rae, Lakeith Stanfield to Star in Romantic Drama!!!
