WATCH: SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, Starring Shameik Moore, Hailee Seinfeld, And Mahershala Ali
The official trailer for Sony Pictures Animation’s SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, starring Shameik Moore, Hailee Seinfeld, Mahershala Ali and more has been released!
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WATCH: Dave Chappelle Featured In New ‘Star Is Born’ Trailer Starring Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
Check out the new trailer from Warner Bros for A STAR IS BORNING starring Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, and Dave Chappelle. The film is in theaters October 5.
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Kevin Hart Becomes 1st U.S. Comedian To Sell 1 Million Tickets In 6 Months
Comedian Kevin Hart just broke a milestone record by selling one million tickets to his “Irresponsible Tour” in less than six months. Because his international tour sold every single show do date, he added over 100 cities to the mix, which is how he established this insane record. He became the first U.S. comedian to sell such a large number of tickets in such a short period.
On Friday, he announced on his Instagram, “All I can say is WOW. My fans are literally the dopest people on the planet. My goal was to make this tour my biggest and best tour to date and I will be damn if it’s not happening. Making the world laugh is a priority….Let’s gooooooooo people!!!!! I love y’all for this….. #irresponsibletour#comedicrockstarshit.”
Kevin Hart has worked hard for over a decade now, but in the past few years, he’s been killing it. Aside from six comedic tours (“His last tour ‘What Now?’ became the highest grossing comedy tour ever, when it sold more than 600,000 tickets and made $35 million in less than one month,” per reports Hartbeat Productions), he has also starred in multiple films, and even landed music deals.
Meek Mill Will Perform At The 2018 BET Awards & BET Experience
Since his release from prison last April, Meek Mill has been loading up on concerts and festivals in hopes of getting back on track this summer. Though he has Hot 97’s Summer Jam and his Made in America performance on the horizon, Meek continues to add more shows onto his plate. On Wednesday afternoon (June 6), Meek announced on social media that he will be performing at the 2018 BET Awards and the BET Experience later this month in Los Angeles.
In a statement to Billboard, Meek expresses his gratitude towards BET for being given the opportunity to perform at both events, just only two months after his release from prison. “Looking forward to returning to the stage to perform at this year’s BET Awards and BET Experience,” says Meek. “I wouldn’t be here without all my amazing fans who have supported me more than ever these last few months, so this year’s BET Experience concert at Staples Center is going to be extra special. Can’t wait to see y’all there. And of course, love to everyone at BET for always being a great partner and always supporting me.”
Last month, Meek showed no signs of rust when he performed at Miami’s Rolling Loud Festival as a surprise guest. During his time onstage, he zipped through his catalog, performing cuts such as “I’ma Boss” and “Dreams and Nightmares Intro.” In addition to Meek, Nicki Minaj, Migos, Ella Mai, Janelle Monaé and H.E.R. will be gracing the stages for this year’s award show, which will be hosted by Jamie Foxx.
For fans in LA hoping to catch Meek Mill at the BET Experience, he’ll be performing on Saturday, June 22. For those Meek fans who won’t be on the West Coast, be sure to catch him at the 18th annual BET Awards, airing on June 24 at 8 p.m. EST.
Source: Billboard
Bob Marley Biopic In Works From Ziggy Marley!
Ziggy Marley is developing a biopic on his late father Bob Marley, who popularized reggae music.
The Paramount Pictures film is in the early stages of development with no director, writers, or producers attached.
Bob Marley, a native of Jamaica, began performing in 1963 with The Wailers then went solo in 1974. He died of cancer in 1981 at the age of 36. With songs that contained a strong sense of spirituality, he sold more than 75 million records worldwide. His notable hits included “Stir It Up,” “Get Up, Stand Up,” “Buffalo Soldier,” and “Redemption Song.”
Ziggy Marley was born in 1968 to Bob Marley and Rita Marley. He headed the group Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers with his siblings Sharon Marley, Cedella Marley, and Stephen Marley when he was 11 years old. Ziggy Marley won best reggae album at the Grammy Awards last year and has earned seven other Grammys, including one for best children’s album for the animated children’s series “3rd & Bird.”
Ziggy Marley has released a total of 15 albums, with his most recent, “Rebellion Rises,” launched last month. He has his own label, Tuff Gong Worldwide, and publishing company, Ishti Music. He also created the graphic novel “Marijuanaman.”
Marley is repped by WME. The news about the movie was first reported by Deadline Hollywood.
Source: Variety
Donald Glover Reportedly On Shortlist To Star As Willy Wonka
Willy Wonka, the charismatic confectionary extraordinaire that was first introduced in the Roald Dahl novel Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, has seen many reincarnations on the big screen.
The character was most notably portrayed by Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in 1971, followed by Johnny Depp in 2005.
Now, fans of Roald Dahl’s books and films based on his books might have to get used to a new actor inhabiting the role.
According to Collider, Donald Glover is reportedly on the shortlist to play the titular role in the new Willy Wonka movie commissioned by Warner Bros. The Atlanta writer and actor is reportedly one of the few stars on the shortlist to star in the film.
Other actors on the list include Justice League star Ezra Miller and Ryan Gosling. The film, slated to be helmed by Paddington director Paul King, is rumored to be a prequel of sorts that will explore the chocolate maker’s origin story.
Source: Shadow & Act, Collider
Jordan Peele Inks Overall TV Deal With Amazon Studios
Jordan Peele is on the move.
More than a year after signing a first-look TV pact with Sonar Entertainment, the Get Out writer-director has moved his small-screen pact to Amazon Studios. The news comes on the heels of Amazon’s handing out a series pickup to Nazi drama The Hunt, which is produced by Sonar and Peele’s Monkeypaw. Peele is also readying documentary series Lorena, which explores the life of Lorena Bobbitt.
Under the pact, Peele will create and develop new projects for the retailer and streamer, which is plotting a new course under head Jennifer Salke.
“Jordan, [Monkeypaw’s] Win Rosenfeld and the Monkeypaw team represent the ideal creative collaboration as we continue to ramp up original, culturally relevant and riveting television,” Salke said. “Our Lorena Bobbitt documentary and series order for The Hunt represent just the start of what will be a prolific and exciting relationship with Monkeypaw.”
Founded in 2012 by Peele, Monkeypaw is a film, TV and digital focused production company that also produced breakout feature hit Get Out, which the Key & Peele alum wrote and directed. The original screenplay earned Peele an Academy Award, making him the first African American to win in the category and first to be nominated for producing, writing and directing in the same year. On the film side, his first-look deal remains at Universal Pictures.
“I couldn’t be more excited about this new relationship with Amazon. They’ve been a fantastic partner to Monkeypaw over the last year because they’re committed to the same kind of fun and culturally relevant television we are,” Peele said.
Peele comes to Amazon amid an arms race for behind-the-screens talent after Netflix signed Shonda Rhimes and Ryan Murphy to nine-figure exclusive deals. At Amazon, Peele joins a roster of producers and showrunners that includes Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Amy Sherman-Palladino (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Jill Soloway (Transparent) and more.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
WATCH: Issa Rae Returns To The Mirror In ‘Insecure’ Season 3 Teaser
We’ve got our first teaser for season 3 of Insecure, and Issa Rae is back in front of the mirror!
The 36-second teaser has Rae returning to form via her signature, sometimes fourth wall-breaking mirror raps.
Created by Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore, Insecure follows the friendship of two black women as they deal with their flaws while attempting to navigate different worlds and cope with an endless series of uncomfortable everyday experiences. Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis, Lisa Joyce, Natasha Rothwell and Amanda Seales star in the show.
The show returns on August 12.
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Comedy Series With Colin Kaepernick In Development Based On His High School Life
A strong supporter of Colin Kaepernick, Ava DuVernay is now developing a comedy series with the NFL star based on his high school life.
The project has yet to be officially announced, and there is no network attached.
The first news of the project was revealed in a Vanity Fair feature which talked with TV showrunners, including DuVernay.
The piece reads in part, “She’s four weeks out from a trip to serve on the Cannes Film Festival jury, and DuVernay has a lot to do: casting for her yet-to-be-named Netflix limited series about the Central Park Five; working with editors, directors and writers on the third season of Queen Sugar, which started airing May 29; putting the finishing touches on her CBS pilot, Red Line; and meeting with her Wrinkle producer Jim Whitaker on two new projects, including the Battle of Versailles movie at HBO and a TV comedy series with Colin Kaepernick that centers on his high-school life.”
Kaepernick would be the latest athlete to move into entertainment. LeBron James has made the biggest splash with his SpringHill Entertainment, bringing things to television such as Survivor’s Remorse, planning for a Netflix Madam CJ Walker miniseries starring Octavia Spencer and much more. Blake Griffin just announced a project last week, and Steph Curry also has a first-look deal set up at a studio.
Source: Shadow & Act
‘Bad Boys’ New Spinoff ‘L.A.’s Finest,’ Starring Gabrielle Union, A Go At Canada’s Bell Media
Canada’s Bell Media has picked up L.A.’s Finest, starring Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba, from Sony Pictures Television after package buying at the Los Angeles Screenings.
Based on the Bad Boys film franchise, L.A.’s Finest stars Union as Syd Burnett, who was last seen in Miami taking down a drug cartel. Syd has left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective and pursue all the fun Los Angeles offers. But things get a little crazy when her new partner, Nancy McKenna (Jessica Alba), a working mom with an equally complex past, learns that Syd’s unapologetic lifestyle might be masking a greater personal secret.
The Canadian network also bought the BBC America one-hour spy thriller Killing Eve, starring Sandra Oh, for its Bravo network.
NBC in May shockingly passed on picking up L.A.’s Finest to series. The pilot, which counts the film’s Jerry Bruckheimer among its exec producers, was considered a front-runner for a series order given its bulit-in IP and big-name stars attached. That led Sony Pictures Television Studios to shop the series elsewhere. The indie studio is in advanced negotiations with Charter Communications to air the series stateside as the cable giant’s first scripted entry under recently hired exec Katherine Pope. The Canadian license fee will be helpful to the Hollywood studio as L.A.’s Finest carries a sizable price tag and two big stars.
Bell Media also picked up last week at the L.A. Screenings Syfy’s Deadly Class drama, which stars Benjamin Wadsworth and Benedict Wong, TNT’s Chris Pine-starrer One Day She’ll Darken (working title) and NBCU International crime drama Gone, starring Chris Noth.
Bell Media on Thursday said it had bought seven rookie U.S. network dramas, including ABC’s The Rookie, starring Nathan Fillion, and CBS’ Magnum P.I., with Jay Hernandez, for its main CTV network.
The country’s top-rated network also nabbed Fox’s spy-hunting drama The Enemy Within; Marcia Clark’s Fox legal thriller The Fix; CBS’ The Red Line, from producers Ava DuVernay and Greg Berlanti; ABC’s The Village; and Grand Hotel, executive produced by Eva Longoria.
