Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish) has signed on to star alongside Eddie Murphy in Candy Cane Lane — the new holiday comedy that Reginald Hudlin (Sidney) is directing for Prime Video.
Details as to the film’s plot are under wraps. But it’s currently in production in Los Angeles, as part of the California Film & Television Tax Credit Program. The project acquired as a spec is based on the childhood holiday experiences of its writer, Kelly Younger.
Candy Cane Lane is the first film being made under a three-picture and first-look film deal between Murphy and Amazon Studios. The film will ultimately stream on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Murphy and Charisse Hewitt-Webster are producing for Eddie Murphy Productions, alongside Brian Grazer and Karen Lunder of Imagine Entertainment.
Ross is best known for her role as Johnson family matriarch Rainbow on ABC’s beloved sit-com Black-ish, which brought her a Golden Globe, nine NAACP Image Awards, five Emmy nominations and two Critics Choice Award nominations during its eight-season run. She previously starred in the UPN/CW series Girlfriends and has also been seen on the TV side in the Black-ish spin-off Grown-ish, B.J. Novak’s anthology The Premise, and Prime Video’s The Kids in the Hall revival, to name a few titles.
Ross’ most notable past role on the film side came opposite Dakota Johnson in Nisha Ganatra’s dramedy The High Note for Focus Features. She recently exec produced the OWN documentary, The Hair Tales, and is represented by UTA, Artists First and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
Source: Deadline
In this episode of The Box Seats Sports Comedy Talk Show, we talk about Damar Hamlin’s collapse during the Bills/Cincy game and the aftermath of the game. We also talk about how the NFL handled the situation, and all of the sports talk during and after the game. Plus we talk about the hottest topics in sports!
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In this episode of Box Seats Sports Comedy Talk Show, we discuss the NFL games of this past New Year’s Day weekend including wins from Tom Brady’s Bucs and Aaron Rodgers’ Packers. Plus we discuss the other NFL games and the hottest topics in sports!
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On March 4th, comedy icon Chris Rock will take the stage in Baltimore, Maryland for the first-ever Netflix live-streamed global event, Chris Rock: Selective Outrage. The historical show will stream live at 10pm ET/7pm PT. Additional details will be announced soon.
This is Rock’s second Netflix stand-up special. His first, Chris Rock: Tamborine, debuted in February 2018.
The live event builds on Netflix’s legacy of leadership in live comedy. Netflix is a Joke: The Festival was the biggest live, in-person event in Netflix history, taking place in Spring 2022. The unprecedented event sold more than 260,000 tickets, featuring more than 330 comedians performing 295 shows across more than 35 venues in Los Angeles. The festival also featured the first-ever stand-up show at Dodger Stadium.
Netflix is the definitive home for all things comedy. Live events are one facet of Netflix’s unmatched ecosystem for comedic talent, as the entertainment company continues to invest in scripted comedy for TV and film; stand-up; sketch; comedy formats; and animation.
The family of Brandon “Boogie B” Montrell, the New Orleans-born comedian who was shot dead — inadvertently, police suspect — outside the Rouses grocery store in New Orleans’ Central Business District, blamed political leaders Saturday for his killing.
“My son was not just the victim of a stray bullet,” Sherilyn Price said in a statement released by family attorney Juan LaFonta. “He’s the victim of decades of neglect that have left New Orleans’ youth with no hope for a future and with no real fear of consequences. It’s past time for leaders in our city and all over to do their jobs. It matters who the president is, who the governor is and who the mayor is. Leaders create opportunities – including the opportunity to live in peace without fear of random violence.”
Montrell, 43, was fatally wounded Friday afternoon while sitting in a car in the parking lot of the Rouses Market at 701 Baronne St. Investigators doubt he was the intended target of the shooting, which disrupted shopping and rush-hour traffic in the CBD.
Police released surveillance photographs of two suspects and a getaway car, and a photo of a woman they want to question. They have not announced any arrests.
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Montrell was born in New Orleans but spent much of his childhood in Tampa, Florida. On returning to Louisiana, he attended Alfred Bonnabel High School in Kenner and Delgado Community College.
After Hurricane Katrina waylaid the New Orleans region in 2005, he moved to Washington D.C, where he became a professional comedian and even recorded a hit song, “Catch the Wall,” with his cousin, the recording artist Hotboy Ronald, the family statement said.
His website says his comedic influences were Richard Pryor, Martin Lawrence, and Eddie Murphy, among others.
Montrell performed as a professional comedian in Washington, New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, and recently moved to Los Angeles. He was visiting his family for the holidays when he was killed Friday.
“My comedy comes from my struggles in life. My ability to take my pain and give others laughter is my motivation,” Montrell said on his website.
Said LaFonta: “Folks need to understand that what leads to horrors like this isn’t greed, it isn’t drugs and it isn’t violent tendencies. It’s the failure of our city’s leaders to provide proper and even minimal support for families and youth.”
Source: Nola.com
In this episode, we discuss the game between the LA Rams and the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football, Ex NFL/ Patriots LB Willie McGinest getting arrested, NBA player Ja Morant being tossed for profanity after talking to a fan, and the rest of the hottest topics in sports!
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Donald Glover is finally getting a Spider-Man movie. It’s just not quite what you think.
Glover is attached to star and produce a feature set in Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man universe of Marvel Comics characters, sources stated.
Myles Murphy, the son of actor and comedian Eddie Murphy, is on board to write the project, which has no title but is said to revolve around the Hypno-Hustler, one of the more obscure Spider-Man villains.
Created by Bill Mantlo, the writer who also created Rocket Racoon, and artist Frank Springer, Hypno-Hustler was very much a product of the disco music scene when he first appeared in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man No. 24 in 1978. His real name was Antoine Delsoin, the leader of a band called the Mercy Killers and used hypnosis technology in his instruments on his audience in order to rob them.
Hypno-Hustler is not considered one of Spider-Man’s top villains — in fact, he regularly shows up on worst supervillains lists — but sources say Glover sparked to the musical aspect of the character and the fact that he has less Marvel canon baggage, freeing him to greater interpretations. The project could be anything from a disco period piece to a re-imagined modern hip-hop version or even a cyberpunk future play. Adding to the spark was Murphy’s take, whose details are being kept below the bass clef.
Glover’s name has circled Spider-Man for years, with fans clamoring for him to portray Spidey, particularly in 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man. That didn’t happen — Andrew Garfield landed the role as Peter Parker — but Glover did voice Spider-Man/Miles Morales in the Disney XD series Ultimate Spider-Man in 2015. He also appeared in a very brief role in Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. (A deleted scene from the movie pointed to him playing Miles Morales’ uncle.)
Sony, which owns the film rights to the Spider-Man and related characters, has a whole slate of film based on not just villains but also heroes that make up the Spider-Man family. With movies such as Venom and Morbius under its belt, the studio has Kraven the Hunter set for an Oct. 6, 2023 release. Hero projects in development include Madame Web and Spider-Woman.
Glover is repped by WME and Johnson Shapiro. Murphy is also repped by WME.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Chris Redd is opening up about his brutal attack outside a comedy club in New York City back in October and the former Saturday Night Live star feels that it was planned out.
The comedian made an appearance on SiriusXM’s The Bennington Show where he shared he saw surveillance footage of his attacker hanging around the area before the assault.
“People called it a random attack. I don’t believe that. He waited for me for an hour before I got there,” he said. “He was on the phone, he had a lookout dude and everything. All I’m saying is this, I’ve never done nothing random where it took me an hour to do it.”
Redd continued, “I’ve never just randomly did a thing that took a buildup. That’s not what random is. So, I will say, it was a planned situation. That’s what I feel like in my heart and soul. That’s what I saw on the footage.”
The actor also said that he “probably will release” the footage sometime in the future. Adding humor to the situation, Redd said that the attack “did wonders” for him as it made people aware he had a comedy special for HBO Max.
“No promotion was better than getting knocked in the f***ing face,” he said. “People didn’t even know I had a special out and they were like, ‘Aw, hope he’s okay! What, special?’”
Redd also mentioned that he got “ghosted by the Chief of police” after he tried to follow up with the investigation into finding the culprit of the attack.
Watch Redd’s full interview in the video posted below.
Source: Deadline
A man charged with attacking comedian Dave Chappelle while he was on stage back in May at the Hollywood Bowl has pleaded no contest.
Isaiah Lee was charged with one misdemeanor count each of battery and entering a restricted area during a live event. The 24-year-old was sentenced to 270 days in county jail, according to Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office.
The plea came about 1 1/2 months after a judge rejected the defense’s request for a diversion program that could have eventually resulted in the dismissal of the charges against Lee, who remains behind bars in connection with an unrelated case in which he is charged with stabbing his roommate at a transitional housing facility last year.
It was on May 3 while Chappelle was on stage performing a show for the Netflix Is a Joke Festival when Lee rushed the stage and threw the comedian to the ground. Security quickly sprung into action and forcefully subdued the suspect and was arrested by LAPD. Chappelle was not injured and continued with his show that night.
“As unfortunate and unsettling as the incident was, Chappelle went on with the show,” read a statement from Chappelle the next day. “Jamie Foxx and Chris Rock helped calm the crowd with humor before Chappelle introduced the last and featured musical guests for the evening.”
Chappelle would later say he was able to speak to the attacker before he was taken away by paramedics. The comedian alleged that Lee told him he carried the attack to raise awareness of the plight of his grandmother in Brooklyn who was displaced from her home due to gentrification.
However, Lee gave an interview from inside jail where he said he had been triggered by Chappelle’s jokes about transgender and homeless people.
Lee is due back in court on January 19 regarding the case in which he is charged with trying to kill his former roommate.
CNS contributed to this report.
Source: Deadline