Netflix aren’t shy when it comes to throwing around your cash, so they’ve pulled out all the stops and a $65M cheque in order to secure Precious director Lee Daniels’ next movie. According to Deadline several bidders were involved in negotiations, with Netflix emerging victorious over the likes of MGM and Miramax for the film, which […]
The Wonder Years reboot casts Saycon Sengbloh in lead role
Deadline has revealed that the upcoming reboot of The Wonder Years has cast Saycon Sengbloh (In The Dark) in the lead role as the matriarch of the Williams family in the new ABC series. The Wonder Years reboot will feature a Black family in the 1960s, the same period the original series was set in. The […]
Movie Review – The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
The United States vs. Billie Holiday, 2021. Directed by Lee Daniels. Starring Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Melvin Gregg, Natasha Lyonne, Tyler James Williams, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Rob Morgan, Miss Lawrence, Evan Ross, and Tone Bell. SYNOPSIS: Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an […]
First trailer for Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Hulu has released a poster and trailer for the biographical drama The United States vs. Billie Holiday. Directed by Lee Daniels’, the film follows the legendary jazz musician, played by singer-songwriter Andra Day, through the 1940s when she found herself targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics. Check them out here… The legendary Billie Holiday, […]
Lee Daniels rebooting The Wonder Years with a black family
ABC has announced that it is in development on a reboot of the classic 80s comedy of age comedy-drama series The Wonder Years, with Empire co-creator Lee Daniels set to serve as executive producer on an updated version which will focus on a black family during the same time period as the original series. The […]
Lee Daniels adapt new Robert Kirkman comic Stealth for the big screen
Deadline is reporting that Lee Daniels (Precious, The Butler) has signed on to direct a feature adaptation of the upcoming Robert Kirkman and Marc Silvestri comic book Stealth, which will be produced by Universal Pictures and Skybound Entertainment. The Stealth comic book is set to launch in March from Image and Skybound, and the official […]
Trailer for Lee Daniels-produced Pimp starring Keke Palmer
Ahead of its release next month, a trailer has arrived online for Lee Daniels-produced drama Pimp. Written and directed by Christine Crokos, the film sees Keke Palmer starring alongside Haley Ramm, Aunjanue Ellis, Vanessa Morgan, Mike E. Winfield, Edi Cathegi, and DMX; watch it here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWnQelN-cjM Born into the Pimp Game, a struggling female Pimp, […]
Lee Daniels developing Lee Daniels biopic
Precious and The Butler director Lee Daniels has revealed that he’s in talks to direct a musical biopic based upon his own life, which he’s comparing to Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2 and Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz. “My publicist will kill me, but I’m in talks about doing a musical film about my life,” Daniels […]
Lee Daniels departs upcoming Richard Pryor biopic
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Academy Award nominated director Lee Daniels (The Butler, The Paperboy) has departed the upcoming biopic about legendary comedian Richard Pryor. The Precious director has had to leave the project, currently in pre-production, due to scheduling conflicts with his hit television show Empire (for which he is showrunner) as well as […]
Fox orders 24: Legacy to series, Kiefer Sutherland to executive produce
Deadline is reporting that Fox has given an early series order to 24: Legacy, the upcoming event series reboot of the real-time espionage franchise. Although he’s not expected to appear as Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland has signed on to the series as executive producer alongside creators Manny Coto and Evan Katz and Imagine TV’s Brian […]
