Danielle Nicolet (The Flash) is set to write and executive produce a feature adaptation of her short ‘Black Karen’ for Kevin Hart‘s multi-platform media company, Hartbeat.

Several Black playwrights have canceled productions of their works, in some cases after performances started, because of concerns about conditions at the theaters presenting them.

Will Smith made a triumphant return to the awards season circuit on Wednesday, as he accepted the Beacon Award at the African American Film Critics Association Awards.

With Michael B. Jordan making his feature directorial debut, the film about Apollo Creed’s son is eyeing a potential franchise-high opening with an estimated $38M-$40M debut across 4,007 theaters.

Grantham Coleman has landed a role in the upcoming limited series ‘Bass Reeves’ on Paramount+.

Shondaland and Netflix have assembled an ensemble cast for murder-mystery drama ‘The Residence’

Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye is teaming with Trey Edward Shults on a new untitled film as he is set to star along with Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan.

Producer and Actor extraordinaire, DeVon Franklin, has set up two new scripted development projects at BET+ under his overall deal with CBS Studios, which is the studio for both.

Blair Underwood (American Crime Story), Victoria Pedretti (You), Isha Blaaker (The Flight Attendant) and Finn Wittrock (Ratched) are among the final major additions to Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay’s latest film Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, based on the bestseller of the same name by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson.

‘The Photograph’ director, Stella Meghie has been set to helm episodes of the Marvel Studios/Disney+ series Wonder Man starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.