‘Black Mafia Family’: Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr. & Da’Vinchi To Star In Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s Series On Starz; Tasha Smith To Direct

EXCLUSIVE: Pasha Lychnikoff is set for a recurring role on the fifth season of USA’s Queen of the South, and also has joined David Leitch’s upcoming action thriller Bullet Train. Season 5 of Queen of the South is currently in production and is slated to return this spring.

EXCLUSIVE: Pasha Lychnikoff is set for a recurring role on the fifth season of USA’s Queen of the South, and also has joined David Leitch’s upcoming action thriller Bullet Train. Season 5 of Queen of the South is currently in production and is slated to return this spring.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDirector Fernando Frias new film, Mexican Oscar hopeful “I’m No Longer Here,” gives audiences a look into the American dream, and his deconstruction of it.Rather than cast well-known actors, Frias relied on his casting director to find non-actors to help tell the story of Ulises, played by Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño who goes on a journey from Monterrey, Mexico to New York for a new life, except his American dream isn’t all it’s expected to be.Frias teamed with

Bluto, the volcanic Samurai Futaba, “Joliet” Jake Blues, the Cheeseburger Man, a spasmodic Joe Cocker—the list of characters John Belushi brought to life in his all-too-brief but remarkable career only hints at his outsized role in American comedy.

EXCLUSIVE: R&B recording artist Ledisi (Selma, American Soul) is set to play legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in the biopic, Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story.  Columbus Short (ABC’s Scandal, Stomp the Yard) will take on the role of Martin Luther King Jr., a close friend of Jackson’s. Janet Hubert (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) and Wendy Raquel Robinson (The Walking Dead, The Steve Harvey Show) also co-star.

Netflix has announced the release date for the second part of Selena: The Series.

EXCLUSIVE: Michole Briana White (Songbird), Ajiona Alexus (Empire), Eric Kofi-Abrefa (Blue Story) and Myles Truitt (Kin) are set as series regulars opposite Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr. and Da’Vinchi in Starz’s drama series Black Mafia Family, from executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (Power, Power Book II: Ghost, For Life) and writer/executive producer and Detroit native Randy Huggins (Star, Rebel, Power).

EXCLUSIVE: Michole Briana White (Songbird), Ajiana Alexus (Empire), Eric Kofi-Abrefa (Blue Story) and Myles Truitt (Kin) are set as series regulars opposite Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr. and Da’Vinchi in Starz’s drama series Black Mafia Family, from executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (Power, Power Book II: Ghost, For Life) and writer/executive producer and Detroit native Randy Huggins (Star, Rebel, Power).

After the critical success of “A Portrait of a Lady On Fire” two years ago, it’s no surprise that there’s a modest influx of lesbian-themed period pieces following in that film’s lofty wake. Two upcoming movies certainly fit that mold, and arguably the more anticipated is Mona Fastvold‘s “The World To Come” (“Ammonite” being the other).

Angelique Jackson The American Black Film Festival and IMDb are teaming up for a special celebration of Black film with a new digital series, titled “Hollywood Homecoming.”Jeff Friday Media is producing the series, which celebrates “iconic films that showcase Black humanity and provide balanced portrayals of the African American experience,” assembling the film’s director and cast to discuss the project.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s upcoming Starz Original Series, “Black Mafia Family,” has chosen its star protagonist. Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr., son of notorious cocaine kingpin and southwest Detroit legend Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory will make his acting debut portraying his father.

President Donald Trump is planning one of his final appearances before leaving office.