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EXCLUSIVE: Alchemy Entertainment has signed actor Corinne Massiah (9-1-1) for management.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorComposer Kris Bowers could find himself landing more than one Emmy nomination come July.From composing the music to “Bridgerton” to “Inventing Anna,” and reuniting with Ava Duvernay for “Colin in Black and White” to penning an original song for “Dear White People,” the odds are stacked in his favor as he has multiple paths to landing a nomination and even win.Bowers returned to score “Bridgerton’s” second season. The composer says he spent a lot of time focusing on Kate (Simone Ashley) and Anthony’s (Jonathan Bailey) theme and how it should sound.As the characters go from enemies to lovers, Bowers explains he knew their storyline would be “complicated, messy and devastating for somebody.” His initial version of the theme was “pretty dark.

has added star Griffin Matthews to the cast, ET has exclusively learned. He will play a recurring character who will appear opposite Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters, a lawyer who handles superhuman-related legal cases. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would join the Marvel Universe!” Griffin tells ET about joining the MCU.

Donald Glover is still being considered to play Lando Calrissian in a planned Star Wars spin-off series based on the character.That’s according to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, who revealed in a new interview with Total Film at Star Wars Celebration last week that she will “never say never” about recasting roles, after Glover played Lando in the flop Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).An unnamed series centred on Lando, the character originated by Billy Dee Williams in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), has been in development for a number of years. It was first announced to Disney investors as an “event series” in December 2020, with writer-director Justin Simien (Dear White People) attached to the project.Speaking to Total Film, Kennedy made reference to a new Vanity Fair interview that seemed to imply that the franchise had learned its lesson with Solo and would move away from stories featuring legacy characters recast with younger actors.“I never say never [about recasting].

Disney has set the release date for “Haunted Mansion,” its new film starring Tiffany Haddish based on the popular Disneyland and Disney World attraaction, to hit theaters in little over a year. “Haunted Mansion” will now open in theaters on March 10, 2023.

Disney has dated Haunted Mansion for a theatrical release on March 10, 2023. The studio already had the date on hold for untitled event movie. No other major studio releases are dated for that weekend currently, however, the movie opens the weekend after Paramount’s Dungeons & Dragons which is scheduled for March 3.

EXCLUSIVE: Emerging U.S. production company Marginal MediaWorks has attached Squid Game actor Anupam Tripathi to star in its upcoming scripted audio series Scammers.

Film Independent has set animator Javier Barboza, cinematographers Gemma Doll-Grossman, Phillip Jackson, Garland McLaurin, Lidia Nikonova, Michael Tanji and Akina Van de Velde, directors Hannah Bang, Jaime Castañeda, Logan Jackson and San-San Onglatco, editors Calvin Chin, Marcus Heleker, Christopher Ma, Ziyang “Lucia” Wang and Skylar Zhang, executives T’Essence Minnitee, Eboni Robinson and Danni Xin, producers Sarah Al-Qatou, C.A. Barrow, Ebony Elaine Hardin, Trent Nakamura, Jera Wang and Rui Xu, writers Danielle Ellen, Henry Alexander Kelly, Justin Omori and Tumelo Tladi, and writer-director Jesus Celaya as the filmmakers for the 2022 edition of Project Involve, a free nine-month program for creatives from diverse backgrounds.

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime is expanding its cast for The Chi, with the addition of Nia Jervier (Dear White People) and Carolyn Michelle Smith (House of Cards) who will take on recurring roles for the series’ upcoming fifth season.

Today, at the winter TCA event, Paramount+ revealed much about their new slate and a renewal for season two of Taylor Sheridan’s “Mayor Of Kingstown” series starring Jeremy Renner, among other updates. But that’s not all.

The Flashdance series reboot has moved a step closer to the ballroom after Justin Simien boarded the Paramount+ project.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterParamount Plus revealed Tuesday it is moving forward on developing TV series remakes of classic ’80s movies “Urban Cowboy” and “Flashdance,” bringing on “Dear White People” creator Justin Simien to write and direct the latter project.Additionally, the ViacomCBS-owned streamer said during its virtual session at the Television Critics Association press tour it has put a docu-comedy series from “Mr. Show” duo Bob Odenkirk and David Cross in the works.The “Urban Cowboy” project comes after Paramount Television Studios first set up development on a TV series based on the film of the same name at Fox in 2015, which was later scrapped.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead is joining the upcoming “Star Wars” series on Disney+ centered on Rosario Dawson’s ex-Jedi Ahsoka Tano, TheWrap has learned. Along with Winstead and Dawson, the series titled “Ahsoka” is also bringing back Hayden Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader.

musical interludes, Afro-futuristic reveals, and emotional turmoil, there's one thread woven throughout the final season of  that serves as the biggest mystery of the series finale; what happened to Reggie?Although Marque Richardson's uber-talented computer programmer is accounted for in the fourth season's present-day storyline, he's noticeably absent from the flash-forwards that feature Sam (Logan Browning), Lionel (DeRon Horton), Joelle (Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins), Troy (Brandon P.

When writer/director Justin Simien’s debut indie movie, “Dear White People,” first arrived at the beginning of 2014, it was a sharp, insightful and prescient breath of fresh air— woke— a good three years before the word was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2017, several months before “stay woke” became a BLM call to action following the shooting of Michael Brown in the summer of 2014.

 is an ultimate nod to the iconic music of the '90s, and there's a good reason for it.From Montell Jordan's «This Is How We Do It» to a grunge rendition of NSYNC's «Bye Bye Bye,» the last 10 episodes of the Netflix series follows our beloved undergraduates as they look back at the most formative year of their lives.

BreAnna Bell “Dear White People” may be saying goodbye to Netflix with this fourth season, but the show is going out with a bang as not only a musical season, but also one that flashes 15 years into the future to see where the characters land post-graduation from Winchester University.

EXCLUSIVE: Rosario Dawson has been set to join LaKeith Stanfield and Tiffany Haddish in Haunted Mansion, Disney’s latest live-action film based on one of its theme park attractions. Justin Simien is directing a script from Katie Dippold, and the pic is now gearing up to begin shooting next month.

As if the success of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise wasn’t proof enough, Disney has fully realized that theme park ride movies are a hit thanks to the recent “Jungle Cruise” box office success. Now, the studio is moving ahead with its next foray in the world of turning Disneyland/Disney World into a movie franchise by casting Owen Wilson in the upcoming “Haunted Mansion” film.

When Justin Simien‘s “Dear White People” premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, no one could have predicted it would be adapted into a Netflix series three years later. Not only that, but the Netflix show has run three seasons, all to positive acclaim from critics, and cemented Simien as a breakthrough talent.

Filmmaker Justin Simien has had an excellent run of creating a franchise with “Dear White People.” What began as celebrated Sundance indie that launched the career of Tessa Thompson while taking on racial issues and white ignorance in America with a satirical spin so turned into a Netflix series. After four successful seasons, Simien is about to move on.

EXCLUSIVE: Dear White People creator Justin Simien is getting into business with Paramount Television Studios. The multi-hyphenate director, writer and producer has signed a three-year overall deal with the studio. Under the pact, he’ll develop premium television series aimed at various platforms via his Culture Machine production company.

Once upon a time, Disney was considering letting Guillermo del Toro (“The Shape of Water“) remake their Eddie Murphy movie “Haunted Mansion,” which is based on their beloved theme park attraction. As the name would suggest features a mansion filled to the brim with various ghosts.

Jordan Moreau Tiffany Haddish and LaKeith Stanfield may be in for a scare.The two actors are in talks to star in Disney’s upcoming remake of “The Haunted Mansion,” directed by Justin Simien, who previously helmed “Dear White People” and the horror film “Bad Hair.”“The Haunted Mansion” takes its roots from the spooky theme park ride, which first debuted at Disneyland in 1969.

A fresh roster of celebrity guest judges, including Charli XCX, Tina Knowles and Emma Roberts, will sashay their way to RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.

Justin Simien is set to help Disney build its new Haunted Mansion, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Simien is in talks to helm Disney’s latest film revolving around its iconic Haunted Mansion theme park attraction, which debuted in 1969 and was an immediate success.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterJustin Simien, the director of “Dear White People” and “Bad Hair,” has been tapped to direct Disney’s “The Haunted Mansion” remake.Though taking inspiration from the spooky theme park ride, plot details have been kept under wraps for the upcoming live-action movie. The Haunted Mansion theme park ride, which first opened in 1969, takes guests through a ghostly manor, where strange sounds and deceased inhabitants abound.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney’s latest film revolving around its iconic Haunted Mansion theme park attraction is gaining more life as the studio is in negotiations Justin Simien to direct the new movie based on the ride. Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, who helped produce the live-action hit Aladdin, are producing through their Rideback banner with Nick Reynolds of Rideback exec producing. Katie Dippold penned the most recent draft.

EXCLUSIVE: Rome Flynn (How To Get Away With Murder) has been tapped for a recurring role on the fourth and final season of Netflix’s Dear White People, from Lionsgate TV.

EXCLUSIVE: Karamo Brown, host of Emmy-winning series Queer Eye, has joined the upcoming fourth and final season of Netflix’s Dear White People in a recurring role. Season 4 is slated to premiere in 2021.

Cobra Kai in January and new film Malcolm & Marie in February. The movie, one of the first feature films shot entirely during the pandemic, stars Zendaya and John David Washington as a couple whose marital issues all surface over the span of one tense night.

Cobra Kai in January and new film Malcolm & Marie in February. The movie, one of the first feature films shot entirely during the pandemic, stars Zendaya and John David Washington as a couple whose marital issues all surface over the span of one tense night.

Today at the Walt Disney Company’s Investor Day event, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy announced an impressive number of exciting Disney+ series and new feature films destined to expand the “Star Wars,” galaxy like never before.

The failure of “Solo: A Star Wars” series was a huge blow for Lucasfilm, their first big defeat after years of Midas Touch-hits. But people liked, at least, most of the characters.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA limited series about Lando Calrissian is in early development at Disney Plus.Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy made the announcement as part of the Disney Investor Day presentation on Thursday.

Lando, another Disney+ Star Wars series based on the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi scoundrel Lando Calrissian is in the works, per Lucasfilm Boss Kathleen Kennedy.