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EXCLUSIVE: Signature Entertainment has picked up UK and Ireland rights to thriller The Ice Road, starring Liam Neeson (Taken) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix).

Angelique Jackson Laurence Fishburne is set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 edition of the SCAD aTVfest.The “Black-ish” star and executive producer is only the second actor to receive the honor from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), after Phylicia Rashad was awarded the comparable Outstanding Achievement in Television prize during the inaugural edition of the festival in 2013.“Laurence Fishburne is one of the most influential and inspiring actors of his

EXCLUSIVE: A comedy drama co-written by Gavin and Stacey star Mat Horne and a thriller based on Jack London’s manuscript of The Assassination Bureau Ltd and are two of the latest TV projects being set up by British producer Fired Up Films.

Having been a high-profile filmmaker for four decades, Spike Lee has had his fair share of projects fall apart. Films like his biopics about James Brown, Joe Louis, and Jackie Robinson or even “Inside Man 2” were all floated around at various points in Lee’s career but ultimately never came together.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterAmazon Studios’ espionage thriller “All The Old Knives” has added actors Jonathan Pryce and Laurence Fishburne.Directed by Janus Metz, the stage and screen stars join the previously-announced Chris Pine and Thandie Newton in the project.Based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by Olen Steinhauer, who also adapted the screenplay, “Knives” is produced by Chockstone Pictures, Nick Wechsler Productions and Jackson Pictures in association with eOne.The film

Saban Films have snatched rights in North America and U.K. for Under the Stadium Lights (aka Brother's Keeper), a real-life football drama starring Oscar-nominee Laurence Fishburne.

Legendary actress and singer Jenifer Lewis says her sex addiction in the ’80s was “dangerous.”

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn Day 1 of ABC’s Virtu-Fall Presentations, Black-ish stars Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross and Laurence Fishburne joined creator Kenya Barris and showrunner Courtney Lilly to tease an upcoming, hour-long special, which will air ahead of the show’s Season 7 premiere.At the beginning of the panel, the cast and EPs addressed the fact that Black-ish Season 7 was initially scheduled to air mid-season, before being bumped up to Wednesday, October

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVKenya Barris has a lot on his plate already with three comedies in the “ish” universe already airing, as well as #BlackAF on Netflix (not to mention his overall deal to create new content with the streamer in general) — so what made him want to deliver a fourth “ish” series in “Old-ish,” starring “Black-ish’s” Laurence Fishburne and Jenifer Lewis?“Everyone’s been wanting to see Pop and Ruby together because they’re basically together anyway,” Barris

The 2020 edition of French television festival CanneSeries will feature the world premieres of Amazon's Simon Pegg/Nick Frost horror series Truth Series, the period crime drama Shadowplay starring Taylor Kitsch and Michael C.

This Is Us.His daughter, Jasmine took home the Outstanding Actress In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series gong for her role in the Quibi series #FreeRayshawn, which also led to a win for Laurence Fishburne.“As a parent, that’s the most fulfilling [thing] I could ever feel,” Ron said of Jasmine’s win in the Emmys press room (via Entertainment Weekly).He added: “I mean, winning another Emmy is icing on the cake, but to see my daughter progress and move into this place where she’s earned an Emmy,

Will Thorne Staff WriterNight 4 of the Creative Arts Emmys was headlined by Quibi winning prizes at TV’s top awards.The short-form content producer went home with two statuettes on Thursday night, both of which went to actors from the series “#FreeRayshawn.”Legendary “Matrix” star Laurence Fishburne won his third individual Emmy for his portrayal of  Lt.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorQuibi, in its awards-season debut, picked up two acting trophies at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Thursday night.Both were for “#Freerayshawn,” a police drama from from executive producer Antoine Fuqua: Laurence Fishburne and Jasmine Cephas Jones won the acting awards in the short-form category.The first Emmy wins for Quibi, led by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, don’t come as a surprise: The well-funded mobile streamer has paid handsomely for its originals

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn Night 4 of the remote Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Quibi got its Emmys breakthrough, earning its first pair of Emmys via #FreeRayshawn stars Laurence Fishburne and Jasmine Cephas Jones.“As I sit here on my rooftop in the middle of Brooklyn, in the middle of a pandemic, and the social climate that we’re in, I am honored and grateful to be a part of an important story that is #FreeRayshawn, to be an emotional vessel to shed light on these victims and what

Will Thorne Staff WriterNight 4 of the Creative Arts Emmys kicks off Thursday, as Quibi begins its hunt for a first statuette.The short-form content producer has plenty of opportunity to make history tonight, with a total of 10 nominees in the running across three different categories.

Nonfiction1. The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Haley, narrated by Laurence Fishburne (Audible Studios)2.

“Black-ish” is old news and “Old-ish” is the fresh-faced comedy en route to ABC.

Another black-ish spinoff is in the works!

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA fourth installment in the “Black-ish” franchise could soon be a reality.Variety has confirmed that ABC is developing a spinoff of the critically-acclaimed comedy titled “Old-ish.” The new spinoff would focus on Earl “Pops” Johnson and Ruby Johnson, played in the mothership series by Laurence Fishburne and Jenifer Lewis.The project would Ruby and Earl as they give love a second chance.

Denise Petski, Nellie Andreeva There is another ‘Ish’ in our future. ABC has put in development Old-ish, the third spinoff from Kenya Barris’ flagship series Black-ish, with Laurence Fishburne and Jenifer Lewis reprising their Black-ish roles, Deadline has confirmed.Written by Barris, Old-ish follows Dre Johnson’s (Anthony Anderson) parents, Ruby (Lewis) and Earl (Fishburne), as they give love a second chance.

“The Matrix 4” is happening. After years of lying dormant, the franchise is coming back with Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and filmmaker Lana Wachowski all returning to tell yet another new story in the sci-fi universe.

The Matrix actor Laurence Fishburne has said he turned down a role in Pulp Fiction over the portrayal of heroin use.Fishburne was initially considered for the part of Jules Winnifield, before Samuel L.

Laurence Fishburne has appeared in everything from John Singleton’s to the film franchise. He earned an Oscar nomination for and won two Emmys, for performances in and.

Laurence Fishburne, Stephan James and Jasmine Cephas Jones and executed produced by Antoine Fuqua, is the powerful Quibi series about an innocent man (James) suspected of being involved in the death of a police officer. After barricading himself in his apartment with his girlfriend (Jones) and young son, a standoff between Rayshawn and the SWAT team plays out on social media while Lt.

The Matrix movie.The actor – who plays Morpheus in the original trilogy – has revealed that he won’t be starring in The Matrix 4, but wishes the team behind the project all the best.Speaking to New York Magazine, he said: “I have not been invited. Maybe that will make me write another play.

One iconic character will not be returning for The Matrix 4 – Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus.

There is one star noticeably absent from filming “The Matrix 4” — Laurence Fishburne.

When you think of “The Matrix” and the most memorable characters, there are really four that immediately come to mind. You have Neo (Keanu Reeves), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving), and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne.

Laurence Fishburne will not take another trip down the rabbit hole. The actor told New York Magazine that he “has not been invited” to reprise his iconic role in Lana Wachowski’s “The Matrix” sequel.“I have not been invited.

flop no matter how much Jeffrey Katzenberg blames the pandemic for its failure, admittedly had a great day on Tuesday, earning 10 nominations in the short form categories, including Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for Most Dangerous Game and Reno 911!, and acting nominations for #FreeRayshawn's Stephan James, Laurence Fishburne, and Jasmine Cephas Jones; Most Dangerous Game's Christoph Waltz; Survive's Corey Hawkins; Dummy's Anna Kendrick; Flipped's Kaitlin Olson; and Reno 911!'s

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe Broadway revival of American Buffalo, orignally set to star Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell and Darren Criss, and the Steppenwolf production of Tracy Letts’ The Minutes are targeting Spring 2021 openings, though producers say the development of a coronavirus vaccine is “essential” to the plans.Both productions had been scheduled to open during Spring 2020 prior to Broadway’s coronavirus shutdown in March.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentStarring actor-singer-songwriter Nick Jonas and Laurence Fishburne, action thriller “The Blacksmith,” which is financed and produced by AGC Studios, has become the first major new U.S.

Furious Styles (“Boyz n the Hood”) Laurence Fishburne held nothing back, and dropped some serious knowledge as Furious Styles, the father of Cuba Gooding Jr.’s Tre in “Boyz n the Hood.” Whether it was preaching about gentrification and the plight of the crack epidemic or talking Tre down from making seeking revenge with a gun, Furious did whatever necessary to ensure his son became a man growing up in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles.Mr. Jones (“Friday”) The late, great John Witherspoon was

It wasn't difficult for Keanu Reeves to decide whether to return to "The Matrix" franchise. After starring in the original "Matrix" trilogy alongside Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss and Hugo Weaving, Reeves, 55, admitted that coming back for a fourth film was a bit of a no-brainer.

Director Pierre Morel will be helming the movie from a script by Ben Ripley, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

Nick Jonas and Laurence Fishburne have signed on to front the first film in a major new action-thriller franchise.