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EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Majors is set to star in and produce Da Understudy from Westbrook Studios and Amazon Studios. Majors will produce the feature under his Tall Street Productions umbrella. Amazon Studios landed the script on spec in a competitive situation. Sources said that Spike Lee is circling to direct, which would reunite the filmmaker with Majors after Da 5 Bloods.

EXCLUSIVE: Searchlight Pictures is closing a deal for Magazine Dreams, the Elijah Bynum scripted and directed drama that stars Jonathan Majors as a troubled amateur bodybuilder willing to go to any lengths to be noticed. Sources said that Neon, Sony Pictures Classics and HBO were also in the mix. Will apprise of release plans when deal becomes official.

EXCLUSIVE: Parul Agrawal, a longtime drama executive at Warner Brothers Television, has been promoted to SVP and head of drama development. Reporting to Clancy Collins White, EVP and Head Of Development, she succeeds Leigh London Redman, who left in July to become President of Berlanti Productions.

EXCLUSIVE: Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (One Night in Miami…, The Wire), Sam Trammell (The Fault in Our Stars, True Blood), Erica Tazel (Lovecraft Country, Queen Sugar), Matthew Glave (The Rookie, Better Things) and Al Sapienza (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, The Sopranos) are the latest additions to the cast of George Tillman Jr.’s untitled George Foreman biopic for Sony Pictures and AFFIRM Films.

73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, stars including Jurnee Smollet, Misha Green, Kerry Washington and Rosie Pereztook moments to pay tribute to the  actor's memory. Perez teared up while speaking with ET's Nischelle Turner and Kevin Frasier on the red carpet, telling them she «can't even go there.»«It's a little too soon for me. We miss him and we love him and he was my friend,» she added.

Courtney B. Vance honored his former co-star, Michael K.

Jonathan Majors is paying tribute to the late Michael K. Williams, a celebrated actor and dear friend. On Wednesday, the  actor published a heartfelt letter honoring his former co-star on , detailing their friendship and Majors' appreciation for the other actor.

WarnerMedia loves to develop a heap of DC Comics projects, and it sounds like we’ll be getting another one. A report from the usually reliable Cinelinx states that Misha Green (“Lovecraft Country“) is currently writing a project (could be a film or series) that will focus on Jurnee Smollett‘s Black Canary from “Birds of Prey.” The pair had previously worked together on “Lovecraft Country,” so a reunion would make sense on paper.

, Ava DuVernay’s limited Netflix series about the Central Park Five, Aunjanue Ellis picked up her second, equally deserved nomination for HBO’s timely horror series,, created by Misha Green and executive produced by Jordan Peele. In the now-canceled show’s first season about an extended family and friends navigating the real-life terrors of America’s Jim Crow era and equally frightful supernatural horrors inspired by H.P.

It would be inaccurate to call Jonathan Majors a rising star. Since his breakout role as Mont, a tender San Francisco playwright subverting the stereotypes of Black masculinity, in the Sundance darling, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” he’s been on an enviable pace.

Jurnee Smollett began her career in Hollywood at the age of six.

Fans might not be getting a second season of ,but that isn't stopping Misha Green from showing them what could have come from the Emmy-nominated horror series.Despite strong critical acclaim and ratings, HBO announced that the series based on Matt Ruff's novel wouldn't return for a second installment on July 2.

Despite the popularity and high quality of Misha Green’s series adaptation of the Matt Ruff novel, it wasn’t enough to save genre mash-up “Lovecraft Country” from being canceled by HBO, and the news officially hit last week. The end of the show wasn’t mutual, as the showrunner took to Twitter to post her ideas for a Season 2 that didn’t get picked by the cable network.

Yesterday, there was finally an official announcement concerning the fate of the HBO genre hybrid series “Lovecraft Country” based on the novel by Matt Ruff and brought to the small screen by showrunner Misha Green. “Lovecraft Country” mixed the H.P.

If you’re looking for any hints on what programs may dominate the Limited Series or Drama Series Emmy nominations look no further than the 2021 BAFTA TV Awards nominations. While the pool of contenders is not as uniform as the film side in regards to Emmy season, the nominations were still very good news for two big Amazon and Netflix contenders.

The discussion surrounding diversity and racism in Hollywood goes well beyond the lack of Black people in front of and behind the cameras. As was recently pointed out by an actress that served as an extra on the set of “Lovecraft Country,” sometimes the racism on set is a bit more nuanced than you might expect, especially when it comes down to colorism.

The Critics Choice Association (of which I’m a member) released their nominations earlier today for the Series categories of the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards. Netflix had a big day, with The Crown and Ozark both leading the way with six citations apiece.

, HBO’s series based on Matt Ruff’s novel about an extended Black family surviving among a world of real-life horrors and supernatural terrors, ended as ambitiously as it started — making good on its promise as very “necessary” viewing this fall. But creator Misha Green tells ET there are “seasons upon seasons” of stories left to tell. The season 1 finale not only attempted to wrap up multiple storylines involving Leti (Jurnee Smollett), Atticus (Jonathan Majors), Montrose (Michael K.

, is at its best when it blends history with horror, showing how institutionalized racism in America and the monsters within are just as evil as the supernatural beings inspired by author H.P. Lovecraft.

Jordan Peele’s and his follow-up,, finally shattered any preconceived notions about who could tell these stories — and just as importantly, who could star in them. “The fact that there’s, you know, a small handful of films led by Black people, to me, was the horror itself,” the director said in the 2019 Shudder original documentary , which traces the untold stories of Black people’s contributions to the horror genre and how they’ve finally been embraced by Hollywood. Three years after, the 2020

continues to defy expectations. After five episodes exploring the ongoing horrors and adventures faced by Atticus (Jonathan Majors), Leti (Jurnee Smollett), Montrose (Michael K.

HBO’s felt a little more fabulous than usual, it may have had something to do with an appearance by esteemed drag queen Shangela, who opens up to ET about serving Lena Horne realness and acting alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest names. In what was the hit horror series’ most ambitious and provocative episode yet, Shangela (also known as D.J.

, starring Jonathan Majors and Jurnee Smollett, is HBO’s ambitious series adapted from the novel of the same name, flipping the horror genre and H.P. Lovecraft’s creations on its head.

Jurnee Smollett has made notable appearances on everything from to. Most recently she starred on co-creator Misha Green’s short-lived WGN America series and was enlisted to play Black Canary opposite Margot Robbie in.

is shining a light on buried histories of America. Created by Misha Green and executive produced by Jordan Peele and J.J.

follows the adventures of Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors), his friend Letitia Lewis (Jurnee Smollett) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) as they travel across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of Atticus’ missing father (Michael K.

After a relatively slow July, August is taking a similar route with a much smaller number of shows debuting than we are used to in 2020. That said, there’s still plenty of options, especially if you’re spending time also trying to catch up on this year’s Emmy nominations (might I suggest binging “What We Do in the Shadows” if you’re to pick just one to catch up to?).

We have our first clip of the upcoming HBO horror show “Lovecraft Country” and it is fittingly creepy. READ MORE: ‘Lovecraft Country’ Trailer: Horror Comes To 1950s Jim Crow America For Jurnee Smollett, Micheal Kenneth Williams & More The clip premiered at the show’s Comic-Con@Home panel on Saturday, and it shows Jonathan Majors‘ Atticus Freeman, Jurnee Smollett‘s Letitia and Courtney B.

10-episode drama series, adapted from 'sbestselling 2016 novel, follows the adventures of Atticus Freeman (), his friend Letitia Lewis () and his Uncle George () as they travel across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of Atticus' missing father (). What starts off as a haunting look at the terrors of racism of white America slowly becomes more twisted when the three heroes are being hunted by terrifying monsters that could be taken straight from a H.P.

With the legacy of systemic racism being on the minds of just about every person in the US right now, due to the brutal killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, it seems like fitting, if not tragic timing for HBO to prepare to release Jordan Peele’s upcoming series, “Lovecraft Country.” READ MORE: Spike Lee Releases A Video Showing How George Floyd Murder Mirrors His Film ‘Do The Right Thing’ As seen in the new teaser trailer for “Lovecraft Country,” the series

From May 31 to June 1, 1921, one of the single worst acts of racial violence in American history took place as mobs of white residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma, attacked the black people and black-owned businesses of the city’s Greenwood District.