Whoopi Goldberg joins cast of upcoming Emmett Till movie

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt alum Tituss Burgess has joined the cast of NBC’s Annie Live! musical event.

Idris Elba is joining the cast of Paramount’s Sonic The Hedgehog 2!

EXCLUSIVE: Jalyn Hall (All American) has signed on to play Emmett Till in Chinonye Chukwu’s Till, MGM’s Orion Pictures announced today.

UPDATED with corrected information (see below): Whoopi Goldberg, Matt Dillon, Mia Farrow, Liam Neeson, Diane Keaton, Mark Hamill, Nick Nolte and George Takei are part of an an all-star lineup of SAG-AFTRA members who have endorsed Matthew Modine for president of the union, and Joely Fisher, his running mate, for secretary-treasurer.

Whoopi Goldberg, Matt Damon, Mia Farrow, Liam Neeson, Diane Keaton, Mark Hamill, Nick Nolte and George Takei are part of an an all-star lineup of SAG-AFTRA members who have endorsed Matthew Modine for president of the union, and Joely Fisher, his running mate, for secretary-treasurer.

Nicole Scherzinger has joined the cast of NBC’s upcoming Annie Live! musical event, the network announced. She’ll play the role of Grace Farrell, assistant of Daddy Warbucks and champion of the little red-haired orphan.

Tom Hanks has joined the burgeoning cast of Wes Anderson’s next movie, it has been reported.Anderson is currently putting together his 10th feature-length film, following the Cannes premiere of The French Dispatch.Hanks’ appearance in the upcoming new movie will mark his first collaboration with the director.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaTom Hanks will enter the jewel-box world of Wes Anderson. The Oscar-winning “Forest Gump” star will play a cameo role in the director’s next, as-yet untitled effort.He will play an unspecified minor role, joining a cast of heavyweights that includes Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray and Adrian Brody.

EXCLUSIVE: Grantham Coleman is set to join Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu latest film, which is currently shooting in Mexico City. The Spanish-language movie going by the title Limbo also stars Daniel Giménez Cacho, the Mexican actor who starred in Lucrecia Martel’s Zama.

EXCLUSIVE: ABC’s The Wonder Years revival has cast Allen Maldonado (The Last O.G, Heels) in a recurring role.

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EXCLUSIVE: Josh Close (Fargo, Solace) has joined the cast of Andrea Pallaoro’s Monica.

Whoopi Goldberg will take a starring role in an upcoming movie focusing on the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955.

What If?, Sarah Polley’s Women Talking, Emma Seligman’s Bottoms, and a film adaptation of Michelle Zauner’s NY Times best-selling memoir Crying in H Mart, whichZauner will adapt for the screen.

Angelique Jackson Whoopi Goldberg and Danielle Deadwyler will star in Chinonye Chukwu’s upcoming film “Till,” about Mamie Till-Mobley’s fight for justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Louis Till.Deadwyler will portray Mamie Till-Mobley, while Goldberg is set to play Till’s grandmother, Alma Carthan. Goldberg will also serve as a producer on the project, for MGM’s Orion Pictures, alongside Keith Beauchamp, Barbara Broccoli, Thomas K.

Chinonye Chukwu’s Orion feature film Till has set Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till-Mobley and Oscar-winner Whoopi Goldberg as Emmett’s grandmother Alma Carthan.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterPam Grier is set to star in the prequel to Paramount’s 2019 horror film “Pet Sematary.”Grier joins a cast that includes Jackson White (“Mrs. Fletcher”), Forrest Goodluck (” The Revenant”), Jack Mulhern (“Mare of Easttown”), Natalie Alyn Lind (” The Goldbergs”) and Isabella Star LeBlanc.

Bridgerton's Regé-Jean Page, The Crown's Emma Corrin and David Tennant have joined the cast for The Sandman: Act II on Audible. The audio drama series, based on the best-selling graphic novel series by Neil Gaiman and published by DC, will be an adaptation of Volumes Four (Seasons of Mist) and Five (A Game of You) for the follow-up.