NEON has released the first trailer for Ava DuVernay’s Origin, a new movie starring Vera Farmiga, Jon Bernthal, and more. Origin is written, produced, and directed by DuVernay, who previously made 2014’s Selma, 2016’s 13th, and 2018’s A Wrinkle in Time, among other titles. Based on a 2020 nonfiction novel titled Caste: The Origins of… Read More »
WB cancels James Wan’s The Trench & Ava DuVernay’s New Gods They were two of the most exciting projects in development at the studio but now Warner Bros. is officially pulling the plug on James Wan’s Aquaman spin-off The Trench and Ava DuVernay’s New Gods, according to The Hollywood Reporter. RELATED: WB Shuts Down Suicide Squad Ayer Cut & Restoring The… Read More »
Ava DuVernay & The CW’s Naomi pilot enlists Kaci Walfall for title role After more than three months since we first learned about the development of Ava DuVernay’s series adaptation of Naomi, The CW has finally found the perfect actress for the titular role, based on Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker’s DC comic… Read More »
If you’re looking to expand your cultural horizons – and aren’t we all open to that these days? – check out these movies by talented Black filmmakers that are available to stream on Netflix. Most of the films are part of Netflix’s Black Lives Matter collection, which highlights feature films, TV shows, and documentaries about Black… Read More »
The CW & Ava DuVernay teaming for potential DC Comics series As the Oscar nominee is currently at work developing a New Gods film for the comic book publisher’s Extended Universe at Warner Bros., Ava DuVernay is expanding her DC Comics work as she is teaming up with The CW to develop a potential series… Read More »
Ava DuVernay’s Colin Kaepernick limited series finds lead star After initially teasing his excitement over the casting of a younger star to bring his story to life on screen in the Ava DuVernay-produced limited series at Netflix, Colin Kaepernick took to Twitter to reveal that Jaden Michael (Vampire vs. the Bronx) will lead the series… Read More »
Updated: NBC has responded to the letter a large group of celebrities signed urging the network to move the time of Trump’s town hall. Cesar Conde, the chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, said in a statement that the town hall would go on as planned and insisted the decision to air it was “motivated only… Read More »