HuffingtonPost.com Posted March 7th 2013   Lenny Kravitz will not play Marvin Gaye in “Sexual Healing,” an upcoming biopic. Deadline.com reports Jesse L. Martin will fill in for Kravitz, a surprising development given that Martin was actually originally cast in the film when it was to be produced by James Gandolfini. Marvin Gaye III (the [...]

NaturallyMoi.com By Asa Lovechild Posted January 27th 2013   Sexy actor, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, is set to return to the big screen in the new film, Hercules, directed by Brett Ratner. It has been confirmed that the movie will be out August 8,2014. Ladies, when this comes out, this is not something you want [...]

Reason4Ryhmes.com By Victor ‘Doc V’ Trammell Posted January 7th 2013   Rap legend and film mogul Ice Cube let the world hear last March what its been waiting years to hear. He announced that the fourth part of the “Friday” movie franchise will indeed come to fruition. The movie is tentatively called “Last Friday.” In a [...]

Spinner.com By Cameron Matthews Posted December 6th 2012   Marvin Gaye‘s son is not happy about Lenny Kravitz‘s new acting role. As Spinner previously reported, the “Are You Gonna Go My Way” singer has signed on to play the Motown legend in an upcoming biopic. The film, tentatively titled “Sexual Healing,” is set in the [...]

BlackLikeMoi.com Posted November 9th 2012   Actor and comedian Mike Epps made it a point to talk to Richard Pryor’s widow before he officially accepted a role in a movie that was based on the late comedian. According to TMZ, Epps called Jennifer Pryor and asked for her approval. Jennifer Pryor spoke to TMZ, expressing [...]

YourBlackWorld.net Posted November 4th 2012 Many have been waiting in anticipation for the life of the late Godfather of Soul, James Brown’s story to be told on the big screen. In 2006, when Brown passed away, Spike Lee was reported to be the man who would take the soul legend’s life to the big screen [...]

Examiner.com Posted October 16th 2012   Beyonce has announced that due to a scheduling conflict she will not be starring in the news Clint Eastwood film remake of “A Star Is Born,” according to OTRC reports on Wednesday, October 10. “I was looking forward to the production of ‘A Star Is Born’ and the opportunity [...]

FemaleFirst.co.uk Posted September 12th 2012   Mary J.Blige has signed on to play civil rights hero Malcolm X’s wife ina new TV drama. The R&B star, who makes her debut as a leading lady on the screen in the upcoming Rock of Ages, will play Betty Shabazz in Parallel Lives. She tells WENN, “It’s about [...]

HuffingtonPost.com Posted September 11th 2012   Al Pacino may play Joe Paterno in a new movie about the late Penn State football coach, reports Deadline.com’s Mike Fleming. The film would be based on Joe Posnanski’s biography of Paterno, which detailed the last two years of the coach’s life. Paterno, who died in January, was one [...]

AtlantaJournalConstitution.com By Rodney Ho Posted August 31st 2012   Oscar-nominated actress Angela Bassett has been cast to play the late Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s wife, in a film on Lifetime featuring Coretta Scott King and Malcolm X’s wife Betty Shabazz tentatively called “Betty and Coretta.” Shabazz will be played by R&B songstress [...]