Moonlight
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‘The Lion King’ Prequel Director Goes Off on Critics’ and Their ‘Soulless’ ‘Mufasa’ Hot Takes
The Oscar-winning writer/director has a scathing response to trolls who aren’t happy about ‘The Lion King’ prequel.
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Blade Director Bassam Tariq Exits Marvel Studios’ Vampire Epic [UPDATED]
The director's unexpected exit has led Marvel Studios to pause production and shift the release date on the Mahershala Ali film.
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Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris and Benjamin Cleary Invite You to Witness Their Swan Song
'I think it’s really important that we use this moment right now to become the people holistically who we should be,' Ali explained to The Root.
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Ashton Sanders Is Embarking on A More Unbending Battle for the Adaptation of Peter Nelson’s WWI Novel
Deadline announced today that Moonlight and All Day and a Night star Ashton Sanders has secured both TV and film rights to Peter Nelson’s nonfiction novel, A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighter’s Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home. If you’re unfamiliar, the official book description reads as follows: A More Unbending…
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Can You Feel the Love in the Moonlight? Barry Jenkins Is Directing The Lion King Reboot Sequel
You know that shadowy place Mufasa was telling Simba about in The Lion King? That’s where 2020 dwells. This year has provided non-stop surprises and most of them have been bad (and downright devastating), but miracles happen every day. With this latest news, I was pleasantly surprised. What is the news? According to Deadline, Barry…
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‘I Can’t Stop’: With Ms. Blakk for President, Moonlight Writer Tarell Alvin McCraney Campaigns as an Unlikely Candidate
“The most transparent way is the truth.” Tarell Alvin McCraney is telling me about the circuitous journey that led him and longtime collaborator Tina Landau to the real-life character of Ms. Joan Jett Blakk. That’s “two t’s, two k’s,” as she reminds us during her run for president at Chicago’s famed Steppenwolf Theatre, where McCraney…
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Black American Princesses and More— What's New and Black on Netflix in May 2019?
May Day, May Day! It’s the month that blooms flowers after April’s showers, and Netflix is back with a side of melanin. Shout-out to more options to check out and/or re-watch Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight and Season 1 of FX’s Pose! Netflix Originals will be having a good month with its new animated series Tuca &…
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French Twist: André Holland to Star in Netflix's Musical Series The Eddy
Movie lovers likely remember well the 2017 awards season, which brought us the revival of the big screen musical with La La Land versus the stunningly beautiful coming-of-age story that was Moonlight. Of course, Moonlight would eventually nab the Best Picture Oscar that year in a stunning upset, but the competing filmmakers and casts maintained…
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From Moonlight to Magazine Covers, Ashton Sanders Isn't Just Another Man
It’s #ThrowbackThursday, which got us thinking about that time in 2016 when Ashton Sanders broke barriers portraying the withdrawn and confused teenaged Chiron in the 2017 Academy Award-winning film Moonlight. Aside from that year’s grande finale upset at the Oscars, Sanders would prove instrumental in presenting a little-seen, but nevertheless much-needed version of black masculinity…
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OWN Debuts Trailer for Tarell Alvin McCraney's David Makes Man, Which Was the Best Pitch Oprah Ever Heard
Imagine pitching your passion project to a room filled with already-intimidating network executives and Oprah walks in, unexpectedly. Nigga, what?! That’s what acclaimed scribe Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight) experienced as he shuffled to gather his thoughts—and himself—together. But, in the same vein, he let it all hang out, which ultimately became the beauty of the…