{blackbabes} ‘Accused’ Season 2 Adds Sonequa Martin-Green, Mike Colter, Jamie Chung, Sherri Saum & Kiara Barnes

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Sonequa Martin-Green, Mike Colter, Jamie Chung, Sherri Saum, and Kiara Barnes have joined Season 2 of Fox's crime procedural Accused.

Martin-Green and Colter will lead the finale, titled "Megan's Story," as Megan and John, respectively. Barnes play Eve in the same episode, in which a music executive's marriage to her husband is threatened by a beautiful seductress. 

Chung will play the character Grace in "Eugene's Story," and Saum will play the character Erica in "Justin's Story." 

In "Eugene's Story," a kind-hearted jewelry store owner is put on trial after his wife's past throws their present into chaos. "Justin's Story" sees a wrestling coach is on trial after he pushes his star wrestler too far.  

The new cast joins some heavy hitters who have already been announced for Season 2, including Felicity Huffman, Taylor Schilling, Patrick J. Adams, William H. Macy, Justin Chambers, Danny Pino and Nick Cannon. Michael Chiklis is also returning in front of and behind the camera, after starring in the premiere and directing a later episode in Season 1.

Accused is developed for American TV by Howard Gordon who executive produces with Gordon, Alex Gansa, David Shore, Erin Gunn, and Daniel Pearle. Gordon and Pearle serve as co-showrunners. Milan Cheylov, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, All3Media America's Jacob Cohen-Holmes, Jimmy McGovern, Sita Williams, Roxy Spencer and Louise Pedersen for All3Media International also EP.

The series is a collection of intense, topical human stories of crime and punishment. Told from the defendant's point of view through flashbacks, each episode is a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city with an entirely original cast. 

Accused Season 2 debuts on Fox on October 8.

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{blackbabes} Chicago P.D. Season 12: Meet Toya Turner’s ‘Action-Oriented’ Officer Kiana Cook

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A former Warrior Nun will report for duty during Chicago P.D. Season 12, as seen in the above photo from Toya Turner's debut as Kiana Cook, a police officer "who loves the adrenaline of the job and its stakes, and doesn't blink in the face of chaos." 

TVLine was first to report on Turner's casting, back in July.

"She's very cool. She's very different," P.D. showrunner Gwen Sigan tells TVLine of the Intelligence unit's imminent recruit. "She's coming from patrol, which is nice. She's not a brand-new officer. When we meet her, we'll realize, 'Oh, she's been on the force for a few years,' so we get to see that she knows her way around. She knows what she's doing."

As for what kind of an Intelligence officer Kiana will be, Sigan says that she is "very action-oriented" and "not scared to get in there, to get messy. She likes to run and gun, to be in the thick of it."

And she doesn't always necessarily let her actions do the talking.

"She's certainly a character who speaks her mind," Sigan previews. "She has been through a lot within the police department and is looking for a place where she fits in and they do the job in the way that she loves to do the job, where they stand with integrity. And so, she's going to find a family within the 21st."

Kiana represents the first Black female Intelligence officer that viewers have met, and "that, I think, is going to open up a lot of story for us," says Sigan, "and give us a lot of great opportunities to tell stories maybe we haven't gotten an opportunity to yet, or we haven't gotten to dive into as deeply as we would like. It's exciting, and great for the show."

Turner is no stranger to #OneChicago, having previously guest-starred on both Chicago Med and Chicago Fire. (Her TV credits also include NBC's New Amsterdam.) Her arrival on P.D. comes in the wake of Tracy Spiridakos' departure as Det. Hailey Upton in the Season 11 finale, after eight seasons with the show. (Read our post-mortem interview with Sigan about Upton's exit here.)

Chicago P.D. Season 12 premieres this Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 10/9c; Turner debuts as Kiana in Episode 2.

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{blackbabes} ‘Percy Jackson & The Olympians’ Season 2 Casts Tamara Smart As Thalia

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians has cast yet another highly anticipated character for Season 2.

Tamara Smart will play Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, in the upcoming installment of the Disney+ series. She will be a recurring guest star in Season 2.

"Thalia Grace is one of the most important characters in the Percy Jackson universe, so the right casting was critical. Thalia is a powerful warrior, a fiercely loyal friend, and a demigod rebel with a very 'punk' / 'rage-against-the-machine' sensibility," author Rick Riordan said in a statement on Monday. "As soon as we saw Tamara Smart play this role, we knew we had found our daughter of Zeus. She was, no pun intended, electric. Tamara puts the 'grace' in Thalia Grace!"

Smart is joining new cast including Daniel Diemer, who is playing Percy's half brother Tyson, as well as returning series regulars Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, Charlie Bushnell, and Dior Goodjohn.

In Season 1, the late Lance Reddick played the role of the sky god. He died last year, shortly before the final episode aired. Smart previously worked with Reddick on Resident Evil, where she also played his daughter, and she said in a statement that they "always spoke about working together again, so it's that much more special and important to me to play his daughter once more as Thalia, and to keep his memory alive."

"I feel his presence all around me and strive to make him proud on this exciting journey," she added.

The second installment will follow Percy Jackson (Scobell), Annabeth Chase (Jeffries) and Grover Underwood (Simhadri) as they embark on a new adventure based on The Sea of Monsters, the second book of Rick Riordan's best-selling "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series, published by Disney Hyperion. Production on Season 2 just began in Vancouver in August.

Prior to Percy's introduction to Camp Half-Blood, Thalia was one of the Demigods who attended, until she made her last stand to protect her friends at the edge of Camp Half-Blood. Rather than let her die, Zeus transformed her into a tree that anchors the force field that protects camp. Tough and prickly, with a rebel/punk sensibility, Thalia is fiercely loyal to her friends and distrustful of her father's world.

In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy's journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

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{blackbabes} Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham, Kaya Scodelario, Gugu Mbatha-Raw & More Join Keira Knightley In Netflix Thriller ‘The Woman In Cabin 10’

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Netflix's feature take of Ruth Ware bestselling novel The Woman in Cabin 10 has added a slew of actors to the Keira Knightley project.

Joining the two-time Oscar nominees are Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham, David Ajala, Gitte Witt, Art Malik, Daniel Ings, David Morrissey, Christopher Rygh, Paul Kaye, Kaya Scodelario, Lisa Loven Kongsli and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

The Woman in Cabin 10 follows a journalist who witnesses a passenger being thrown overboard a luxury yacht at night — only to be told that it didn't happen as all the passengers and crew are accounted for. Despite no one believing her, she continues to look for answers, putting her own life in danger.

Simon Stone, who directed The Daughter and The Dig, is helming off of a script he wrote with Joe Shrapnel & Anna Waterhouse (Snake Eyes). Producers are Sister and Debra Hayward. EPs are Ilda Diffley for SISTER and Richard Hewitt.

Pearce (L.A. Confidential, The Hurt Locker) is repped by CAA, Independent Talent in London; Shanahan Management in Australia; and David Weber at Sloane Offer Weber & Dern. Waddingham (Ted Lasso, The Fall Guy) is repped by CAA, Creative Artists Management, Atlas Artists and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Scodelario (The Gentlemen, Crawl) is a client of CAA, Curtis Brown Group, Anonymous Content and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole. Mbatha-Raw (Surface, Loki) is repped by CAA, Curtis Brown Group, Anonymous Content and Hansen Jacobson Teller. Ajala (Star Trek: Discovery, The Dark Knight) is a represented by CAA, Independent Talent Group, Strand Entertainment and Goodman Genow Schenkman. Witt (Cadaver, The Sleepwalker) is repped by Independent Artist Group and 3 Arts Entertainment. Malik (The Little Mermaid, Disclaimer) is repped by United Agents. Morrissey (The Walking Dead, Sherwood) is with B-Side Management, UTA and Anonymous Content. Rygh (Vikings: Valhalla, The Head Hunter) is repped by International Artists Management. Kaye (The Stranger, Game of Thrones) is repped by Conway van Gelder Grant. Kongsli (Force Majeure) is represented by Lindberg Management. Ings (The Gentlemen, Lovesick) is repped by United Agents, ColorCreative, and Sloan Offer Weber & Dern.

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{blackbabes} Madison Pettis, Frances Fisher & Yvonne Orji Among 11 Cast In Netflix’s ‘The Wrong Paris’

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Madison Pettis (He's All That), Frances Fisher (Titanic) and Yvonne Orji (Vacation Friends) are among 11 to join the cast of the Netflix rom-com The Wrong Paris alongside previously announced Miranda Cosgrove and Pierson Fode. Production on the film is currently underway in Vancouver.

Written by Nicole Henrich, the film centers on Dawn (Cosgrove), who is desperate to get to France for a once-in-a-lifetime art opportunity. One day, she talks her way onto a Bachelor-type dating show set in Paris — only to discover the show is set in Paris, Texas as part of a ratings stunt by the producers. Now in jeopardy of losing out on her dreams, Dawn must find a way to get kicked off the show, until a real romance begins to blossom with Trey (Fode), the show's handsome and charming bachelor.

Rounding out the new ensemble cast are Hannah Stocking (The Family Switch), Torrance Coombs (Reign), Naika Toussaint (Under the Bridge), Christin Park (Reginald the Vampire), Madeleine Arthur (To All The Boys trilogy), Veronica Long (Billy the Kid), Emilija Baranac (Fakes) and Ava Bianchi (The Unseen).

Details regarding their characters remain under wraps.

Janeen Damian (Irish Wish, Falling for Christmas) is directing from a script written by Nicole Henrich. Brad Krevoy for MPCA and Michael Damian produce while Janeen Damian, Amanda Phillips, Jimmy Townsend, Kelly Frazier and Galen Fletcher executive produce.

Pettis is repped by CAA, Untitled and Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP; Fisher is repped by Greene Talent and Jackoway Tyerman; Coombs is repped by D2 Management and Play Management.

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{blackbabes} ‘Lioness’ Season 2 Trailer: Zoe Saldaña Asks “Do You Love Your Country?” In CIA’s Fight Against Terror

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"There's no such thing as a moral war. There's survival, and there's surrender." So says Zoe Saldaña in a voiceover in the explosive first trailer for Season 2 of Taylor Sheridan's Lioness.

"Do you love your country?", asks Saldaña's Joe to a new recruit. "Your country needs more."

The trailer also features Nicole Kidman with a warning that "No one can be trusted", and Morgan Freeman asking "How did we get to where we are today? Nobody's innocent. Nobody."

Returning cast also includes Laysla De Oliveira, Genesis Rodriguez and Michael Kelly. You can watch the trailer above.

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{blackbabes} ‘Found’ Season 2 Trailer Sees Gabi Reveal Her Biggest Secret & Sir On The Loose

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NBC has released a new trailer for Season 2 of Found, which finds Gabi's (Shanola Hampton) world turned upside down after her childhood kidnapper Sir (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) has escaped.

The trailer with Gabi revealing her big secret and harrowing backstory to her colleague, Detective Mark Trent (Brett Dalton). She admits to Mark that she had kept Sir a prisoner in her basement, and he is now on the loose.

"This is my fault. He took my sister as payback for what I have been doing for the last nine months," Gabi tells Mark in the trailer.

Sir continues to taunt Gabi, telling her, "It's been a long time without a chain between us. How does it feel to be free? In the open? And yet still connected."

Kelli Williams, Gabrielle Walsh, Arlen Escarpeta and Karan Oberoi also star.

Found comes from showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll, who exec produces alongside Sonay Hoffman, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman and Lindsay Dunn. Berlanti Productions and Rock My Soul Productions produces in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television.

Found Season 2 premieres Oct. 3 on NBC and streaming next day on Peacock.

Watch the trailer above.

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{blackbabes} Angela Bassett & Courtney B. Vance Ink First-Look Deal With 20th TV, Set ‘Monkey Boy’ Drama At Onyx

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20th Television has closed a first-look deal with Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance and their Bassett Vance Productions to develop and executive produce comedy, drama, limited series and TV movies for linear networks and streamers, with an emphasis on platforms across Disney Entertainment Television.

The first project under the multi-year pact is Monkey Boy, inspired by bestselling author Francisco Goldman's Pulitzer Prize fiction finalist novel, which has been set up for development at Onyx Collective. The drama is created by Joshua Allen Griffith (Mrs. America), who will write the pilot script, with Ben Smith supervising. If Monkey Boy goes to series, the duo, who met on 20th TV's Hulu series Only Murders In The Building where they co-wrote multiple episodes, will write it, with Smith serving as showrunner. Griffith and Smith also executive produce with Bassett Vance Productions.

Goldman's novel follows an investigative journalist who discovers a connection between a political assassination in Central America and an unsolved murder in his hometown, the Latino enclave of East Boston, forcing him to confront a history of childhood trauma that he's been running from his entire life.

"Angela and Courtney are deeply thoughtful storytellers, with incredible intellect and insight, and true ability to unearth distinct, relevant and unique material that reflects the human experience and the world in which we live," said Karey Burke, president of 20th Television, a part of Disney TV Studios. "Their indelible work bringing characters to life on 20th Television series over the years has been remarkable, and we are thrilled to embark on this next creative chapter with them."

The first-look agreement builds on Bassett's ongoing relationship with 20th TV as star/executive producer on the studio's ABC series 9-1-1 and executive producer on the spinoff, Fox's 9-1-1: Lone Star. She also recently signed a new deal with the studio to continue on the mothership series. Additionally, Vance stars alongside Niecy Nash in the new 20th TV limited series from Ryan Murphy Grotesquerie, which premieres on FX and streams on Hulu Sept. 25, reuniting Vance with Murphy and the studio after his Emmy-winning role on The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.

"Angela and I are always ready and willing to meet the moment when it comes to creating opportunities for storytellers to do what they do best and offer extraordinary, memorable characters and stories to the world. The new deal with 20th Television offers Bassett Vance Productions just that opportunity," Vance said.

Added Bassett, "We look forward to continuing to expand our footprint as producers and visionaries. This opportunity with Karey, Eric [Schrier], and the team at 20th Television opens up a multitude of possibilities for us to both introduce new voices and to work with other creators we've long admired. Courtney and I are ready to roll up our sleeves and get to work."

Bassett Vance Productions is led by Lynnette Ramirez, President, and Loni Rodgers, Director of Development. The company's team also includes Eric Parker Reid and Chelsea Maloney, newly promoted to Creative Executive, and Anita Johnson, Company Manager.

"Our Bassett Vance Productions team is so excited to begin this new journey through Angela with 20th Television," Ramirez said. "For us to join forces with a studio that has such wide-reaching content opportunities is a dream for any producing team.."

Bassett and Vance are coming off a multi-year deal with MTV Entertainment Studios. It yielded the made-for-TV film Heist 88, starring Vance, which won an NAACP Image Award for Writing (Dwayne Johnson-Cochran). The company's TV slate includes projects in development at wiip, Skydance TV, MGM Studios, UTV and NBC.

Bassett received an Honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards earlier this year and an Emmy Award this past weekend for her narration work on Queens, a docuseries for 20th TV's Disney sibling Nat Geo. She is repped by Gersh and Fox Rothschild who also repped Bassett Vance Productions in the negotiations with 20th TV.

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{blackbabes} Jennifer Beals Joins Chloe Bennet, Phil Dunster In Area 51 Dramedy ‘Hello Out There’

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Jennifer Beals (Flashdance) has wrapped a lead role opposite Chloe Bennet and Phil Dunster in the New Mexico-set alien dramedy Hello Out There, marking the first feature from writer-director Otis Blum.

Shot over the summer in New Mexico, the film centers on Minnie (Bennet), a young journalist who embarks on a road trip across the state with her cousin, Rex (Dunster), a punk rock guitarist fresh out of rehab, who is trying to figure out what's left. Their stated mission: to investigate Area 51 and unearth the truth about extraterrestrial life. But as the journey unfolds, a deeper, more personal reason for their quest comes to light.

Beals plays Judith, an art dealer who lives in Santa Fe. She is Minnie's mother-in-law, and the two are bound together not only in name but also through shared tragedy. Thomas Mahoney (Wild Indian, Only the Good Survive) produced the film via Handsome Watson, with Purple Intuition providing production services.

Breaking out as a pop culture icon of the '80s with her Golden Globe-nominated turn in Paramount's romantic drama Flashdance, Beals is also known for starring in Showtime's The L Word, a drama series of the 2000s examining the West Hollywood lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women, as well as the 2019 sequel series The L Word: Generation Q.

A collaborator of Denzel Washington's on the neo-noir mystery Devil in a Blue Dress and the post-apocalyptic actioner The Book of Eli, Beals has more recently been seen in the popular YA titles Before I Fall and After, as well as series including The Book of Boba Fett, Swamp Thing, and Law & Order: Organized Crime. The actress is represented by CAA, Amplified, Constellation Media Group, and Felker Toczek Suddleson.

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{blackbabes} FIRST CAST MEMBERS AND NEW TITLE ANNOUNCED FOR THE NEW CBS DAYTIME DRAMA “BEYOND THE GATES”

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Tamara Tunie, Daphnee Duplaix and Karla Mosley to Star

The Series Will Premiere on CBS in Early 2025

NEW YORK – Sept. 19, 2024 – CBS announces first cast members for BEYOND THE GATES with Tamara Tunie, Daphnee Duplaix and Karla Mosley starring as prominent members of the Dupree family. Formerly known as "The Gates," this series from the CBS Studios / NAACP Venture is the first Black one-hour daytime drama to air on television. BEYOND THE GATES begins production later this fall in Atlanta and will premiere on CBS in early 2025.

Tamara Tunie stars as Anita Dupree, matriarch of the family. A famous singer back in the day, Anita worked hard for her success, and raised two daughters with her now-retired senator husband. But underneath her glamorous and refined exterior is a fierceness she gained from her humble beginnings in Chicago. Tamara Tunie is a seasoned daytime star appearing on "As the World Turns" for many years. Also, she originated the role of medical examiner Dr. Melinda Warner with a now landmark 23 seasons on the legendary series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." In addition, she has held recurring roles on shows including BLUE BLOODS, THE GOOD WIFE and ELEMENTARY for the Network.

Daphnee Duplaix stars as Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson, daughter of Anita, and Dani's sister, Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson is a high-achieving and competitive philanthropist and psychiatrist, and exudes warmth, empathy and compassion. Nicole's success in life extends to her marriage to her surgeon husband. She has the perfect life … from the outside. Daphnee Duplaix boasts an illustrious acting career that has spanned over two decades, most notably earning her an NAACP Award nomination for her outstanding portrayal of Rachel Gannon on "One Life to Live."

Karla Mosley stars as Dani Dupree, Anita's other daughter, and a former model turned momager who gave up her career for love. Dani was the Dupree family wild child. Free-spirited, headstrong and uninhibited, she dropped out of school to pursue a high-flying modeling career and she has always marched to the beat of her own drum. Karla Mosley starred as Maya Avant Forrester on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, for which she was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Additional credits include "Guiding Light," "Gossip Girl," "Hart of Dixie," "Deadly Cheer Mom" and "Burn After Reading."

BEYOND THE GATES is set in a leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington D.C., and in one the most affluent African American counties in the United States. Here you'll find a posh gated community with winding tree-lined streets and luxurious mansions to call home. At the center of this community are the Duprees, a powerful and prestigious multi-generational family that is the very definition of Black royalty. But behind these pristine walls and lush, manicured gardens are juicy secrets and scandals waiting to be uncovered. And those that live outside these gates are watching closely. These are the places where our characters live, love, work and play. Those who have "made it" and those who haven't are all trying to navigate life … and some with more grace than others.

BEYOND THE GATES is developed and produced by the CBS Studios/NAACP Venture, led by Sheila Ducksworth, in partnership with P&G Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble. This marks the first-ever one-hour Black daytime soap and the first daytime drama to premiere since "Passions" in 1999.

Michele Val Jean is the creator, executive producer and showrunner alongside executive producers Sheila Ducksworth, Robert Guza Jr., Julie Carruthers, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson, Kimberly Doebereiner and Anna Saalfeld.

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{blackbabes} Gabrielle Union To Produce & Star In Horror Pic ‘The Casket Girls’ From QC Entertainment

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Fresh off the TIFF premiere of their new documentary Vice Is Broke, Get Out producer QC Entertainment has enlisted Gabrielle Union (Riff Raff) to star in The Casket Girls, a new horror film to be directed by Justin Dyck (Anything for Jackson), which they will produce and fully finance.

Written by Thomas Lennon & Robert Ben Garant (Night at the Museum), with revisions by Keith Cooper (Anything for Jackson) & Dyck, The Casket Girls is inspired by the true story of a group of young women sent from France to New Orleans to become brides to French colonists in the early 1700s. They arrived with small chests, or "caskets" of their belongings, hence the name given by locals. According to legend, upon the girls' arrival, the homicide rate in New Orleans rose dramatically, with stories of men drained of their blood. The girls were blamed and feared to be demons or vampires, and for the city's protection, they were imprisoned in the attic of the Vatican-controlled Ursuline Convent, which still stands today in the heart of the French Quarter, locked away behind an impenetrable door and windows bolted shut by nails blessed by the Pope himself.

The film takes place in today's world as Detective Shay Williams (Union) and her partner become trapped inside the Ursuline Convent with a group of tourists when the Casket Girls escape from their attic prison for the first time in over 300 years.

QC Entertainment's Sean McKittrick and Raymond Mansfield will produce the pic, with Union joining QC's Edward H. Hamm Jr. as exec producer. Production is scheduled to commence in Victoria, BC, in association with British Columbia-based Lighthouse Pictures, on October 15. Jameson Parker will exec produce for Lighthouse Pictures. Atomic Honey is handling U.S. casting, alongside Kris and Kara Casting in Canada. 

Nominated for Gotham and Independent Spirit Awards for her starring turn opposite Jeremy Pope in A24's The Inspection, Union earned an NAACP Image Award nomination as star and exec producer of Netflix's rom-com The Perfect Find. Recently, she also produced Michael Showalter's The Idea of You, starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine, which released in May to 50 million worldwide viewers on Prime Video, becoming Amazon MGM's highest romantic-comedy debut of all time. Next up, she'll be seen starring alongside Jennifer Coolidge, Ed Harris, and Bill Murray in the crime comedy Riff Raff, which is coming off its TIFF premiere.

Rated 97% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, Dyck's horror debut Anything for Jackson, about a grieving couple's satanic attempts to put their dead grandson's soul in an unborn baby, premiered at Fantasia Festival in 2020. More recently, he's helmed multiple episodes of Shudder's Creepshow.

Led by partners McKittrick, Mansfield and Hamm Jr., QC Entertainment is best known for producing the Oscar winners Get Out and BlacKkKlansman — from filmmakers Jordan Peele and Spike Lee, respectively — having been involved in every aspect of both projects, from development to production and release. McKittrick also produced Peele's sophomore feature Us, which notched the biggest opening ever for an original horror film, with QC most recently producing It Lives Inside, Bishal Dutta's SXSW prize-winning horror-thriller released by Neon last September.

In television, QC has Richie Mehta's true crime series Poacher, which premiered at Sundance and was released on Prime Video in February. The company's first foray into non-fiction filmmaking led to financing and producing Eddie Huang's Vice Is Broke, which examines Vice's transformation from indie magazine to media behemoth.

Union is represented by CAA, Range Media Partners, and Felker Toczek Suddleson. Dyck and Cooper are repped by WME, Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment, and Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer. Lennon & Garant are both with Artists First and Jackoway Austen Tyerman, with UTA repping Lennon and CAA repping Garant.

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{blackbabes} ‘Doctor Odyssey’s Laura Harrier Joins The Cast of ‘Strobe’

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Laura Harrier, who can be seen next in Ryan Murphy's upcoming ABC drama Doctor Odyssey, has found her follow-up feature project as she has joined the cast of Strobe. Taylor Cohen is directing with Nate Matteson and Tara Razavi producing.

Plot details are being kept under wraps.

Next up for Harrier is the new ABC series Doctor Odyssey, which also stars Joshua Jackson and Don Johnson and is produced by Murphy. Considered one of the more highly-anticipated new shows of the fall season, Doctor Odyssey premieres on Sept. 26.

Other recent credits for Harrier include the White Men Can't Jump reboot at 20th Century and Hulu's Mike. She is repped by CAA, Entertainment 360, and Peikoff Mahan Law.

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{blackbabes} Paula Patton To Produce & Star In Psychological Drama ‘Finding Faith’; Loretta Devine Also Set

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Following their collaboration on TriStar's 2011 wedding dramedy Jumping the Broom, Paula Patton and Emmy winner Loretta Devine are set to reteam on Finding Faith, an indie psychological drama from writer-director LazRael Lison (A Miracle Before Christmas).

The film follows the story of Faith Mitchell (Patton), a loving wife and mother struggling to keep her family together amidst financial hardships and personal loss. Details as to Devine's role are under wraps.

Others in the cast include Keith David (American Fiction), Demetrius Grosse (Fear the Walking Dead), Stephen Bishop (Moneyball) and Nadine Velazquez (Flight). Patton will produce through her Third Eye Productions, alongside Charles F. Porter of Black Bench Productions and Tatiana Chekhova of Summerhouse Pictures, with Marlon D. Haynes exec producing.

For Patton, other past film credits include The Do-Over, Warcraft, The Perfect Match, About Last Night, 2 Guns, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and Precious, to name just a few. Next up, she'll be seen on the Fox drama Murder in a Small Town.

Winning an Emmy from two nominations for her work on Grey's Anatomy, Devine has also been seen on shows like Kingdom Business, P-Valley and The Carmichael Show, among many others. Notable recent film credits include Mack & Rita, The Starling, and Sierra Burgess Is a Loser.

Most recently, Lison has directed titles like Christmas Angel, A Miracle Before Christmas, and #Unknown.

Patton is repped by Gersh, Management Production Entertainment, and Ziffren Brittenham; Devine by Innovative Artists and Essential Talent Management; David by Verve, Roar of the Lion, and Meyer & Downs; Grosse by Gersh, Link Entertainment, and Fox Rothschild; Bishop by Greene Talent and Weiner Management; and Velazquez by Innovative Artists, Link Entertainment, and Del Shaw Moonves.

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{blackbabes} ‘The Young & The Restless’ Casts Valarie Pettiford As New Amy Lewis

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Amy Lewis is coming back to Genoa City.

Deadline has learned that veteran TV actress Valarie Pettiford will take over the role that was first created by Stephanie E. Williams in 1983. Details on why Amy is returning are being kept under wraps for now.

Pettiford's first air date as a recurring character is Tuesday, October 29. This marks her return to daytime after portraying Sheila Price on One Life to Live from 1990-94.

Pettiford is currently a series regular on the BET+ series The Family Business and has a recurring role on CBS' The Equalizer. She's also set appear in the upcoming holiday movie, Too Many Christmases. 

Her extensive TV credits include The Mandalorian, The Blacklist, The Baxters, A Discovery of Witches, and Half & Half  for which she received three NAACP Image Award nominations for her role as Dee Dee Thorne.

In 1999, Pettiford received a Tony nomination for her role in the Broadway production of Fosse. She's directing and creating new works with business partners Mary Ann Lambs and Marissa Palley for live theater, and is developing for television and film under her Scared Flight Productions banner.

She is represented by Talent Works and Atlas Artists.

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{blackbabes} Beyoncé On Why She’s Moved Away From Making Music Videos: “Sometimes A Visual Can Be A Distraction”

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Beyoncé finally shared why she has distanced herself from making music videos for her latest albums.

After trailblazing the visual aspect of albums, Beyoncé's latest albums, like Cowboy Carter and Renaissance, have no music videos, and there's a reason for that.

"I thought it was important that during a time where all we see is visuals, that the world can focus on the voice," the singer told GQ. "The music is so rich in history and instrumentation. It takes months to digest, research, and understand."

She continued, "The music needed space to breathe on its own. Sometimes a visual can be a distraction from the quality of the voice and the music. The years of hard work and detail put into an album that takes over four years! The music is enough. The fans from all over the world became the visual. We all got the visual on tour. We then got more visuals from my film."

In the same interview, Beyoncé namedropped some of the artists that have inspired her

"I love and respect all of the female singers-songwriters who are out right now.… Raye, Victoria Monét, Sasha Keable, Chloe x Halle, and Reneé Rapp. I love Doechii and GloRilla, and I just heard That Mexican OT, he's from Houston…. He goes hard!" she said. "I really like 'Please Please Please' by Sabrina Carpenter, and I think that Thee Sacred Souls and Chappell Roan are talented and interesting. I'm obsessed with my backseat baby…. I'm a Smiler."

However, Beyoncé said that she spends most of her time "listening to the classics" from Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye. The "Texas Hold 'Em" singer called Inside Out 2 "the best movie I've seen this year" said she's currently watching House of the Dragon and The Chi.

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{blackbabes} Lifetime Sets Fall Movie Slate Featuring Heather Locklear, Ana Ortiz, Karrueche Tran & More

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Lifetime has set six new original films to premiere this fall as part of its "Ripped from the Headlines" movie slate starring Heather Locklear, Ana Ortiz, Lyndsy Fonseca, Jackie Cruz, Sheila E. and Karrueche Tran. The new movies will air on Saturdays at 8 p.m./7 c.

These films join the previously announced movies, Buried Alive and Survived (Sept 21) starring Eva Marcille, and He Slid into Her DMs (Sept 28) with Courtney Thorne Smith.

Learn more about the films and when they will premiere below.

The Girl Who Wasn't Dead
Starring Lyndsy Fonseca, Emma Tremblay and Kyle Clark
Premieres October 5th at 8/7c.

Inspired by true events, The Girl Who Wasn't Dead tells the story of 15-year-old Erica (Tremblay) who vanishes without a trace. Authorities believed Erica might be the victim of a local serial killer, but her mother, Carrie (Fonseca) refused to believe the worst. In an incredible turn of events, Erica emerges from the shadows at her own murder trial, three years after her disappearance. Erica wasn't abducted but had run away and chosen to live in seclusion with her 21-year-old boyfriend, Andrew (Kyle Clark), less than a mile from her mother's house. Banned from seeing her older boyfriend, Erica chose to spend her teenage years hiding from visitors and concealed behind drawn curtains.

The movie is produced by NSM Productions with Tim Johnson serving as executive producer. Simone Stock directs from a script by Yuri Baranovsky and Angela Gulner.

Nobody Dumps My Daughter
Starring Ana Ortiz, Jasmine Vega and Sheila E.
Premieres October 12th at 8/7c.

In Nobody Dumps My Daughter, after Jimmy breaks up with Theresa (Vega), her overbearing mother, Mary (Ana Ortiz), becomes obsessed with mending their relationship after learning that Jimmy took her daughter's virginity. Determined to reunite the couple, Mary does everything she can to convince Jimmy to change his mind… including bribing him. When her tactics fail, Mary becomes desperate and her meddling ways turn to murderous when she enlists the services of a fortune teller named Anna (Sheila E.) and a hitman to murder Jimmy in an attempt to reclaim her daughter's purity.

The Lifetime Original is produced by Lighthouse Pictures with Gemma Martini, Jamie Goehring and Jameson Parker serving as executive producers. Stan Brooks directs from a script by Richard Blaney & Gregory Small.

Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Starring Jackie Cruz, Matreya Scarrwener and Matthew MacCaull
Directed by Elisabeth Rohm
Premieres October 19th at 8/7c.

In the movie, Alyssa (Cruz) and Steven (MacCaull) have an intense relationship and move in together when Alyssa is an impressionable teen.  After they have a daughter of their own, their path takes a dark turn when Steven becomes physically abusive toward the infant.  Alyssa senses the situation is dire and puts the child up for adoption…little does she know, that 18 years later their daughter, now named Katie (Scarrwener), would seek them out. After an instant connection when they reunite, Steven convinces Katie to move in with him, Alyssa and their two young daughters, promising her opportunities to pursue her passions. Steven starts neglecting the rest of the family and Alyssa finally has enough and moves out. When Alyssa discovers that Katie and Steven are having an affair and expecting, she confronts them and tries to convince Katie of Steven's abusive past. Katie refuses to listen until it's too late. 

Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story is produced by HFK Productions Inc. for Lifetime. Tim Johnson, Kara Feifer and Elisabeth Rohm and Stephen Tolkin serve as executive producers and Navid Soofi produces. Rohm also directs a script from Tolkin.

Mormon Mom Gone Wrong: The Ruby Franke Story(wt)
Starring Heather Locklear and Emilie Ullerup
Premieres October 26th at 8/7c.

Together, six adorable kids, a loving husband, and Ruby (Ullerup) made up "8 Passengers," a web series documenting the group's everyday life and Ruby's LDS-influenced parenting style. To viewers, Ruby had the perfect life, but everything took a turn for the worse when Ruby's marriage counselor Jodi Hildebrandt (Locklear), entered their lives.  After Jodi moves into Ruby's home, the environment becomes toxic and Ruby's husband is forced to move out.  Jodi and Ruby's views of disciplining children were not "strict parenting" but abuse. 

But when Ruby's 12-year-old son escaped from Ruby and Jodi's real-life house of horrors with clear signs of abuse, the truth came to light. How could this idolized family-friendly mother of six and her spiritual guide transform into convicted child abusers?

Mormon Mom Gone Wrong: The Ruby Franke Story is produced for Lifetime by Pender Productions Inc. Orly Adelson, Tom Berry, Suzanne Chapman and Sebastian Battro are executive producers; Bruce Harvey produces. Kevin Fair directs from a script written by Alyson Evans and Steve Kornacki.

A Kidnapping in Amish Country
Starring Jorja Cadence and Elise Bauman
Premieres on November 2nd at 8/7c.

When Lena (Cadence) – an Amish woman with a checkered past – realizes her daughter has been abducted, she is forced to turn to the only person who can help: her estranged best friend, Skye (Bauman) who's renounced the Amish way of life and found fame on social media.

The movie is produced by Reel One Entertainment. Tom Berry, Suzanne Chapman, Sebastian Battro and Taylor Warren Goff serve as executive producers. Cat Hostick directs from a script by Taylor Warren Goff.

Searching for a Serial Killer: The Regina Smith Story (wt)
Starring Karrueche Tran, Blair Penner and Ted Cole
Premieres on November 9th at 8/7c.

Karrueche Tran plays the inspirational real-life hero Regina Smith. A single mother determined to provide a safer world for her daughter, Regina joins the Dallas Police Department. As a rookie, Regina and her partner Eddie (Blair Penner) stumble upon the first victim of what would be many murders of female prostitutes by the notorious serial killer, Charles Albright (Ted Cole) whom the media dubbed "The Eyeball Killer," because he surgically removed the eyes of his victims. Despite only being months into the job and a woman in a profession dominated by men, Regina risks everything to get involved in the case. She discovers crucial evidence missed by FBI and city homicide detectives that lands her on the doorstep of a satanic killer.

The Regina Smith Story (wt) is executive produced by Howard Braunstein, Conor Allyn and Benjamin Anderson. Darren Robson produces. Wendy Ord directs from a script written by Conor Allyn and Benjamin Anderson

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