Set in a recording studio in the 1920’s, over the course of one afternoon, a group of musicians and the legendary blues singer Ma Rainey record several songs as they discuss the questions of prejudice and the problems facing black people in American society.
Viola Davis
Based on true events and an original story by Maria Bello, the film tells the story of Nanisca (Davis), General of the all-female military unit known as the Amazons, and her daughter Nawi (Nyong’o), who together fought the French and neighboring tribes who violated their honor, enslaved their people, and threatened to destroy everything they’ve lived for.
The Taxidermist helmers Bert & Bertie are attached to direct from a script by Lucy Alibar, with Todd Black producing.
Rain Man writer Ron Bass will adapt the novel with McMillan, the two of them having collaborated on How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale.
Which two Oscar nominees are working with Guillermo del Toro on The Shape of Water? The same duo who have their eye on high-profile TV projects in 2017.
While working at a Connecticut hospital, Ruth, a widowed labor/delivery nurse with 20 years of experience caring for newborns, is told not to touch the baby of a couple who are white supremacists. When the baby subsequently dies while Ruth is the only one present, she is taken to court by the couple.
Fresh off winning a Golden Globe and a SAG Award for Fences, Viola Davis has signed on to co-star alongside Julia Roberts in Small Great Things, an adaptation of the Jodi Picoult novel that is coming together at Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners.
While the debate continues over whether or not Deadpool will receive any Oscar love, The People’s Choice Awards is happy to show the actioner the love, as the film picked up wins for Favorite Action Movie and Favorite Movie Actor.
As we head into a season of indie films and critical darlings fighting for a few awards season nominations, the 2017 People’s Choice Awards has released their list of nominees, celebrating the big hits that gained pop culture notoriety over the past year.
The nominees for the 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards were announced today, and with no surprise, HBO took the top spot raking in 22 nominations while ABC and Netflix tied for second with 14 nods. With critically acclaimed shows like The Americans, the new Donald Glover comedy Atlanta, and the uber-successful The People Vs. OJ Simpson FX ranked fourth.
Emmy Award-winning actress Viola Davis is partnering with ABC to develop the single-camera music comedy The Zipcoders. The show is based on an original idea from Davis and her JuVee Productions partner and husband, Julius Tennon.
How to Get Away with Murder star Viola Davis is sticking with ABC has she is attached to produce thriller drama Head Games for the network. The series is being adapted by Chuck Rose based on his book of the same name.
An African American father struggles with race relations in the United States while trying to raise his family in the 1950s and coming to terms with the events of his life.
Director Steve McQueen has tapped Academy Award-nominated actress Viola Davis for his adaptation of the heist thriller Widows. The film, which will be based on the 2002 British miniseries about a caper gone wrong, will be co-written by the 12 Years a Slave helmer as well as Gone Girl screenwriter and novelist Gillian Flynn.
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 68th Primtime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday in a swiftly-paced event that saw plenty of perennial favorites take home statues, including Game of Thrones and Veep, as well as some first-time wins for stars Kate McKinnon, Rami Malek, and Tatiana Maslany. See the full list of winners from television’s biggest night.
Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Viola Davis has stepped up to star in The Personal History of Rachel Dupree, a film she had already been attached to in a producing role. She optioned the rights in 2011 to the novel of the same name by Ann Weisgarber and will still produce the film with Julius Tennon for Juvee Productions, alongside Brian Rosen and Su Armstrong for SixtyFourSixty.
Intelligence officer Amanda Waller assembles a team of dangerous, incarcerated supervillains for a covert mission.
This year’s nominations included the usual appearances from House Of Cards, Game Of Thrones, and Modern Family as well as attention for newcomers like Mr. Robot, The Night Manager, and Master Of None.
A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency.
Mykelti Williamson and Russell Hornsby have officially signed on to join the Paramount Pictures’ adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play, Fences. The two will reprise their roles they played in the Broadway revival.
Dr. Georgia Young’s wonderful life but great friends, family, and a successful career aren’t enough to keep her from feeling stuck and restless. When she decides to make some major changes she finds herself on a wild journey that may or may not include a second chance at love.
Tony Kushner has signed on to pen the adaptation of the August Wilson play, Fences. Denzel Washington will direct and likely star in the film, alongside Viola Davis. The two actors previously headlined the Broadway revival.
Logline kept under wraps, but based on the award winning play by August Wilson.
Davis has signed on to play historical figure Harriet Tubman in the upcoming HBO biopic based on the biography Bound For The Promised Land by Kate Clifford Larson.
Logline: A judge who presides over the custody case of a woman who is desperate to keep her children becomes emotionally involved.
A brilliant convict is released from prison and recruited to assist in tracking down a dangerous hacker who is threatening to cripple the world’s financial markets.
Logline: Four armed robbers are killed during a robbery and their surviving widows come together to try to finish the failed job.
A brilliant convict is released from prison and recruited to assist in tracking down a dangerous hacker who is threatening to cripple the world’s financial markets.
A married couple experiences a difficult time in their relationship.
A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.
