NEWS

EXCLUSIVE: Production is due to begin on August 4 on feature drama Higher Love, starring Dennis Haysbert (24), Marilu Henner (LA Story), Joe Pantoliano (Bad Boys) and Telma Hopkins (The Matrix Resurrections).

The ensemble also includes Lawrence Saint Victor (The Bold & the Beautiful), Laurissa “Lala” Romain (Top Five), and Aasha Davis (Grey’s Anatomy).

EXCLUSIVE: Screen has obtained the first-look image of Jeremy Piven in the thriller Past Life, one of several new titles on the Cannes sales roster at Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment.

Written and directed by Kerri Lynn Miller in her feature directorial debut, the film also stars Gracie McGraw. Miller also stars in the film. Her acting credits include FBI: Most Wanted, The Blacklist, and Shades of Blue.

The original streaming movie is set to premiere Thursday, April 10 on BET+.
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​Lawrence Saint-Victor (Carter Walton, “The Bold and the Beautiful”) is set to take on corruption as a detective in the BET+ original movie, “The Accused.”

Worldwide Entertainment and Media announces, Porscha Coleman (All American: Homecoming), Denzel Whitaker (Black Panther),Valerie Pettiford (The Blacklist), Jackee Harry (Sister Sister), Michael Colyar (Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz), and Adele Givens (Saturday Night Live star) in the upcoming BET+ Holiday Comedy “Too Many Christmases”.

Worldwide Entertainment and Media announces Essence Atkins (Poppa’s House), Terri J Vaughn (The Steve Harvey Show), Vanessa Bell Calloway (Coming to America), Tyler Whitley (Father of The Bride), Hannah Whitley (Encounters), and Aasha Davis (Friday Night Lights) star in the upcoming BET+ Holiday Comedy “Queens of Christmas”.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Piven (Entourage), William Moseley (The Chronicles of Narnia), Tim McInnerny (Gladiator 2) and singer and actress Pixie Lott (Christmas Karma) are due to star in psychological-thriller Past Life. Film Mode Entertainment has boarded sales on the project, which is aiming to start filming in February 2025 in Manchester, UK.

William Fichtner, Emily Hall and Caroline Concannon have joined the cast of the Michael Mailer Films and Tremendous Entertainment film Cutman.

EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution announced today that they have acquired North American rights for the family crime drama Fresh Kills written and directed by Jennifer Esposito (Blue Bloods, Summer Of Sam, Crash) in her feature film debut. The film stars Esposito, Emily Bader, Odessa A’zion, Domenick Lombardozzi, and Annabella Sciorra. Quiver will release the film in theaters on May 17th.

Actors Stephen Bishop, LeToya Luckett (Greenleaf), and Iyana Halley (This is Us) have signed on to lead the BET+ thriller One Night Stay from Worldwide Entertainment and Media in association with Choice Films.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first look at So Fly Christmas, the upcoming BET+ holiday movie starring Tichina Arnold (The Neighborhood, Martin), Tami Roman (The Ms. Pat Show, Truth Be Told), Robert Christopher Riley (The Pass, Greenleaf), and Laurissa "Lala" Romain (Son of The South, Top Five).

Executive produced by Spike Lee, Barry Alexander Brown’s drama features fine performances across the board, and a vivid evocation of a tumultuous period.

Chiz Schultz’s two-hour documentary on Lorraine Hansberry for PBS’ American Masters series that was broadcast this year just won a Peabody Award.