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Amazon MGM Studios on Thursday unveiled first-look photos for Unstoppable, its wrestling drama based on the true story of Anthony Robles, which stars Jharrel Jerome (Moonlight), Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers) and more. Set to world premiere at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, the film will then debut…

"Definitely the most challenging thing I’ve had to do thus far as an actor, a lot of mental gymnastics involved," Jharrel Jerome admits about the uniqueness of his role in the Boots Riley-created absurdist series I'm A Virgo, on which he plays a previously extremely sheltered 13-foot-tall Oakland teen…

I'm a Virgo is a triumph of imagination and ideology. A boomerang throwback to Amazon’s early streaming years when poignant oddballs like Transparent and Patriot dominated Jeff Bezos' slate, the Boots Riley-created series that launches Friday on Prime Video is a revitalizing return to originality…

EXCLUSIVE: Jharrel Jerome, the Emmy winner, Moonlight actor and EP/star of the upcoming Prime Video series I’m a Virgo that just premiered at SXSW, has signed on to star in Unstoppable, the movie starring Jennifer Lopez and directed by Billy Goldenberg that we first told you about Thursday…

Emmy winner Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us) has been tapped for a main role opposite Zazie Beetz, Claire Danes, Timothy Olyphant and Dennis Quaid in the HBO Max limited series Full Circle, from director Steven Soderbergh and writer Ed Solomon. Soderbergh will direct all six episodes of the series and serve as…

EXCLUSIVE: A little known episode during World War II involving three of the most powerful political figures of the time that could’ve changed the future of the Western world is the subject of a limited series in development at Sony Pictures Television starring and produced by Emmy winner Jharrel Jerome. Thriller…

“Fifty percent of all cowboys were Black — even the Lone Ranger was Black,” the kid is told. “Who’s the Lone Ranger?” he replies. Here is the first trailer for Concrete Cowboy, a drama that premiered at Toronto last year starring Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin set amongst the North Philadelphia urban cowboy…

I'm a Virgo, a dark absurdist comedy from Sorry to Bother You writer-director Boots Riley, has been ordered to series by Amazon. When They See Us star Jharrel Jerome is leading the cast of the half-hour series, which is a co-production between The Morning Show producer Media Res and Amazon Studios. The show is an…

Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us), Marc Bamuthi Joseph (We Shall Not Be Moved), Janet Mock (Pose), jazz pianist/composer Jason Moran, Wendell Pierce (Jack Ryan), Mj Rodriguez (Pose, Hollywood), Kendrick Sampson (Insecure), Yara Shahidi (Black-ish, Grown-ish) and Michelle Wilson (Sweat) have joined the cast of Between t…

Sorry to Bother You writer-director Boots Riley is teasing details of the new series he’s doing with Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res. As we reported in 2018, Riley had inked a script deal with Media Res for a project, whose premise was not revealed, that would be shopped to premium outlets. “I have a show about a 13-ft…

Selah and the Spades, a new teen film Amazon Studios picked up at the 2019 Sundance Film Fesitval, where it was well-received, is the perfect movie for the Trump era in that it is all about a lot of self-possessed high school teens in an elite Eastern boarding school who carve themselves up into factions dividing the…

Almost a year after the Emmy winning When They See Us launched on Netflix, the streamer and director Ava DuVernay have been sued by former Central Park Five prosecutor Linda Fairstein for defamation. DuVernay may be radio silent today on this, Netflix ain't having any of it. "Linda Fairstein's frivolous lawsuit is…