Derek Luke to Co-Star in CBS drama pilot ‘Second Sight’
Derek Luke has earned another shot at a television career by landing a co-starring role in the CBS pilot Second Sight, Blackactors.net has learned. Based on the British series by Paula Milne, Second Sight is a gothic psychological thriller about Detective Ross Tanner (Jason Lee), the lead detective with the New Orleans Police Department, who hunts down killers while secretly battling an ocular disease that causes him to... Read More »
Collins Pennie To Recur On ABC’s ‘Revenge’
Another mystery man from Emily’s past is making his way to “Revenge.” According to TVLine, “HawthoRNe” vet Collins Pennie will recur on the ABC series as Eli James, Emily’s (Emily VanCamp) long lost foster brother. Pennie will be making his “Revenge” debut this Sunday, March. 10 at 9/8c. In addition to “Hawthorne,” Pennie’s credits include “NCIS: Los Angeles” and... Read More »
Paula Patton gets scammed in ‘Disconnect’ trailer
Paula Patton (Deja Vu, Jumping The Broom) appears in the first trailer for the indie drama Disconnect. In the film, Patton plays a victim of online identity theft and the wife of an ex-marine (Alexander Skarsgard). When Patton participates in an online grief support group following the death of her baby, she and her husband become victims of credit card fraud and... Read More »
Eamonn Walker to Guest Star as Frederick Douglass on BBC America’s ‘Copper’
BBC America’s Copper has cast it’s Frederick Douglas. Eamonn Walker has been tapped to play abolitionist Frederick Douglass in the upcoming second season of the network’s highest-rated drama series. Set in 1860s New York City, the series centers on Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), an intense, rugged Irish-immigrant cop working the city’s notorious Five Points neighborhood and struggling to maintain... Read More »
Omar Sy Joins ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’
One of Blackactors.net’s top performers of 2012 will make his American film debut in the ‘X-Men’ blockbuster franchise. Omar Sy (pronounced ‘see’)—best known for the French film The Intouchables—has been added to the ever-growing cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past, Blackactors.net has learned. Director Bryan Singer announced the casting news on twitter over the past weekend. However, no... Read More »
Jesse L. Martin to replace Lenny Kravitz in Marvin Gaye Biopic
Lenny Kravitz (The Hunger Games) will not be playing Marvin Gaye in an upcoming biopic, Deadline reports. The singer-turned-actor will be replaced by Jesse L. Martin (Rent) in the Julien Temple-helmed Sexual Healing, which is set to begin filming later this moth in the UK. The pic will center on “the final years of Gaye’s life in London from 1981, when... Read More »
Michael Ealy will play a robot cop in Fox’s Untitled Drama Pilot
J.J Abrams has found his android cop for a new futuristic series he’s producing for Fox. Michael Ealy has been tapped to play a key role in the network’s untitled action–drama pilot. The pilot is described as “an action-packed buddy cop show, set in the near future, when all LAPD officers are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids.” Ealy will play the android police officer who’s much more... Read More »
Black History Month 2013 Giveaway: Win tickets to an Acting Seminar with Clifton Powell
As Black History Month comes to a close, we’re still celebrating by giving away three tickets to an acting seminar on the east coast. Hollywood actor Clifton Powell will host BEHIND THE LENZ: An Acting Marketing Seminar on March 16, 2013 in Philadelphia, PA. Behind the Lenz is an informative seminar advising aspiring and working artists on the fundamentals,... Read More »
Watch the first trailer for ‘Peeples’ Starring Kerry Washington and Craig Robinson
It’s been a long time coming, but the first official trailer for Tina Gordon Chism‘s Peeples (previously titled We The Peeples) has finally emerged online. Peeples, written and directed by Chism, follows Wade Walker (Craig Robinson), an average guy that wants to marry his beautiful, successful girlfriend, Grace Peeples (Kerry Washington). Having never met her upper-crust family, Wade crashes... Read More »
‘Downton Abbey’ to introduce it’s first black character
Dowton Abbey is on the verge of diversifying it’s cast by adding a black character into the mix. The upcoming season of the Emmy Award-winning period drama will feature it’s first black cast member, Blackactors.net has learned. According to British tabloid The Sun, a casting notice was sent out to top agents searching for a black actor in their late 20s to portray a Jazz singer named Jack Ross. The notice describes the character... Read More »
Black History Month 2013 Giveaway: Win an Acting Lesson with a celebrity acting coach
Blackactors.net is offering two of our twitter followers a chance to win acting lessons at Marishka Phillips Theatrical Preparatory in Los Angeles and New York City. The Marishka Phillips Theatrical Preparatory is the brain-child of Marishka S. Phillips, celebrity/spiritual acting coach. The school is a nurturing environment that caters to all creative artists seeking to heighten their awareness, allowing... Read More »
Oscars 2013: Red Carpet Arrivals
The best and brightest of Black Hollywood hit up the red carpet at the 85th Annual Academy Awards. Tonight, the Oscars, hosted by “Family Guy” writer Seth MacFarlane, was broadcast live from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Queen Latifah, Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Chris Tucker, Zoe Saldana and Naomie Harris were some of the talented black actors who... Read More »
Lamorne Morris spoofs Sam Jackson in ‘Django Unchained’ (VIDEO)
“Django 2Chainz” – YouTube’s first sketch film – is a brand new parody of Quentin Tarantino’s Oscar nominated film Django Unchained. The 13-minute comedic parody features a lively young cast, including Lamorne Morris (New Girl), Bresha Webb (Weeds), Lyman Johnson (Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl), Aleksander Ristic and YouTube phenomenon Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor. Written, directed and executive-produced by... Read More »
Nicole Beharie and Orlando Jones join Fox’s ‘Sleepy Hollow’ pilot
Nicole Beharie and Orlando Jones have been cast in “Sleepy Hollow,” Fox’s supernatural thriller series pilot from Star Trek Into Darkness writers Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci. Beharie, whose breakout role was playing Michael Fassbender’s lover in the 2011 erotic feature Shame, will play female lead Abbie Archer, the local town sheriff who teams up with an 18th century... Read More »
Black History Month 2013 Giveaway: Win a $50 Movie Theater Gift Card
Our third giveaway offers Blackactors.net readers a chance to win a $50 AMC gift card. The card can be redeemed at any AMC movie theater in the United States (including AMC Showplace, Loew’s, Magic Johnson, Cineplex Odeon & Star) for the purchase of movie tickets, food and beverages, or just about anything else. To enter, follow Blackactors on Twitter (http://twitter.com/blackactors) and re-tweet our black history giveaway tweets. Void where prohibited by law. Enter... Read More »
Audra McDonald Guest Stars on ‘The Good Wife’
Audra McDonald will guest-star on CBS’ “The Good Wife” next month, and we have the first images from her appearance. McDonald will appear on the March 10 episode as Alicia’s frienemy from law school. In the episode, titled “Runnin’ with the Devil,” jailed drug dealer Lemond Bishop (Mike Colter) requests that Alicia (Julianna Margulies) work with lawyer Charles Lester,... Read More »
