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Nearly a decade after the two companies first partnered in 2017, Shonda Rhimes and longtime producing partner Betsy Beers have renewed their partnership with Netflix, promising more of the stories that have made Shondaland a global force. Credit: Shondaland.com The partnership has already produced some of Netflix's most recognisable titles, from Bridgerton and its growing universe to Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, Inventing Anna and The Residence. Netflix's current slat

African creative businesses and project owners looking to take their work to the next stage have an opportunity to connect directly with potential financiers and strategic partners through the CANEX Deal Room. Credit; Deal Room As part of CANEX WKND 2026, the Deal Room will bring selected creative businesses together with financiers, investors, development finance institutions (DFIs) and industry partners for potential investment and business opportunities. The platform is de

Sasha Calle is adding another major studio project to her growing filmography, joining Jamie Foxx in Deadlocked, the upcoming action thriller from Amazon MGM Studios. Calle, known for The Flash and Netflix’s The Rip, has been cast in a major role opposite Foxx in the feature, which is directed by Indian filmmaker Nikhil Nagesh Bhat. The casting marks another significant step in Calle’s increasingly international career. Calle at the 2024 Toronto Internationa

Dek: Wade Wofford’s Urban Ed turns the American education crisis into an intimate portrait of children navigating poverty, race, family, adolescence, and institutional failure in Springfield, Massachusetts. Kayla Staley, Dalen Davis, Keaton McLachlan and Ace M Small star in Urban Ed. ] Photo credit: [Photographer/Studio name]. Before the Bush Administration enacted the NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND act into US federal law, American cinema has long treated the classroom as a secular

Christopher Nolan's $1.3 billion epic is breaking records with a cast at the peak of its power, from Nyong'o's dual role as Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra to Zendaya's Athena, and the ensemble's collective payday is just as historic as the box office. Lupita Nyong’o as Clytemnestra in The Odyssey | Lupita Nyong’o attends the world premiere of “The Odyssey” at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on July 06, 2026. Karwai Tang/WireImage Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey [IMDB] has crossed

DEK: Dolly Parton wrote the song. Whitney Houston made it a phenomenon. And when the royalties came in, Parton quietly poured millions back into a Black neighborhood in Nashville, a story Black Film Wire wants to make sure isn't lost in the wave of tributes. 2020 | Picture by Irving Penn Dolly Parton (9 to 5, Steel Magnolias) was more than a country music icon. She was a songwriter, actress, author, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and storyteller whose influence reached far bey

Nearly three hours, shot entirely on IMAX 70mm, and built on a poem composed roughly 2,700 years ago. Here's what actually lands, what doesn't, and why the sound alone is worth the ticket. Matt Damon and Zendaya in ‘The Odyssey.' Credit : Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Studios Somewhere, presumably, Homer is watching his own 2,700-year-old poem cross $1.3 billion at the global box office, get a Travis Scott cameo, and spawn a Spider-Man salary comparison, and he hasn't seen a

As the cast made their way through The Odyssey global press tour, fashion has become another way of entering the world of the film and the Black stars, Zendaya and Lupita Nyong’o, are making particularly memorable statements. Lupita Nyong’o as Clytemnestra in The Odyssey | Lupita Nyong’o attends the world premiere of “The Odyssey” at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on July 06, 2026. Karwai Tang/WireImage Lupita Nyong'o: The Goddess in Different Forms Across the press tour, Lupita

Chike Nwoffiah, founder of the Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF), drew his Nigerian and African community to San Jose to celebrate a work years in the making, one that carries his advocacy for African storytelling from the screen to the page. Chike Nwoffiah (Founder and Executive Director, Silicon Valley African Film Festival; director, A Killing in Choctaw, Sabar, and Life Is a Dance, IMDb) has spent over a decade building platforms for African filmmakers to tell

From Shadow to Set moves into the festival's Sunday closing slot, while Beyond the Screen shifts to Saturday afternoon, alongside the UK first look at Gina Prince-Bythewood's Children of Blood and Bone, as the UK's leading Black British film festival finalizes programming for its eighth edition. Beyond the Screen .Credit : S.O.U.L. Fest x ABFF London] S.O.U.L. Fest x ABFF London has issued an updated schedule for its two Sony Pictures Entertainment-presented industry conversa

The five-time Grammy winner was honored in the Recording category on August 18, with Willem Dafoe, Djimon Hounsou, and Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. among those on hand to celebrate her. By Kiven Marie, Black Film Wire Angélique Kidjo unveils her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, August 18, 2026, joined by Willem Dafoe, Harvey Mason Jr. and Djimon Hounsou. | IMAGE: APM WORLD MAG Angélique Kidjo (Remain in Light, Djin Djin) has made Hollywood history. On Tuesday, A

After six years building a life in Montecito, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are heading home, and the timing says as much as the move itself. Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, at a public engagement in London before their 2020 departure | Image- Reuters Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, are relocating back to the United Kingdom, ending a six-year chapter in Southern California that began the same month they stepped back as senior working royals. King Char

FAME Week Africa, in partnership with MultiChoice Group, a CANAL+ company, has announced the MultiChoice Group Premium Drama Call for Projects, inviting producers across Africa to submit original drama series concepts for potential commissioning. The call is looking for high-concept, contemporary drama series that are commercially appealing, action-driven and rooted in authentic African stories. Projects should explore universal themes, offer aspirational storytelling and hav

Hayden Panettiere, the actor known for Heroes, Nashville, Remember the Titans and the Scream franchise, has died at 36. PHOTO CREDIT|Getty Images Hayden Panettiere, the actor whose career spanned more than three decades, has died at the age of 36. Panettiere’s death was confirmed by her representative in a statement issued on behalf of her family. She died on Sunday, August 16. Her father, Skip Panettiere, described her as “an incredible light” who brought

After three heartbreaking final losses across two decades, Cameroon's Indomitable Lionesses finally have a trophy of their own. We break down the win and use the moment to ask a harder question: where are the films about women like them? AFCON | Picture by CAF/Instagram On August 16, in Rabat, Morocco, Cameroon's women's national football team beat Malawi 3-0 to win the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. It is the first WAFCON title in the history of the program, and it did

Maya Boyd joins Marvel Studios’ highly anticipated X-Men reboot as Ororo Munroe, taking on the mantle of Storm in the next chapter of the mutant franchise. Maya Boyd has been cast as Storm in Marvel Studios’ upcoming X-Men reboot, bringing the young actor into one of Marvel’s most recognisable mutant franchises. The casting was announced at D23, where Marvel confirmed Boyd as the latest actor to take on the role of Ororo Munroe, the mutant superhero better known as Storm. The

It’s the weekend, and if you’re looking for something new to watch, Funke Akindele’s latest film Where Is Mr. Right? has officially landed on our watchlist. Where to watch: Prime Video Genre: Romantic Comedy Starring: Funke Akindele, Omowunmi Dada, Bisola Aiyeola, Blossom Chukwujekwu, Nosa Rex Director: Tunde Olaoye Release: August 15, 2026 The romantic comedy, produced by the Funke Akindele Network and directed by Tunde Olaoye, premieres on Prime Video today, August 15. The

Starring Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes and Idris Elba, Masters of the Universe brings Mattel’s iconic He-Man mythology to the big screen in a fantasy adventure about power, destiny and the battle for Eternia. In Hollywood, toys are us. Mattel's confidence has acquired, from the marketplace of ideas, the force of historical inevitability. The atom-bomb-vanquishing commercial triumph of Greta Gerwig's Barbie transformed a century-old toy manufacturer into Hollywood's latest

With Ruby Okezie and Ifeoma Obinwa in the lead, Dika Ofoma’s A Happy Ending explores the seductive promise of city life and the exploitation that can accompany the pursuit of a better future. OFFICIAL POSTER OF A HAPPY ENDING | 7IFETHEILLUSTRATOR The city is no country for young women. Be not fooled by the execrable allure of the metropolitan sheen. Be not fooled by the flailing promise of the proverbial greener pastures and the banal truisms of infinite possibilities. Be n