The UnderDoggs (2024) | Streaming/VOD Premiere | Jan 26, 2024

Jaycen “Two Js” Jennings (Snoop Dogg) is a washed-up ex-professional football star who has hit rock bottom. When Jaycen is sentenced to community service coaching the Underdoggs, an unruly pee-wee football team in his hometown of Long Beach, California, he sees it as an opportunity to rebuild his public image and turn his life around. ….

Madame Web (2024) | U.S. Theatrical Releases | Feb 14, 2024

In a switch from the typical comic book genre film, Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing’s most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who may have clairvoyant abilities. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with ….

Urbanworld Film Festival (2023) | Film Festivals | Nov 1 - Nov 5, 2023

The official 2023 slate for the 27th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival includes a clips and conversation event with Marvel Studios’ The Marvels writer/director and Urbanworld alum Nia DaCosta, along with the world premiere of A Wu-Tang Experience: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, directed by The RZA and Gerald Barclay. Spotlight presentations include the HBO Documentary ….

Deon Taylor attached to direct fact-based police thriller .38 with Paula Patton and Mike Epps

Hidden Empire Film Group recently revealed that Deon Taylor (Traffik, Motivated Seller, Meet the Blacks) has signed on to direct .38 – a police drama based on actual events. The film takes audiences into the gang-ridden streets of St. Louis’ Bloody Third district, following a multi-ethnic police force over the course of a single night, ….

Images from the Sparkle New York City red carpet screening event

Tri-Star Pictures hosted a red carpet screening of the upcoming Sparkle remake at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in Soho. The cast attended the event, including Jordin Sparks, Mike Epps, Carmen Ejogo, Derek Luke, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick and executive producer Debra Martin Chase. A slew of celebrities hit the carpet as well, including Russell Simmons, ….