More big names have signed on to join the cast for the highly anticipated A&E remake of ‘Roots.’ Forest Whitaker, Derek Luke, and Anika Noni Rose join Laurence Fishburne, Malachi Kirby, and Rege-Jean Page among others. Whitaker will play Fiddler who was Kunta Kinte’s mentor, Luke will play Silla Ba Dibba, a military trainer and […]

  British actor Malachi Kirby will step into LeVar Burton’s shoes and play Kunta Kinte in A&E’s reboot of the iconic miniseries ‘Roots.’ The 25-year-old is largely unknown in the U.S., but has snagged roles in ‘Gone Too Far’ and ‘Kilo Two Bravo.’ Kirby is very well known in the U.K., starring in the longrunning […]