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 […]
BET Networks recently announced they are working on an original biopic miniseries based on the R&B singing group New Edition. All five members of New Edition including Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, Johnny Gill, and Ralph Tresvant have signed on to co-produce the film. The three-night miniseries will premiere on BET in 2016. […]
Actor Laurence Fishburne will play Alex Haley in A&E Networks’ reboot of Haley’s classic African-American novel Roots, History Channel’s executive vice president and general manager Dirk Hoogstra…
The star of Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s follow-up mini series ‘A.D.’ was revealed this week and it already has critics talking about the…
Mark Burnett, creator of popular TV shows such as “Celebrity Apprentice,” “Shark Tank,” “Survivor,” “The Voice” and most recently the 10-part miniseries “The Bible,” has…
The first episode of History Channel’s, “The Bible” miniseries aired Sunday, March 3rd 2013. The 10-hour docudrama will wrap its final episode on Easter, March 31st and…
