Elementary and Trainspotting star Jonny Lee Miller and Oscar and Grammy-winner Common (The Hate U Give) have been set to star in Nine Lives, the movie adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s sci-fi novelette of the same name. Set on a moon-base for off-world drilling, the darkly comedic story follows two jaded workers whose excitement […]
Lionsgate Television is developing a series adaptation of B.P. Reiter’s book The Saturday Night Knife & Gun Club with Common set to star. The project is the first under the overall television deal Lionsgate set earlier this month with Common. To be produced by Lionsgate and Common’s Freedom Road Productions, The Saturday Night Knife & […]
Common is set to star in a television adaptation of “Black Samurai.” The TV project, currently in development, is based on Marc Olden’s 1974 book series, which inspired the 1977 film of the same name. Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA is attached as an exec producer. Producers are currently shopping the project. Once a network is attached, […]
When you come back to a beloved place after many years, sometimes you find all the faces have changed and the vibe is completely different. The world has so much since the first Barbershop movie premiered in 2002, that it’s comforting to know Calvin Palmer Jr. is still cutting hair in the barbershop he inherited from […]
In an effort to encourage and inspire youth to read and use the power of their voice, Grammy winner, actor and children’s author Common, launches the first national online book club at www.commongroundfoundation.org/thecorner.html. The Corner book club is an interactive way for 8th-12th grade students to learn and to talk about reading materials that […]