The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has given a straight-to-series order to a new drama from Moonlight co-writer and executive producer Tarell Alvin McCraney with Michael B. Jordan also executive producing. Marking his first television series, McCraney will create, write, and executive produce the new coming-of-age drama, with Mike Kelley and Melissa Loy also serving as […]
“Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins will write and direct a one-hour drama series about the Underground Railroad currently in development at Amazon. The series will be based on Colson Whitehead’s best-selling book, “The Underground Railroad.” “Going back to ‘The Intuitionist,’ Colson’s writing has always defied convention, and ‘The Underground Railroad’ is no different,” Jenkins said. “It’s […]
“Moonlight,” the coming-of-age story of a gay black boy named Chiron living in Miami, was named the best picture winner by the National Society of Film Critics on Saturday. In the acting categories, “Manchester by the Sea” star Casey Affleck took the award for best actor, while Isabelle Huppert won the actress prize for her […]
It may not have been the best weekend at the box office for anything other than Warner Bros’ new venture into the world of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World with Fantastic Beast and Where To Find Them, starring Eddie Redmayne, Dan Fogler, Kathryn Waterston, Alison Sobel, Ezra Miller and Colin Farrell, which opened with an estimated $75 […]