Lena Waithe has praised Viacom-owned BET for speaking the same language as her on the half-hour comedy Boomerang. Waithe and Halle Berry are exec producing the remake of the 1992 movie, in which Berry starred alongside Eddie Murphy. They are joined on the team by by Dime Davis and Ben Cory Jones, who is showrunner on…

The first trailer is out for the new BET series Boomerang, co-produced by Lena Waithe and Halle Berry. Based on the film of the same name, the series picks up roughly 25 years after the 1992 theatrical release.  The subversive comedy follows the children of the original cast as they try to balance making their mark on…

Dick Van Dyke – whose brief appearance in Mary Poppins Returns is one of the film’s highlights – is among the first full set of Golden Globes presenters announced today by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.  Halle Berry, Chadwick Boseman and Jim Parsons are also on the list.  To be hosted by Sandra Oh and Andy…

Over 26 years after she had her breakthrough big screen appearance in Boomerang, Halle Berry is now going to put some serious spin on BET's small screen sequel of sorts, and Lena Waithe is joining her. The Oscar winner and the Emmy winner will be executive producers on the 10-episode half-hour BET Networks and…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Halle Berry is making her directorial debut with Bruised, a mixed martial arts action drama in which she’s also starring. Berry, currently in production on John Wick 3 starring opposite Keanu Reeves, will reteam with John Wick producer Basil Iwanyk of Thunder Road Pictures, who is also…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures is moving forward with Jagged Edge, the thriller being crafted for Halle Berry to play the heroine lawyer role originated by Glenn Close in the 1985 hit. The studio has hired Melissa London Hilfers to write the script, and Doug Belgrad’s 2.0 Entertainment banner has been set to co-finance the…

Halle Berry and Anjelica Huston are joining the cast of Lionsgate’s third installment of its hit franchise John Wick: Chapter 3. It was already announced that Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane as well as Lance Reddick are returning for the Chad Stahelski-directed film, which will go through Lionsgate’s Summ…

On paper, a teaming of Oscar winner Halle Berry and James Bond himself, Daniel Craig, in a drama set during the 1992 L.A. riots would seem promising. Unfortunately, Kings is the polar opposite of that expectation and, as I say in my video review (click the link above to watch), is a tone-deaf misfire that does…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures is in the early stages of mounting a remake of the 1985 thriller Jagged Edge, as a star vehicle for Halle Berry. The effort is being led by Steven Bersch, the Sony Worldwide Acquisitions Group head who took over the genre arm Screen Gems. This one could very well be a standard Sony release…

EXCLUSIVE: The 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles has added Emmy Award-winning mega-producer Ryan Murphy to its roster of guests. The American Horror Story creator will present Jim Parsons with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award. The ceremony will take place on April 12 at the Beverly Hilton. In addition to…

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed to represent Oscar winner Halle Berry in all areas. She recently starred in Kingsman: The Golden Circle and the thriller Kidnap and is expected to reprise in another installment of Kingsman that director Matthew Vaughn wants to make, after the most recent pic grossed $400 million worldwide…

Ryan Reynolds and Deadpool 2 didn’t make a surprise appearance at 20th Century Fox’s Comic-Con panel, but the studio brought a full court for its September 22-debuting sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Prior to the 20th Century Fox logo and fanfare hitting the screen with the opening sequence of the Matthew…