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EXCLUSIVE: Everybody Hates Chris co-creator Ali LeRoi is to direct American Refugee – the second movie in Blumhouse Television’s recent partnership with Epix. This comes after the producer struck a slate deal with the MGM-owned cable network to make eight television movies including A House on the Bayou, from Don't Tel…

In the first trailer for The Obituary of Tunde Johnson we see Steven Silver (13 Reasons Why) as the titular Nigerian-American Tunde who lives a comfortable life — until he gets pulled over by the police and is killed in a racially motivated killing. The premise is an all-too-familiar situation that we are seeing way…

A hybrid of Groundhog Day, Russian Doll, The Hate U Give and Moonlight, The Obituary of Tunde Johnson made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival — and the filmmakers and leading man stopped by for a live recording of the New Hollywood Podcast. As Stanley Kalu’s first screenplay and Ali LeRoi’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Ali LeRoi, the co-creator and executive producer of Everybody Hates Chris and the Are We There Yet? series, has signed on to direct The Obituary of Tunde Johnson, an indie drama written by Nigerian-born USC student Stanley Kalu. The plot follows a wealthy, black, high school senior who falls victim to an…

Everybody Hates Chris co-creator Ali LeRoi is returning to the studio behind the praised UPN/the CW comedy, signing a two-year overall deal with CBS Television Studios. Veteran comedy showrunner LeRoi is currently developing a single-camera comedy starring stand-up comedian Ms. Pat at Fox and 20th Century Fox TV, with…