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EXCLUSIVE: Antoine Fuqua and Universal Pictures are back in conversations about Scarface, a new version of the classic outlaw tale. They are in early talks for Fuqua to direct the film, and things are looking good as the negotiations get underway. Originally dated August 10, 2018, Scarface is now undated as the pieces…

EXCLUSIVE: Ashton Sanders, the middle of the three actors who played the lead character in Barry Jenkins’ Best Picture Oscar winner Moonlight, has just landed another major gig. He has been set for a lead role in Sony’s The Equalizer 2, which reteams star Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua. Washington’s…

David Ayer has exited Universal's Scarface, with insiders citing a too-tight schedule for Ayers’ liking on a movie that has an August 2018 release date. There had been a helmer bake-off before the studio settled on Ayer, who just finished the Will Smith-Joel Edgerton pic Bright for Netflix. All this after Antoine Fuqua…

EXCLUSIVE: As he prepares to re-team with Denzel Washington in The Equalizer 2, Antoine Fuqua has signed his Fuqua Films to a first-look deal with the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group. The deal starts with The Equalizer 2, which starts production in the fall and will be released September 14, 2018. Fuqua will bring…

When was the last time you could consider Denzel Washington an underdog? That’s the role he has played in this Oscar race, as Manchester By The Sea star Casey Affleck collected enough of the Best Actor awards to consider him a clear front runner. Until the SAG Awards, where Washington prevailed for his overpowering…

Fox has picked up two more drama pilots, Controversy, an investigative thriller written by Up in the Air co-writer Sheldon Turner, directed  by This Is Us’ John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and executive produced by Scandal co-executive producer Judy Smith; and The Resident, a dark medical drama written by Amy Holden Jones (M…

Fans of the movie Training Day shouldn’t expect to see appearances by Denzel Washington’s notorious character Detective Alonzo Harris or Ethan Hawke’s Jake Hoyt in the new CBS series that’s premiering February 2 at 10 PM. “We wanted to respectfully give them some distance on the show,” says executive producer Will…

IM Global Television has boarded Entertainment One’s diamond-trade drama Ice, making an equity investment in the first season of the series, which premiered November 16 on AT&T's Audience Network. IM Global will own worldwide rights to the show jointly with eOne, as eOne, which started global sales of the series at…

Antoine Fuqua is directing a multi-part documentary about boxing legend Muhammad Ali for HBO, the premium channel has announced. The untitled project marks the first feature-length HBO production from Lebron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Entertainment. Fuqua both directs and exec produces via his Fuqua…

Audience Network spent a couple of years developing Antoine Fuqua's diamond-trade drama Ice before its November 16 debut. It should have spent a bit more time, because the result so far is more cubic zirconia than Peak TV precious stone. Highly stylized and with the Training Day director and series EP helming the…

EXCLUSIVE: Antoine Fuqua is taking a step back on Ice, the upcoming drama series for A&T's Audience network, from his Fuqua Films and Entertainment One. Fugua directed the opening episode and serves as an executive producer for the series which is set in the underbelly of the L.A. diamond trade. I hear Fuqua will…

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