Shifting it away from a launch date shared with EuropaCorp’s Shut In (and a mere week before Paramount/MGM’s Ben-Hur remake), Warner Bros has announced it’s moving Barbershop 3 up into the summer release period, and in doing so has thrown a velvet glove at Universal’s feet. The comedy sequel will now hit theaters…

Utkarsh Ambudkar has joined the cast of New Line/MGM’s Barbershop 3 alongside Ice Cube, Common and Cedric the Entertainer. He’ll play Samir, a talented barber from Detroit who is constantly picked on for his Indian-American roots — though always taking the hits in stride with swag and humor. An original cast member of…

Barbershop 3‘s cast continues to expand with the addition of Margot Bingham. Bingham, who joins fellow Barbershop newcomer Common, will play the character of Bree, described as “a natural beauty who wears her distrust of men on her sleeve.” She’ll appear as a romantic rival to Chyna Layne’s ‘Kayla’, and abhors a…

Warner Bros has slated Barbershop 3 for February 19, 2016, a weekend that so far is wide open. That February date wedges the comedy threequel right after the opening of Paramount’s Zoolander 2 and the weekend before Lionsgate’s Dirty Grandpa, starring Robert De Niro and Zach Efron. Barbershop stars Ice Cube, Cedric…

After 13 years, Anthony Anderson is returning to Calvin’s, having signed on to appear in Barbershop 3. The Black-ish star will reprise his role as JD, the troubled ATM thief whose crimes nearly caused the closure of the titular shop in the original film. JD was arrested at the end of Barbershop, and subsequently…

EXCLUSIVE: There's another new customer in New Line/MGM's Barbershop 3. Actor-comic Deon Cole has joined the cast of the threequel opposite Ice Cube, Common and Cedric the Entertainer. He'll play Dante, a fixture at the shop who shares his pithy comments on any subject under the sun, even though his cultural…

EXCLUSIVE: Common has committed to star in the ensemble cast of Barbershop 3, the MGM sequel that New Line will distribute. He joins Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer, who are reprising, and The Best Man franchise director Malcolm D. Lee, who’s helming. Cube Vision is producing and MGM will run production. Bob…

EXCLUSIVE: New Line is making a deal to join MGM on Barbershop 3, the sequel that is coming together fast with deals being made for Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer to reprise their roles. The Best Man franchise director Malcolm D. Lee signed on to direct and they are making deals with Queen Latifah and Nicki Minaj…

EXCLUSIVE: They’re still barbering his deal, but MGM is hiring The Best Man franchise director Malcolm D. Lee to direct Barbershop 3, the sequel that is coming together fast with deals being made for Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer to reprise their roles. Cube Vision is producing. Bob Teitel and George Tillman Jr…

EXCLUSIVE: MGM is reviving its Barbershop franchise. The film company is negotiating a mid-seven-figure deal with Ice Cube to reprise his role as the catalyst for Barbershop 3. They are about to start talking to writers and I’m told the hope is to re-enlist Cedric the Entertainer and Queen Latifah as well. The 2002…