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We hear from sources that Danai Gurira will be returning as Okoye, general of the Dora Milaje, in Ryan Coogler’s upcoming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as well as reprising the character in an origin spinoff series for Disney+. Disney didn’t have any comment about today’s report. It would not come as a shock if…

Danai Gurira has been set to star in The Fighting Shirley Chisholm, a feature film that will tell the story behind Chisholm's historical 1972 run for the U.S. presidency. Cherien Dabis (Ramy, Ozark) has been set to direct the pic, based on a script by Adam Countee, and refreshes the project after Viola Davis had been a…

The Motion Picture Television Fund’s Reel Stories, Real Lives kicks off Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. PT with a livestream event hosted by Hugh Jackman along with appearances by Danai Gurira, Angela Bassett, Jason Bateman and Yvette Nicole Brown, who will share stories that highlight the impact of the organization on the…

Americanah will not be moving forward at HBO Max. The limited series had been a longtime passion project of Lupita Nyong’o who was set to star in and executive produce the adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's best-selling novel of the same name. Nyong'o's Black Panther co-star Danai Gurira wrote the pilot and was…

Actress and playwright Danai Gurira is the latest Black Panther cast member to pay tribute to the late, great Chadwick Boseman. She took to Instagram on Sunday to honor the “king” who died on Friday after a battle with colon cancer. “How do you honor a king? Reeling from the loss of my colleague, my friend, my…

Fans of Danai Gurira were sad to see her leave The Walking Dead on Sunday. They said goodbye to the katana-wielding badass Michonne, but she probably received the best goodbye from her former co-star Andrew Lincoln who said farewell with a special song. In a video on the official Walking Dead Instagram account…

SPOILER ALERT:  This post contains details of tonight's The Walking Dead  episode & the fate of warrior queen Michonne. Do not enter if you don’t want to know more. After seven seasons as the sword wielding and scene slaying Michonne on The Walking Dead, Danai Gurira touchingly left on the high seas tonight in the AMC…

Black Panther and The Walking Dead star Danai Gurira has signed a two-year overall deal with ABC Studios. Under the pact, she will develop, write and produce for the studio across all platforms. Gurira is currently serving as showrunner and executive producer on Americanah, a miniseries for HBO Max which she adapted…

Superstore‘s America Ferrera and The Walking Dead‘s Danai Gurira are set to unveil the nominations for the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards next week. The duo will unveil the trophy hopefuls December 11 at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. The reveal will air live at 7 a.m. PT on TNT, TBS and truTV…

SPOILER ALERT:  This post contains details of tonight's The Walking Dead Season 10 midseason finale. "There’s more story to tell with Michonne within the season coming up, but that's been one of the things that's been really fun to work on," The Walking Dead's Angela Kang asserts of the much-anticipated departure of Da…

A Soviet-era satellite crashing to Earth was a major plot point in the Season 10 opener of The Walking Dead as AMC’s zombie apocalypse series fell double-digits among viewers to an all-time series low. However, even more than last year, the audience of 4 million snared by Sunday’s "Lines We Cross" episode doesn't…

HBO Max has given a straight-to-series order to Americanah, a long-time passion project of Lupita Nyong'o. The Oscar-winning 12 Years Of Slave standout will star in and executive produce the limited series based on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's best-selling novel of the same name. Nyong'o’s Black Panther co-star Danai Gur…