Insecure‘s Issa Rae and Atlanta‘s LaKeith Stanfield are set to lead Universal/ Will Packer Productions’ romantic drama The Photograph, written and directed by Stella Meghie (Everything, Everything). Will Packer and James Lopez are producing the pic for Packer's eponymous company.

The plot centers on intertwining love s…

HBO has given a series order to A Black Lady Sketch Show, a half-hour sketch comedy starring and executive produced by Robin Thede (The Rundown with Robin Thede) and executive produced by Insecure‘s Issa Rae.

Created, written by and starring Thede, A Black Lady Sketch Show will be breaking new ground in sketch comedy…

Universal has released the first official trailer for Little, the forthcoming body-swapping comedy starring Regina Hall, Black-ish star Marsai Martin, and Insecure‘s Issa Rae. Tina Gordon directed the Will Packer Productions (Girls Trip) pic, which can be compared to films like Tom Hanks’ Big or Jennifer Garner’s 13 Go…

HBO has put in development The Dolls, a limited series with Laura Dern and Issa Rae attached attached to star and executive produce. The project hails from Dern and Jayme Lemons’ Jaywalker Pictures. Rae, who’s under a deal with HBO, also will co-write the project with Laura Kittrell and Amy Aniobi, who work with Rae…

Deadline Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond gives his take on the top acting contenders for the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards. Here, he breaks down the categories of Outstanding Lead and Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

The big news here is that the record…

Considering the social climate and the mistreatment and unlawful murder of Black men, the story behind 20th Century Fox’s The Hate U Give is wildly — and regrettably — similar to the reality making headlines.

Directed by George Tillman, The Hate U Give follows Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) who is constantly…

Issa Rae's hit HBO comedy Insecure entered some dramatic territory in its second season, as the onscreen fictional Issa battled a break-up, a rent hike, workplace horrors and toxic friendships.

Still, through it all, Rae always manages to bring some laughs. But in her new, upcoming HBO project Sweet Life—about teen…

With the August 12 premiere date for Season 3 of HBO hit comedy Insecure approaching, star Yvonne Orji gave more clarity on what to expect, calling the new installment “a season of growth.”

“This is definitely a checks-and-balances season, and some people will get checked,” she told Deadline on the sidelines of the 22n…

In the first official teaser for the HBO comedy Insecure, we are treated to one of Issa’s (Issa Rae) mirror rap sessions — and it is an utter delight.

Donning a Nina Simone T-shirt, Issa spits some rhymes off the top of her head to her mirror image…or as she likes to call it, her “Mirror Bitch.”  It’s a combination of …

HBO has booked summer return dates for two of its comedy series. The premium net said today that Season 4 of the Dwayne Johnson’s Ballers will bow at 10 PM Sunday, August 12, followed at 10:30 by the third-season debut of Issa Rae’s Insecure. Check out the new Ballers trailer below.

Ballers looks at the lives of…

Insecure creator and star Issa Rae has signed on for Universal Pictures' comedy Little, starring Marsai Martin (Black-ish), who came up with the idea for the film. Tina Gordon is on board to direct the pic with Will Packer producing via his eponymous Universal-based production company.

Camilla Blackett (ABC's Fresh Off…

At the “The Power of Story: Culture of Shift” panel at the Sundance Film Festival this morning, Octavia Spencer reminded the crowd that the current female empowerment revolution of #MeToo and Time’s Up “can’t be about women versus men.” Rather, she said, we need to make sure “it’s about the people being abused, and…