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Straight Outta Compton and The Chi actor Jason Mitchell was arrested Wednesday in Mississippi and faces four felony drug and weapons charges, the Harrison County Sheriff's department has revealed. Mitchell was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and two counts of…

Tiffany Boone, the actress who left Showtime’s The Chi in November 2018 after alleging that she was harassed by co-star Jason Mitchell, is speaking out about her reasons for leaving, saying in an Instagram post that “not everyone was interested in creating a work environment that was conducive to each person feeling…

Jason Mitchell has broken his silence about being dropped from Showtime series The Chi and the Netflix film Desperados, saying he’s “not 100% sure” what sparked the misconduct claims that led to his career crisis earlier this year. In a sit-down interview Monday with New York radio program, The Breakfast Club, the…

The upcoming third season of The Chi won’t feature one of the series’ leads, Jason Mitchell, who was let go in May over allegations of inappropriate behavior. The abrupt exit after Season 2 already had been finished did not allow for Mitchell’s character, Brandon, to get a proper ending. When asked by Deadline after…

Series creator Lena Waithe has spoken out about the firing of Jason Mitchell from the next season of the Showtime drama series The Chi, saying she should have stepped in sooner when hearing about troubles on the set. Waithe was speaking on the syndicated radio show The Breakfast Club when she was asked about her role…

The MTV Movie & TV Awards have rescinded the nomination of The Chi star Jason Mitchell in the Best Performance In a Show category, just more than a week after Deadline’s scoop that the actor was dropped from several projects — including from the Lena Waithe-created Showtime series — amid allegations of inappropriate…

EXCLUSIVE: Rising star actor Jason Mitchell (The Chi, Straight Outta Compton) is facing a career crisis over allegations of inappropriate behavior. The specifics are sketchy, but I hear the accusations were so serious they have led to Mitchell being dropped by his agency, UTA; management company, Authentic Talent & Lit…

Showtime has handed a Season 3 renewal to its Lena Waithe-created drama The Chi. The news comes just weeks after the series’ sophomore-season debut on the premium cable net. "The Chi revels in revealing the beating heart of the South Side of Chicago," said Gary Levine, President of Entertainment at Showtime Networks…

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Mitchell, last seen on the big screen in Sony’s SuperFly remake, is attached to co-star in the stripper saga film, Zola, which is set-up at A24. Janicza Bravo is directing the pic, which is based on a series of tweets from Aziah ‘Zola’ Wells who, in 2015, detailed a wild 2-day Flordia trip with a sex…

EXCLUSIVE: Mudbound and Straight Outta Compton star Jason Mitchell is to play inspirational former wrestling champ Anthony Robles in biopic Unstoppable. Robles was born with one leg and overcame a series of challenges to become an NCAA champ in 2010-11. The feature will mark the directorial debut of Oscar-winning…

Magnolia Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the cabin party film, Tyrel, starring Straight Outta Compton and Mudbound star Jason Mitchell, along with Michael Cera, Chris Abbott, Ann Dowd, and Caleb Landry Jones. Sebastián Silva wrote and directed the pic which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film…

The Chi creator Lena Waithe, executive producer Common and cast members Jason Mitchell and Jacob Latimore took the dais in a featured session at SXSW on Monday to talk about putting an authentic spotlight on the titular city and how the Showtime drama gives a different portrayal of the Black community that isn’t often…