John Boyega is not afraid of using his platform to address social injustice.
In 2020 alone, the actor highlighted inequities in the franchise that made him famous, spoke out about the death of George Floyd in a video that went viral, starred in director Steve McQueen’s politically conscious new film “Red, White and…
Amazon Prime Video has released the trailer for Red, White and Blue starring John Boyega, the third film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology series — and this installment is just as timely as the other films in the series.
Debuting on the streamer December 4, Red, White and Blue is based on a true story that…
John Boyega has said that he had a “transparent, honest” phone call with Star Wars producer Kathleen Kennedy after expressing his view that the franchise marginalizes non-white characters.
In a candid GQ interview two months ago Boyega expressed frustration that non-white characters are "pushed to the side" in the…
British perfumer Jo Malone has slammed her namesake former company for its treatment of John Boyega, the Star Wars actor who resigned this week as the brand’s global “ambassador.”
“I am so horrified and disgusted about what has been done to John,” Malone said today on UK’s ITV program Lorraine. “How dare somebody…
EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment One is soon taking out a package, an adaptation of the Sylvain Neuvel novella The Test.John Boyega and Payman Maadi star in the Gavin Hood-drama about a soft-spoken immigrant (Maadi) taking a citizen evaluation test, and a brilliant young behavioral psychologist (Boyega) supervising "the…
John Boyega will no longer represent London cosmetics brand Jo Malone, he announced Monday.
“I don’t have time for nonsense. We press on and strong. Stay blessed people,” he wrote in a Twitter thread explaining his decision.
The Star Wars star, who was Jo Malone’s first male global ambassador, exited the campaign…
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Jamie Foxx and Teyonah Parris, who stars in the upcoming Candyman reboot, have come aboard They Cloned Tyrone. The pair join previously announced lead John Boyega in Macro and Netflix’s sci-fi feature film, which will mark the directorial debut of Creed 2 scribe Juel Taylor.
Taylor penned the…
John Boyega has expressed his frustration at being "pushed to the side” in the sequels to his Star Wars debut The Force Awakens, saying that Disney gave “all the nuance" to Adam Driver and Daisy Ridley’s white characters in the later films.
In a candid interview with GQ, Boyega also suggests his fellowed diverse major…
EXCLUSIVE: iHeartRadio, FlynnPictureCo., Psychopia Pictures and UpperRoom Productions have defied the pandemic to complete production on There Be Monsters, a 10-part narrative sci-fi thriller podcast. Starring are Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker‘s John Boyega and American Crime: The Assassination of Gianni Versace‘s D…
EXCLUSIVE: Above is the first sneak peek of John Boyega in Steve McQueen’s hotly-anticipated series Small Axe, which will drop on the BBC and Amazon later this year.
McQueen’s anthology drama, which has been in the works since 2014, tells five stories from within London's West Indian community between the 1960s and…
EXCLUSIVE: IRA thriller Borderland is set to feature an exciting cast of John Boyega (Star Wars), Jack Reynor (Midsommar), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim) and Felicity Jones (The Theory Of Everything).
The film will follow an Irish paramilitary, Michael (Reynor), who witnesses the shooting of his pregnant wife at…
John Boyega may no longer be part of the Star Wars galaxy after last year's The Rise of Skywalker, but the passionately outspoken actor is still very much a part of the Disney family.
Just hours after giving a powerful speech on the death of George Floyd, racism and police violence at a Black Lives Matter march in Lond…
