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Refresh for updates Tributes to John Witherspoon continued throughout the night after news broke that the actor and comedian had passed. “RIP my brother,” tweeted David Alan Grier. “You will be missed.” Chance the Rapper called him “the definition of an icon.” “The world is a little less funny today,” wrote Samuel L…

MGM and Bron Creative have finalized the cast for its Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson, who was previously announced in the lead role. Pic follows the rise of Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom. Production begins Nov. 1. Pic will be…

EXCLUSIVE: Marlon Wayans has signed with WME. The news comes as he most recently took on seven lead roles in Netflix's Sextuplets, a comedy he also wrote and produced that bowed on the streaming service in August. He next will be seen in Sofia Coppola and Apple-A24's On the Rocks, opposite Bill Murray and Rashida…

EXCLUSIVE: Marlon Wayans has been set to host the 20th annual Golden Trailer Awards, which recognize the year’s best in movie marketing trailers, commercials and posters. This year’s ceremony is May 29 at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Netflix leads this year's nominations announced last week…

EXCLUSIVE: Marlon Wayans has joined Bill Murray and Rashida Jones in Apple-A24’s first movie On the Rocks from Oscar-winning director Sofia Coppola. As previously announced, On the Rocks follows a young mother (Jones) who reconnects with her larger than life playboy father (Murray) on an adventure through New York…

EXCLUSIVE: Molly Shannon (Private Life, SNL), Glynn Turman (Queen Sugar, How To Get Away With Murder), Michael Ian Black (Insatiable, Wet Hot American Summer) and Debbi Morgan (Power, The Defenders) are set for supporting roles as production on the Netflix original film Sextuplets is currently underway. Starring Marlon…

EXCLUSIVE: Marlon Wayans is back in business with Netflix on the new comedy Sextuplets and he’s reuniting with his Marlon TV series star Bresha Webb. The pic, which goes into production next month in Atlanta, is eyeing a worldwide stream date next year. Written by Mike Glock, Rick Alvarez and Wayans, Sextuplets tells…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has set Marlon Wayans and Regina Hall to star in Naked, a remake of the 2000 Swedish film Naken. The romantic comedy reunites Wayans with helmer Michael Tiddes, who directed him in A Haunted House and most recently Fifty Shades Of Black. Cory Koller, Wayans and Rick Alvarez wrote the script. Netflix…

Justin Lin (Star Trek Beyond) and actor/producer Marlon Wayans have been named as judges for the 11th annual NBCUniversal Short Film Festival. They will be joined by Will Packer (Ride Along), Tracey Wigfield (The Mindy Project), Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat), Hasan Minaj (The Daily Show), Malcolm D. Lee (Barbershop…

NBC has handed out two more comedy series orders to shows from its own studio: the multi-camera family sitcom Marlon, starring Marlon Wayans, and the Tracy Wigfield single-camera project — now called Great News — that is executive produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. The mother-daughter workplace comedy is…

Former Late Night With Jimmy Fallon writer-performer Diallo Riddle has joined Marlon Wayans in NBC's multi-camera comedy pilot Marlon. Loosely inspired by Wayans' life, Marlon centers on Marlon (Wayans), an inappropriate but loving father who is committed to successfully co-parenting with his polar opposite ex-wife…

We are officially in pilot season. NBC has given pilot orders to three comedies: Marlon, starring Marlon Wayans from Chris Moynihan; the DC Comics-themed Powerless, from Ben Queen; and an untitled project from Matt Hubbard & Mike Schur. Additionally, NBC reaffirmed the pilot order announced in August to an untitled…