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Insecure and Straight Outta Compton actor Neil Brown, Jr. is set as the lead in the indie drama, Last Night in Rozzie, replacing Allen Maldonado (Black-ish, The Last O.G.) who was previously attached to star. Sean Gannet is at the helm, directing from a script by Ryan McDonough. Brown, Jr. will take over the role of…

Neil Brown Jr. (Straight Outta Compton) is set as a lead in CBS’ untitled Navy SEAL drama pilot from former Justified executive producers Ben Cavell, Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly, and Shameless and Animal Kingdom executive producer Chris Chulack. Written by Cavell, the untitled project follows the lives of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Neil Brown Jr., who played N.W.A’s DJ Yella in Straight Outta Compton, is the latest to be cast in the Biggie-Tupac crime thriller LAbyrinth. He joins stars Johnny Depp and Forest Whitaker in the film about disgraced LAPD detective Russell Poole (Depp), who teams with journalist Jack Jackson (Whitaker)…

Legendary Pictures’ Pacific Rim 2 has added Karan Brar to the cast, joining John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Jing Tian, Cailee Spaeny and Adria Arjona. The Steven S. DeKnigh-directed sequel will be released by Universal on February, 23 2018. Based on the world created by Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham, the actioner…

Neil Brown Jr., who played DJ Yella in Straight Outta Compton, has signed with Don Buchwald & Associates for representation in all areas. Brown was cast this week in BBC America series Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. He next will be seen in Iraq War drama Sand Castle opposite Henry Cavill and Nicholas Hoult…

EXCLUSIVE: Following his portrayal of DJ Yella in the hit N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton, Neil Brown Jr. has joined the cast of the war drama Sand Castle. Written by Chris Roessner and based on his experiences as a machine gunner in Iraq’s Sunni triangle, the film follows soldier Matt Ocre (Nicholas Hoult), part…