Latest in Orlando Jones

EXCLUSIVE: Apple is solidifying the cast for Season 2 of its sports drama Swagger. Orlando Jones (Winning Time) and Shannon Brown (Setup) have joined as new series regulars, and Christina Jackson and Sean Anthony Baker, who recurred in Season 1, have been promoted to regulars. Created by Reggie Rock Bythewood, Swagger…

EXCLUSIVE: Orlando Jones has booked a recurring role opposite Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba in the second season of Spectrum’s L.A.’s Finest. This is Jones’ first TV series casting following his two seasons on Starz’s American Gods as trickster god Anansi, aka Mr. Nancy. Jones made headlines recently, claiming he…

Right out of the gates, Starz president and CEO Jeffrey Hirsch was asked about his feelings in regards to Orlando Jones’ heated comments about his exit from American Gods, how his character of Mr. Nancy is sending the wrong message to black America, and his feelings about Season 3 showrunner Chic Eglee. “Orlando is a…

UPDATED with Fremantle’s Response: SAG-AFTRA is expanding its investigation into Fremantle following the departure of Orlando Jones on American Gods.  This comes after the Gabrielle Carteris-led union had already began investigating the RTL-owned producer over Gabrielle Union's exit on America’s Got Talent. In its…

"I'm really trying to do my level best to create an environment for the future, because there are plenty of folks who are going to come behind me with that company who are going to experience the same thing that I experienced," Orlando Jones says of his decision to go public a few days ago with what he calls his firing…

UPDATE, 3:45 PM: EXCLUSIVE: The departure of Orlando Jones from the third season of American Gods is not about race, says Fremantle, it is about story. “The storylines of American Gods have continually shifted and evolved to reflect the complex mythology of the source material,” says a spokesperson for the company to…

Just more than three years after his death, Nelson Mandela may still be too dominant, too regal and too multi-faceted a figure of history for any one book, film or television miniseries to grasp. But BET's Lawrence Fishburne-starring Madiba certainly makes a powerful and often successful effort out of the…

"This conversation is so necessary because there are 56 million Americans with a disability. That is 20% of the population. But if you judged our existence by what you see on TV, you would think we made up less than 1%," said actress Marlee Matlin. "Movies aren’t much better — there is something wrong with the entire…

Orlando Jones (Madiba, Sleepy Hollow) has been cast in American Gods, Starz's upcoming straight-to-series adaptation of Neil Gaiman's acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel, which is filming in Toronto. Jones will play Mr. Nancy, the old African trickster god more commonly known as Anansi, and one of Mr. Wednesday's…

EXCLUSIVE: The actor is going from the supernatural on the small screen to the controversial world of cults on the big screen. Orlando Jones and his Drive-By Entertainment partner Noam Dromi have optioned the rights to cult deprogrammer Ted Patrick’s story. Jones and Dromi intend to write the screenplay as a starring…

Orlando Jones and Katia Winter (Dexter) have been cast in Sleepy Hollow, Fox’s drama pilot co-written by Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci and directed by Len Wiseman. A modern–day supernatural thriller based on The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, the project, from 20th TV and K/O Paper Products, follows Ichabod Crane as he…

EXCLUSIVE: Designing women alumna Delta Burke is set as a lead of another comedy about sisters running a business together, ABC/Sony TV's multi-camera pilot Counter Culture. Written and executive produced by writer-actress Stephnie Weir and executive produced by Claudia Lonow, Counter Culture revolves around three…