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Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes share brotherly moments in the first look images for Netflix’s upcoming limited series True Story. In True Story, written, executive produced and showrun by Narcos: Mexico EP Eric Newman; Hart plays Kid, a fictional version of himself. The series centers on Kid and Kid’s older brother…

It is hard to believe it has been 33 years since Eddie Murphy played one of his most endearing characters, Prince Akeem of Zamunda, in 1988’s comedy hit, Coming to America. Why it has taken that long for a sequel I am not sure, but I can say after seeing Coming 2 America that they have matched the first not only for…

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes are teaming up to headline True Story, a Netflix limited series written and executive produced by Narcos: Mexico executive producer Eric Newman and produced by Hart’s HartBeat Production. This marks the TV drama debut for Hart who also executive produces the eight-episode…

Netflix’s Dolemite Is My Name tells the true story of the efforts in the 1970s by Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy) to make a movie based on his stage persona Dolemite. Murphy's co-stars and collaborators told the crowd recently at Deadline’s The Contenders New York how they filled in Moore's crazy ensemble. Wesley Snipes…

Eddie Murphy has been trying to bring the life of Rudy Ray Moore to the screen for 15 years, and now he finally has done it. After seeing Murphy roar back to the kind of success that made him a movie superstar, you easily can see why he wanted to do this story of a pioneering stand-up comic/rapper who finally found his…

Wesley Snipes is the latest to join the cast of Paramount’s forthcoming Coming to America sequel, Deadline has confirmed. Craig Brewer is set to direct the follow-up to the 1988 comedy written by Kenya Barris. Eddie Murphy is set to reprise his role as Akeem, the pampered African prince who became bored of potential…

When Kevin Feige dropped the news at Comic-Con that Oscar-winning actor Mahershala Ali will be taking the lead in Marvel Studios’ forthcoming Blade reboot, the crowd in Hall H lost their minds. But since we live in a Twitter age of trolls and naysayers, some didn’t like the news — and Wesley Snipes, who played the…

Wu-tang Clan member turned filmmaker RZA is known for his affinity for anything and everything in the martial arts ilk, but as seen in the first trailer of Cut Throat City, he is going a different route. He took the Comic-Con stage in Hall H  to wax poetic about how he relates to martial arts and how he honors it…

EXCLUSIVE: Well Go USA has secured all North American rights to the New Orleans-set heist drama Cut Throat City, directed Wu-Tang Clan's by RZA, with plans for a 2019 theatrical release. The film stars Terrence Howard, Wesley Snipes, Eiza González (Baby Driver), Tip "T.I." Harris (Ant-Man), Rob Morgan (Mudbound), Kat…

EXCLUSIVE: Empire star Terrence Howard, Wesley Snipes (Blade), Eiza González (Baby Driver), rapper and actor Tip "T.I." Harris (Ant-Man), Demetrius Shipp Jr. (All Eyez on Me) and Shameik Moore (Netflix’s The Get Down) have all been tapped to star in post-Katrina heist drama, Cut Throat City, with Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA at…

Mauro Borelli’s sci-fi thriller The Recall starring Wesley Snipes will bow in select theaters June 2 with the Barco Escape panoramic format, Snipes announced today at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. The film will be released in 2D format June 16 in select cities and on VOD platforms. The Recall centers on a group of friends…

Wesley Snipes is adding author to his résumé: The Blade actor’s first novel, a supernatural thriller called Talon of God, has landed at HarperCollins’ imprint Harper Voyager. The book, co-authored with Ray Norman, will be published in July. The novel’s lead characters are Lauren Jefferson, a young doctor who becomes…