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Karen Pittman (The Morning Show) and The Wire alum Wood Harris are set as leads opposite Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone in Forever, Netflix’s upcoming drama series from Girlfriends and Being Mary Jane creator Mara Brock Akil.
A reimagining of Judy Blume’s influential — and controversial — 1975 novel Forever… for a new generation, the series adaptation tells the epic love story of two Black teens, Keisha Clark (Simone) and Justin Edwards (Cooper Jr.) exploring romance and their identities through the awkward journey of being each other’s firsts, set in Los Angeles, 2018.
Pittman plays Dawn, a college-educated, top executive in corporate finance with an easy elegance that belies her loving but paranoid form of parenting, Justin’s (Cooper Jr.) mother Dawn might be strict at times, but it’s always out of love. She’s worked hard to give him the things he needs to succeed in life and wants him to make smart decisions.
Harris portrays Eric, a restauranteur with a high school and life degree, the more lenient parent who always plays referee, Justin’s (Cooper Jr.) father Eric knows that his son feels immense academic and athletic pressure to obtain a higher education and not mess up the head start his family has worked so hard to provide him. He has a good relationship with his son, and though he’s not as intense as his wife, he has a clear set of boundaries.
Brock Akil, who serves as showrunner, executive produces alongside Blume, Susie Fitzgerald, Erika Harrison, Sara White, Regina King, Reina King, and Shana Waterman. The project stems from Brock Akil’s overall deal at Netflix.
Pittman can currently be seen on Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, where she was part of this year’s SAG Award-nominated ensemble cast and also
Well, fans might be thrilled by this Daredevil: Born Again news.
One week on since Lenny Henry officially announced he would no longer be presenting the bi-annual Comic Relief live shows on TV, the comedy heavyweight looked happier than ever as he was spotted filming for his brand new Netflix series in Greater Manchester. Dressed in a stylish green polo shirt with blue collar and matching flat cap, the 65 year old actor flashed a cheeky smile on the set of Missing You, the latest of Harlan Coben’s novels to be adapted by the streaming service, following the success of his earlier novels including Fool Me Once, The Stranger and Safe.
Karen Pittman is not returning for And Just Like That… season 3.
Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com Karen Pittman — who played Dr. Nya Wallace on “And Just Like That” since the “Sex and the City” revival premiered in 2021 — will not return for Season 3. After two seasons on the “Sex and the City” revival series on Max, the streamer announced that Pittman would not reprise her character for the upcoming season, due to scheduling conflicts.
EXCLUSIVE: A fan-favorite character is leaving And Just Like That… Karen Pittman, who played Nya Wallace in the first two seasons of the Sex and the City sequel, will not be returning for the upcoming third season of the hit Max series.
A first look at Netflix’s Eric is here!
The first teaser trailer for Jeff Bridges‘ new limited series has been released!
Naomie Harris is the latest to join the Steven Soderbergh thriller Black Bag at Focus Features. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Rege-Jean Page and Marisa Abela. Soderbergh will direct from a script by David Koepp. Casey Silver and Greg Jacobs producing are producing.
No stranger to the small screen thanks to his Disney+ shows, actor Jeff Goldblum (“Thor: Ragnarok”) returns to television year with “KAOS,” a new six-episode series from creator Charlie Covell (“The End Of The F***ing World”). All-powerful, cruel, and occasionally benevolent, eff Goldblum plays Zeus, King of the gods.
EXCLUSIVE: Kurt Sutter‘s upcoming Netflix Western drama The Abandons is rounding out its recurring cast with 10, including Patton Oswalt (A.P. Bio), Sarah Grace White (The Bastard Executioner), Michael Ornstein (Sons of Anarchy) and Elle-Maija Tailfeathers (Three Pines).
For years, questions have plagued Marvel Studios about their relationship with their TV offshoots. Were those series canon? And if so, why did the movies generally ignore their existence, while the shows were always so thirsty to connect to the movies? The answer to these questions of canon—are they all connected or not canonically— seemed to arrive a few months ago when Disney+ added all of its Netflix series to the official Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline around the release of “Echo,” a series with close ties to Netflix’s “Daredevil.” Fans immediately assumed this meant all the Netflix shows and heroes were now part of the MCU proper, and it turns out they were right.
Game Of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have shared why Barack Obama declined being in their upcoming Netflix series.The pair, who created the eight-part series 3 Body Problem, reportedly asked the former US President to appear in a cameo role.The series –which is based on Liu Cixin’s best-selling novel, The Three-Body Problem – is set during an alien invasion which threatens to wipe out humanity.
Jamie Dornan has not one but two exciting roles to look forward to in a new Netflix series.
Prince Harry may still be quarrelling with his family and the British courts, but Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has put a dispute with one of her relatives behind her.
Oscars 2024 is taking place tonight (March 10) in Los Angeles, with Oppenheimer, Poor Things, and Killers Of The Flower Moon set to battle it out for the top gongs.The ceremony will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for a fourth time.Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer leads the nominations going into the event with 13 nods, including Best Director, Best Picture and Best Actor. Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things follows on 11, while Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon is in the running in 10 categories.
Angelique Jackson “And Just Like That” and The Morning Show” star Karen Pittman is adding to her stacked TV slate by joining Mara Brock Akil’s “Forever” alongside “The Wire” alum and “Creed” franchise stalwart Wood Harris. Brock Akil’s highly-anticipated adaptation of Judy Blum’s 1975 Judy Blume novel “Forever” was originally ordered at Netflix in 2022 under the “Girlfriends” creator’s overall deal.
The Gentleman, based on Guy Ritchie's film of the same name from 2019, landed on Netflix on March 7 and follows Eddie Halstead (played by Theo James) who inherits his family estate and the drugs business that comes with it. He is thrown into the criminal world as he looks to break his family free of their criminal connections. As fans make their way through the eight-part series, OK! takes a look at how the first season came to an end.
This year, 14 TV shows have already been canceled across numerous networks and streaming platforms.
The highly anticipated Netflix series The Gentlemen arrives on the streaming platform on Thursday 7 March with Theo James and Kaya Scodelario in the main roles as Eddie Halstead and Susie Glass.The series sounds familiar because Guy Ritchie, writer, executive producer and director also created the film with the same name. During the making of the series, the cast and crew filmed in various locations from Brocket Hall to Badminton House but during one take, the team made a costly error. During a Q&A at the world premiere, Guy revealed an incident on set left them in trouble.
Chris Harrison is getting hitched to Dr. Phil‘s new media venture. The former host of The Bachelor is coming back to TV to host a morning show and a dating series, and will contribute to Dr. Phil Primetime.