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EXCLUSIVE: Derek Webster (In the Dark) and Taylor Handley (APB) have been cast opposite Jeremy Renner and Dianne Wiest in Paramount+’s drama series Mayor of Kingstown, from Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan, Antoine Fuqua, 101 Studios and MTV Entertainment Studios.

“Training Day” director Antoine Fuqua is set to produce and direct an adaptation of “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof” starring an all-Black cast.

Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Magnificent Seven) will direct and produce a film adaptation of the Tennessee Williams’ play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof based on the 2008 Broadway production featuring an all-Black cast.

When you think of an Antoine Fuqua film, you are probably reminded of “Training Day,” “The Equalizer,” “Southpaw,” and even “The Magnificent Seven” remake. Those films are definitely good examples of the types of projects the filmmaker typically takes on, filled with action and thrills.

British actress-model Emma Laird has been cast as a lead opposite Jeremy Renner and Dianne Wiest in Paramount+’s drama series Mayor of Kingstown, from Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan, Antoine Fuqua, 101 Studios and MTV Entertainment Studios.

(CNN)Georgia has lost a major production because of its newly restrictive voting legislation.It was announced Monday that director/producer Antoine Fuqua and his Fuqua Films and actor/producer Will Smith and his media company Westbrook Inc.

Emancipation is moving its production from the state of Georgia following the passing of controversial new voting laws.This year, new laws were set out in the state which mean all voters will require ID in order to vote, a move that many believe will disproportionately harm Black and ethnic minority voters.In a joint statement announcing the move away from Georgia – the first major film to boycott the state following the new laws passing – Smith and director Antoine Fuqua said: “At this moment

Will Smith is moving production for his upcoming movie Emancipation.

In a move that takes aim at the restrictive voting laws of Georgia, director Antoine Fuqua and Will Smith are withdrawing the production of their slave dramaEmancipationfrom the state. Fuqua, who is directing and producing through his Fuqua Films, and Smith, who starring in and producing the production via his media company Westbrook Inc, made the announcement Monday.

Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua are pulling their Apple-produced thriller "Emancipation" from Georgia due to the state's recently passed voting laws.  The actor and director released a statement to Fox News on Monday announcing the change, noting that they can’t "in good conscience" provide money to Georgia that filming there would bring in as they feel the new laws amount to Reconstruction-era voter suppression.  "At this moment in time, the Nation is coming to terms with its history and

feel compelled to move our film production work from Georgia to another state.”The decision comes despite calls from prominent Black figures like former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams urging Hollywood not to boycott the state. “Boycotts work best when the target of your boycott is responsive, and unfortunately we are not dealing with good actors here.

Georgia is starting to lose Hollywood business over its latest controversial legislation.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen reactions by Hollywood about the new voting laws that were recently passed in Georgia. These laws are a direct response to the recent election which saw the state vote for two Democratic senators and also for Joe Biden as the President of the United States.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAntoine Fuqua and Will Smith will move production on their big-budget, runaway slave thriller “Emancipation” out of Georgia in protest over the state’s controversial new voting restrictions.The announcement continues the economic fallout from Gov. Brian Kemp and the state legislature’s decision to pass new regulations that critics maintain amount to voter suppression, aimed at reducing the turnout of people of color.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage will now hit theaters a week later than previously announced, on September 24.

EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Schwarzenegger is joining Chris Pratt in Amazon’s conspiracy-thriller series The Terminal List, based on Jack Carr’s bestselling novel, in a key recurring role.

Credit director Antoine Fuqua for being very aware that the documentary he started off making inThe Day Sports Stood Still is not, in fact, the documentary that will premiere on HBO on Wednesday (March 24) night. Twice in the 85-minute film, Fuqua plays the same Chris Paul quote about how when they originally talked about doing the doc, its focus was primarily the impact of COVID-19 on the sports world.

Sometimes passion projects are teased but never happen. And sometimes, if you’re lucky, these projects will eventually get made, even if it takes years to do so.

Jamie Foxx is set to star in a biographical television series centered on the life of Mike Tyson, Fox News has confirmed. The limited series, titled "Tyson," is said to be executive produced by the boxing legend himself as well as Foxx, Antoine Fuqua and Martin Scorsese.  The project has been many years in the making.

Mike Tyson is giving his seal of approval to a new limited series documenting both his professional and personal journey. 

Tyson, which was originally floated as a biopic, has now been confirmed as a TV series with Martin Scorsese joining both Foxx and Tyson on executive producer duties.

Jamie Foxx will be playing Mike Tyson on the small screen in a limited series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Jamie Foxx is heading to the boxing ring.The Oscar winner will play boxing great Mike Tyson for an «authorized» biographical limited series, , it was announced Monday. Foxx will also executive produce alongside Tyson, Martin Scorsese and director Antoine Fuqua.will span the life of the boxing legend.“I have been looking to tell my story for quite some time,” said Tyson in a statement.

A second biographical TV series about Mike Tyson is in the works – this one starring Jamie Foxx as the boxing legend and exec produced by Antoine Fuqua and Martin Scorsese.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJamie Foxx will play boxing great Mike Tyson in a new biographical limited series, Variety has learned.The series, titled simply “Tyson,” is not currently set up at a network or streaming service, but will no doubt find one quickly given the names attached to it already.

Oscar winner Dianne Wiest has been tapped to star opposite Jeremy Renner in Paramount+’s drama series Mayor of Kingstown, from Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan, Antoine Fuqua, 101 Studios and MTV Entertainment Studios.

A series based on the life of Zulu King Shaka is in the works at Showtime.

Showtime has given a series order to hourlong drama Shaka: King of the Zulu Nation, executive produced and directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day). The series, an epic drama centered around one man’s personal journey from stigmatized childhood to warrior king, hails from writers Olu Odebunmi and Tolu Awosika (The Terminal List), Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens’ Propagate, Fuqua Films and CBS Studios, the studio behind Showtime’s biggest series, Your Honor.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterShowtime has ordered a drama series about Zulu king Shaka, with Antoine Fuqua onboard to direct and executive produce, Variety has learned.“Shaka: King of the Zulu Nation” hails from writers and executive producers Olu Odebunmi and Tolu Awosika.