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Donald Glover has hit out at his ’30 Rock’ hiring as a “diversity thing”. The Golden Globe and Grammy-winning actor and singer, 39, wrote for and occasionally starring in the NBC sitcom, which ran from 2006 to 2013, but he says its creator Tina Fey, 52, told him he was brought on as part of a box-ticking initiative. He told GQ: “There is no animosity between us or anything like that, but (Tina Fey) said it herself... it was a diversity thing. “It definitely didn’t feel like I was supposed to be there. “I used to have stress dreams every night where I was doing cartwheels on the top of a New Yo...
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Kenya Barris is to direct a 'Wizard of Oz' remake. The 'Black-ish' creator has been tapped to write and helm the Warner Bros. reimagining of L. Frank Baum's book 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'. The story has been retold on both the big and small screens several times, most famously in the classic 1939 movie that starred Judy Garland in the role of Dorothy. The plot follows Dorothy, a Kansas farm girl who is swept away by a tornado and finds herself – as well as her dog Toto – in the colourful Land of Oz The movie will be a modern reimagining of the classic musical and Kenya's Khalabo Ink Society...
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Snoop Dogg is set to star in 'The Underdoggs'. The 50-year-old rapper will also produce the upcoming MGM comedy through his production company Death Row Pictures, with Kenya Barris, Mychelle Deschamps, Constance Schwartz-Morini and Jonathan Glickman also producing. The movie tells the story of NFL superstar Jaycen '2Js' Jenning (Snoop), who agrees to coach a youth football team to rehabilitate his image after he has a run-in with the law. Snoop said: "The Underdoggs is a real personal project for me considering that I’ve been coaching football for 15+ years with the Snoop Youth Football League...
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Timothee Chalamet, Jaden Smith, Vanessa Hudgens and more have lent their voices to Kid Cudi's upcoming Netflix animated series, 'Entergalactic'. 'Day 'n' Nite' hitmaker Kudi - whose real name is Scott Mescudi - has teamed up and 'black-ish' creator Kenya Barris on the star-studded programme. A description read: "Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi and Kenya Barris join forces to present Entergalactic, an original, animated story about a young artist named Jabari (Mescudi) as he attempts to balance love and success. Finding the latter brings Jabari a step closer to the former, when moving into his dream a...
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus has joined Jonah Hill and Eddie Murphy in a new Netflix comedy movie. Kenya Barris is making his directorial debut with the untitled film and wrote the script with Jonah. Plot details on the project are being kept under wraps, but it is said to be an incisive examination of modern love and family dynamics and how culture, societal expectations and generational differences can shape and affect relationships. Eddie and Jonah's characters will find themselves on opposite sides of those divides while Julia has been cast as Hill's mother in the film. Jonah and Kenya are producin...
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Zach Braff is to star in the 'Cheaper by the Dozen' remake. The 45-year-old actor is attached to star with Gabrielle Union in a reimagining of the comedy flick for Disney+. The plot centres on a multiracial, blended family of 12, who have to navigate a hectic home life while managing their family business. Zach will play the father opposite Gabrielle as the mother. Gail Lerner is directing the movie with Kenya Barris co-writing the script and producing the project. The pair previously collaborated on the TV sitcom 'Black-ish'. The movie is slated for release at some point in 2022. 'Cheaper by ...
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