Tyler Perry’s forthcoming Netflix series Beauty in Black has found its central cast members — and several of them have already paid a visit to the Perry-verse.
Beauty in Black, which will span 16 hour-long episodes in its first season, centers on two women leading very different lives: While Kimmie is struggling to make a living after her mother kicked her out, Mallory is running a successful business, and the two find themselves entangled in each other’s lives.
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Beauty in Black, which will span 16 hour-long episodes in its first season, centers on two women leading very different lives: While Kimmie is struggling to make a living after her mother kicked her out, Mallory is running a successful business, and the two find themselves entangled in each other’s lives.
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- 4/4/2024
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
‘Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black’: Netflix Reveals Cast For New Series Under Creator’s First Look Deal
Netflix has revealed the cast of Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black, a new series coming to the streamer that’s the result of a previously announced creative partnership.
The pact calls for Perry will write, direct, and produce feature films and series under a multi-year first-look deal.
Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black follows two women leading very different lives. While Kimmie is struggling to make a living after her mother kicked her out, and Mallory is running a successful business, they find themselves entangled in each other’s lives.
The 16-episode hour-long drama is written, directed, and produced by Perry.
The cast includes Taylor Polidore Williams (Divorce in the Black; Snowfall) as Kimmie; Amber Reign Smith (Outlaw Posse; Wu-Tang: An American Saga) as Rain; Crystle Stewart (Tyler Perry’s The Oval; Acrimony) as Mallory; Ricco Ross (A Husband for Christmas; Aliens) as Horace; Debbi Morgan (Power; Power Book...
The pact calls for Perry will write, direct, and produce feature films and series under a multi-year first-look deal.
Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black follows two women leading very different lives. While Kimmie is struggling to make a living after her mother kicked her out, and Mallory is running a successful business, they find themselves entangled in each other’s lives.
The 16-episode hour-long drama is written, directed, and produced by Perry.
The cast includes Taylor Polidore Williams (Divorce in the Black; Snowfall) as Kimmie; Amber Reign Smith (Outlaw Posse; Wu-Tang: An American Saga) as Rain; Crystle Stewart (Tyler Perry’s The Oval; Acrimony) as Mallory; Ricco Ross (A Husband for Christmas; Aliens) as Horace; Debbi Morgan (Power; Power Book...
- 4/4/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Bridge & Tunnel and 13 Reasons Why actor Jan Luis Castellanos is among supporting cast for thriller Saint Clare, starring Bella Thorne, Ryan Phillippe, Rebecca De Mornay, Frank Whaley, Bart Johnson and Dylan Flashner.
Currently in post-production, Saint Clare follows Clare Bleecker (Thorne), a quiet catholic college student with a divine vocation for killing. Phillippe will play the role of Timmons, a police officer investigating the latest murder in the small town, with Clare as his prime suspect. Whaley will portray Mailman Bob, a ghost from Clare’s past, with Johnson pulling double duty as twin brothers Joe and Randall, and Flashner set for the supporting role of Wade.
Castellanos will portray the role of Truman, a mysterious college student who becomes one of Clare’s friends and then a love interest. Also among cast are Myrom Kingery, Erica Dasher and Joy Rovaris.
Mitzi Peirone has directed the film, based on Don Roff’s novel.
Currently in post-production, Saint Clare follows Clare Bleecker (Thorne), a quiet catholic college student with a divine vocation for killing. Phillippe will play the role of Timmons, a police officer investigating the latest murder in the small town, with Clare as his prime suspect. Whaley will portray Mailman Bob, a ghost from Clare’s past, with Johnson pulling double duty as twin brothers Joe and Randall, and Flashner set for the supporting role of Wade.
Castellanos will portray the role of Truman, a mysterious college student who becomes one of Clare’s friends and then a love interest. Also among cast are Myrom Kingery, Erica Dasher and Joy Rovaris.
Mitzi Peirone has directed the film, based on Don Roff’s novel.
- 8/11/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Vivica A. Fox is proud of the upcoming TV One biopic that chronicles the life of the late Bobbi Kristina Brown.
Fox, who co-stars in Bobbi Kristina, sat down with Et to talk about the film and her friendship with Whitney Houston.
“I think a lot of people are thinking that we’re going to focus on things that are negative but we didn’t,” Fox told Et’s Kevin Frazier. “We absolutely approached this with love and respect.”
Directed by Taye Hodges, the biopic stars newcomer Joy Rovaris as Bobbi Kristina and Nadji Jeter as her boyfriend, Nick Gordon. Hassan Johnson plays Bobby Brown, and Demetria McKinney plays Whitney Houston. Fox signed on to play Pat Houston, the late superstar's sister-in-law and former manager.
Exclusive: 'Hollywood Medium' Helps Bobby Brown Communicate With Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina -- Watch!
The film details the final years of Houston’s life and how her death in 2012 led...
Fox, who co-stars in Bobbi Kristina, sat down with Et to talk about the film and her friendship with Whitney Houston.
“I think a lot of people are thinking that we’re going to focus on things that are negative but we didn’t,” Fox told Et’s Kevin Frazier. “We absolutely approached this with love and respect.”
Directed by Taye Hodges, the biopic stars newcomer Joy Rovaris as Bobbi Kristina and Nadji Jeter as her boyfriend, Nick Gordon. Hassan Johnson plays Bobby Brown, and Demetria McKinney plays Whitney Houston. Fox signed on to play Pat Houston, the late superstar's sister-in-law and former manager.
Exclusive: 'Hollywood Medium' Helps Bobby Brown Communicate With Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina -- Watch!
The film details the final years of Houston’s life and how her death in 2012 led...
- 10/7/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
It was a heartbreaking mirror of her famous mother’s untimely death, and a mystery that remains largely unsolved. Almost three years after the drowning that led to the death of Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of legendary singer Whitney Houston and R&B star Bobby Brown, a controversial new film, Bobbi Kristina, seeks to shed light on the young woman few got to know. Screenwriter Rhonda Baraka says she hoped to “dig a little deeper and understand why this little girl’s life was the way it was.” Certainly, the way it was didn’t seem easy.
For all the mystery still surrounding her death,...
For all the mystery still surrounding her death,...
- 10/6/2017
- by Jordan Runtagh
- PEOPLE.com
Bobbi Kristina Brown will get the biopic treatment this fall, a little over a year after Whitney Houston's only daughter died from a combination of drowning and drug intoxication at the age of 22.
The TV movie, simply titled Bobbi Kristina, will air on TV One in October, and will star Stuck in the Middle actress Joy Rovaris as Brown, Nadji Jeter as her boyfriend, Nick Gordon, and Vivica A. Fox as her aunt Pat Houston.
In a trailer that dropped Monday, Rovaris-as-Brown looks at times distraught as she cries on a bed,...
The TV movie, simply titled Bobbi Kristina, will air on TV One in October, and will star Stuck in the Middle actress Joy Rovaris as Brown, Nadji Jeter as her boyfriend, Nick Gordon, and Vivica A. Fox as her aunt Pat Houston.
In a trailer that dropped Monday, Rovaris-as-Brown looks at times distraught as she cries on a bed,...
- 8/30/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Bobbi Kristina Brown's story is about to be told on the small screen. E! News can exclusively reveal that the made-for-tv biopic centering around Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston's only child will officially premiere Sunday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. on TV One. And E! News also has your exclusive first look at the emotional TV movie in the exclusive trailer above, which is set to air tonight on the network during the premiere of When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story. Stuck in the Middle's Joy Rovaris takes on the role of Bobbi, while Grown Up's Nadji Jeter will portray her boyfriend Nick Gordon, and their complicated relationship is one of the trailer's main focuses, in...
- 8/28/2017
- E! Online
Nearly two years after Bobbi Kristina's death, Whitney Houston's daughter's life is getting the TV movie treatment.
TV One announced on Thursday that a made-for-tv biopic focusing on Houston and Bobby Brown's only child will debut later this summer.
Watch: Bobby Brown Pays Tribute to Late Daughter Bobbi Kristina on Her Birthday: 'Today We Celebrate You Baby Girl'
The project, titled Bobbi Kristina, will offer an "intimate look at the highs and lows of parental, familial and romantic love complicated by fame through the eyes of a sensitive, vulnerable young woman," the network said.
Joy Rovaris cast been cast as Bobbi Kristina, while Nadji Jeter will play her boyfriend, Nick Gordon.
Former Real Housewives of Atlanta star will star as Houston, Hassan Jonson has been tapped to play Brown, and Vivica A. Fox rounds out the cast as Houston's sister-in-law, Pat Houston.
"Bobbi Kristina's high-profile life -- and untimely death -- may have been shrouded...
TV One announced on Thursday that a made-for-tv biopic focusing on Houston and Bobby Brown's only child will debut later this summer.
Watch: Bobby Brown Pays Tribute to Late Daughter Bobbi Kristina on Her Birthday: 'Today We Celebrate You Baby Girl'
The project, titled Bobbi Kristina, will offer an "intimate look at the highs and lows of parental, familial and romantic love complicated by fame through the eyes of a sensitive, vulnerable young woman," the network said.
Joy Rovaris cast been cast as Bobbi Kristina, while Nadji Jeter will play her boyfriend, Nick Gordon.
Former Real Housewives of Atlanta star will star as Houston, Hassan Jonson has been tapped to play Brown, and Vivica A. Fox rounds out the cast as Houston's sister-in-law, Pat Houston.
"Bobbi Kristina's high-profile life -- and untimely death -- may have been shrouded...
- 4/30/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
It’s been nearly two years since the tragic death of Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of R&B singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. And this summer, TV One will turn the 22-year-old’s brief time in the spotlight into a made-for-tv biopic.
The network announced plans for the film, titled Bobbi Kristina, during their annual “upfront” presentation this week, telling reporters the project would offer an “intimate look at the highs and lows of parental, familial and romantic love complicated by fame through the eyes of a sensitive, vulnerable young woman.”
Playing Bobbi Kristina will be Disney channel...
The network announced plans for the film, titled Bobbi Kristina, during their annual “upfront” presentation this week, telling reporters the project would offer an “intimate look at the highs and lows of parental, familial and romantic love complicated by fame through the eyes of a sensitive, vulnerable young woman.”
Playing Bobbi Kristina will be Disney channel...
- 4/28/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Bobbi Kristina Brown's life is headed to the small screen. TV One confirmed Thursday afternoon that a made-for-tv biopic centered around Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston's only child will debut later this summer. According to the cable network, the project titled Bobbi Kristina offers an "intimate look at the highs and lows of parental, familial and romantic love complicated by fame through the eyes of a sensitive, vulnerable young woman." In a new cast photo obtained by E! News, fans can get a preview of what they can expect once it premieres in just a couple of months. Stuck in the Middle's Joy Rovaris will take on the role of Bobbi while Grown Up's Nadji Jeter will portray...
- 4/28/2017
- E! Online
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