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Exclusive: BET+ and MegaMind Media are collaborating on the true crime biopic Fighting To Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story, starring Dyllón Burnside (Pose), D.B. Woodside (9-1-1: Lone Star) and A.J. Johnson (Baby Boy). Curry was first featured in the BET+ hit unscripted series American Gangster: Trap Queens.

From writer La Jill Hunt, the biopic is based on the real-life story of Dwen Curry, born amid the infamous Detroit riots of the late sixties, and raised during the height of the eighties crack cocaine epidemic. The true crime drama tackles the topics of love and identity while diving into Curry’s complex life experiences as a gay celebrity stylist in Oakland who secretly financed a lavish lifestyle by fraudulently acquiring millions to build a criminal empire and survive the violent street lifestyle.

Official synopsis from BET+: “Based on a powerful true-life story, Detroit native Dwen Curry moves to Oakland,...

Exclusive: The new BET+ Original film The Deadly Getaway is set to premiere on May 9. The MegaMind Media-produced thriller stars Jason Weaver, Yandy Smith, Jeff Logan and Princess Love.

The Deadly Getaway tells the story of an upwardly mobile couple traveling to a glamorous campsite destination for a romantic weekend getaway that quickly turns nightmarish. Jacob (Weaver) plans to propose to his girlfriend of two years, Hope (Smith), but the arrival of her obsessive ex-boyfriend, Derrick (Logan), and his girlfriend, Jada (Tressa Azarel Smallwood) complicates things.

Tensions and jealousy mount as Derrick becomes inappropriate with his flirtations. Things get even worse when the owners of the Away Pod go missing and Hope discovers Derrick has a dark secret he’s keeping from them all. Wanted by the police for a botched robbery and murder, there’s nothing Derrick won’t do to protect his secret even if it means killing his precious Hope.

Wicked City is returning for a third season. The supernatural drama, co-created by Kristin Iris Johnson and Serena M. Lee, has been renewed by the Allblk streaming service two months after the second season finale aired on December 7th.

Starring Vanessa Bell Calloway, Shaquita Smith, Gary Sturgis, Chantel Maurice, and Chanel Mack, the Wicked City series follows five urban witches who have pushed their powers to the limit.

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Exclusive: The AMC Allblk supernatural drama Wicked City has been renewed for a third season with production set to begin in March.

From co-creators and co-writers Kristin Iris Johnson and Serena M. Lee, Wicked City follows five urban witches who push their supernatural powers to new heights after uncovering dark secrets and accidentally entering the world of the forbidden.

Season 2 was set three months after failing to stop a magical slaver named The Handler (Karon Joseph Riley) when the Atlanta coven found themselves broken and separated. Jordan (Shaquita Smith) – who runs The Mystic Haven – and Angela (Chantal Maurice) try and fail to find Sherise (Chanel Mack) who’s being held captive by The Handler. Mona (Mercedez McDowell) moved away, and Camille.

Unbeknownst to the coven, Tabitha (Vanessa Bell Calloway) and Caden (Malika Blessing) are trapped inside...

Exclusive: BET Her has greenlit Black Girl, Erupted from director and star, Vanessa Bell Calloway (This Is Us), and executive producer, Tressa Azarel Smallwood of MegaMind Media. The project is the first feature film under the BET Her Presents: The Couch franchise.

Written by Tiffany Yancey, Black Girl, Erupted follows Reina (Khalilah Joi), a woman paying her dues at a law firm while facing microaggressions from co-workers and her boss Mr. Horowitz (Eric Roberts). Reina’s parents, Cassandra (Vanessa E. Williams), and Donald (Rodney Van Johnson), favor their younger daughter, Reilly, (Janeva Stoute), and consistently remind Reina not to be the “angry black woman” at the firm. The pressure to be perfect and uphold the family’s image wreaks havoc on Reina’s mental state.

B.J. Britt, Kareem Grimes, Brely Evans and Asia’h Epperson also star.

The film reunites Calloway with Smallwood, who has overseen the production of all the...

Exclusive: AllBlk has greenlit the supernatural drama Wicked City from executive producers Tressa “Azarel” Smallwood and Donte Lee set to debut this winter.

The ensemble cast includes Vanessa Bell Calloway, Taylor Polidore, Shaquita Smith, Mercedez McDowell, Chantal Maurice, Chanel Mack, Rhonda Morman, Malika Blessing, Columbus Short, and Rolonda Rochelle.

While living their best life in Atlanta, four young, chic, modern-day witches, Jordan Davis (Smith), Mona De La Cruz (McDowell), Angela Harris (Maurice), and Sherise Baker (Mack) make the acquaintance of Camille (Polidore), a naturally powerful witch who is oblivious to her gift.

Reluctantly, Camille joins the women for a spell, but things take a menacing turn resulting in an accidental death. The witches quickly perform a forbidden resurrection spell, however, it is too late, as a dark sinister being is brought back from the other side. Now, between their complicated personal lives, unearthed secrets of the past, and attempting to defeat a powerful wraith,...