The cast of Marvel’s Luke Cage is shaping up nicely. It has been announced that Simone Missick and Mahershala Ali will be joining the upcoming series.

Missick is to portray Missy, a supposed version of Misty Knight and the female lead. Ali will portray Cornell “Cottonmouth” Stokes, a Harlem nightclub owner, who becomes an antagonist of Cage with his unsavory activities.

Missick and Ali join Mike Colter, who will be playing Luke Cage, and Alfre Woodard, who will be playing villain Black Mariah. Rosario Dawson will also reprise her role as Claire Temple from Daredevil.

Cheo Hodari Coker will serve as showrunner.

Luke Cage is set to be released on Netflix in 2016.

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Tony Todd has signed on to voice the villain Zoom in the upcoming season of The Flash, joining a cast that has already proved to be diverse. He will make his first appearance in the second episode.

The Flash‘s executive producer, Andrew Kreisberg told Variety,

“Last year, with the Reverse-Flash, we just modulated Tom Cavanagh’s voice, and this year we wanted to do something a little bit different. Part of the mystery of the season is who or what is underneath the Zoom outfit, and so we wanted to do something like James Earl Jones as Darth Vader — this iconic voice coming out of this mask. Last year, we thought of the Reverse-Flash as a speed warrior; this year, Zoom is like a speed demon, and no one does demon-voice better than Tony Todd.”

It will be a while before we find out who is beneath the mask, but that should be interesting.

What will be certain is that Tony Todd will be bring a good performance. He has been in over 100 films and television shows. He is no stranger to voice work, as he voiced The Fallen in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen among other roles.

Season Two of The Flash premieres Tuesday, October 6 at 8/7c on The CW.

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It’s already been established that 2015 is the year of the biopic. But it seems that it’s also the year of the remake/reboot. It seems like every week, some series or film is getting remade. Now, we can add The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to that list.

Will Smith has taken the helm with his production company, Overbrook Entertainment. It’s unclear if it will be a reboot or a continuation of the original series, but the pitch is being finalized and will soon be shopped around.

Will this series be connected to the first? Will Aunt Viv be dark skinned or light skinned? Will it star Jaden Smith? Will Geoffrey be there? Does anyone want this series?

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Mufasa may be dead, but his spirit never strays too far from Pride Rock. James Earl Jones will be reprising his iconic role as belated king Mufasa in The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar, a sequel to The Lion King series. He will be joining Gabrielle Union, who’s voicing Nala. Other cast members include Diamond White as the cheetah Fuli and Dusan Brown as the hippo Beshte.

The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar will air as a Disney Channel film then be followed by a series on Disney Junior. Simba and Nala’s son, Kion.

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It looks like the producers of The CW DC universe is upping its melanin count. Earlier it was announced that Echo Kellum has been cast as Mr. Terrific in Arrow. The Arrow version is Curtis Holt, a tech inventor at Palmer Technologies, who also happens to be gay.

The West family in The Flash will also get an addition in the form of Wally West, known in the comics as Kid Flash. Keiynan Lonsdale will be donning the role. He will enter The Flash as a series regular. It will be interesting to see what his connection to the West family will be since he was Iris’s nephew in the comics. Maybe he’ll be Joe West’s nephew or his estranged son. I guess we’ll see.

Season Two of Arrow premieres October 7 at 8/7c on The CW.

Season Two of The Flash premieres October 6 at 8/7c on The CW.

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Have you seen everything worth seeing on Netflix? Or maybe you want more content centered around Black people? kweliTV is that answer. kweliTV is a streaming platform that offers content covering the African Diaspora, including films, documentaries, and web series, that will be accessible to every available device. kweliTV is in Beta now, so take advantage of these introductory prices. kweliTV offers three affordable plans to fit your needs.

Annual (Carpe Dieme) — For $19.99 a year ($49.99 if you subscribe after beta), you can: Access to the entire library; Watch unlimited content; Never get interrupted with commercials during shows; Weekly e-newsletter; Three devices per account; Free passes to events; Annual ‘Year in Review” magazine; and Cancel Anytime

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You can sign up for kweliTV here.

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Will Smith and Jay Z are pairing up again to produce a miniseries about Emmett Till.

Emmett Till was a Black teen who was brutally murdered at the age of 14 in Mississippi while on a family visit. He was accused of flirting with a white woman and killed by her husband and his brother.

The story of Emmett Till is an emotional and racially charged one, playing a role in the Civil Rights Movement. Bringing his story on screen could have an effect similar to Fruitvale Station, which had many viewers in tears upon watching.

Will Smith and Jay Z have worked together before on the film Annie. There are no writers on board yet. The miniseries is due to air on HBO.

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One episode into its sophomore season, and Power has already been renewed for another season of ten episodes. The season premiere scored 3.62 million viewers, a record for the most watched episode of an original series on the network.

The adventures of Ghost will continue for a little while longer. I’m sure creator/showrunner, Courtney Kemp Agboh has many more stories to tell, and we will be anxiously waiting.

Power airs Saturdays at 9/8c on Starz.

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A live-action digital series is in the works at Warner Bros for the superhero Static Shock. The Static Shock animated series was over well before its time, so I was waiting for a new incarnation. Well, Tyler James Williams gave an interview where he confirmed that Jaden Smith would be putting on Static’s mask. Check out TJW’s interview below and let us know how you feel about Jaden Smith as Static Shock.

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More updates. ABC has released their fall schedule and it’s more of the same. Black-ish will be staying on Wednesdays at 9:30/8:30c, where it will continue to compete with Empire. TGIT is intact with Scandal on Thursdays at 9/8c and How to Get Away with Murder following at 10/9c.

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