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While it seemed like Mo’Nique and Lee Daniels might have parted ways for good, following the success of their 2009 film Precious, the two have reunited for a new film. Deadline reports that Mo’Nique will star in Daniels’ forthcoming Netflix film package Demon House, as a replacement for Octavia Spencer. Spencer was slated to appear […]
Mo’Nique has shared more details about her highly publicized beef with some of Hollywood’s biggest players. During a recent appearance on Turnt Out with TS Madison, the 54-year-old actress/comedian was asked about her years-long claims about being “blackballed.” Mo’Nique previously called out Tyler Perry, Oprah Winfrey, and Lee Daniels alleging they tarnished her career after she declined to participate […]
Lee Daniels was almost given the opportunity to give his take on one of Marvel’s staple characters. During an interview with Collider, Daniels claimed that Hugh Jackman approached him about directing a Wolverine film. Daniels revealed that Jackman wanted him behind the camera because he was impressed by his groundbreaking film, Precious. Yet as many would expect, the combination […]
Acclaimed writer, director, and producer Lee Daniels is set to produce a reboot of the late ’80s/early ’90s sitcom The Wonder Years. Per Variety, the pilot has received production commitment at ABC. Yet unlike the original series—which follows a white family through the turbulence of the late ’60s and early ’70s—the reboot will feature a Black middle-class family dealing […]
Lee Daniels revealed that he was originally set to direct Brokeback Mountain instead of Ang Lee, who ended up taking the helm. In a new interview with Insider, the tenured director spoke about how Brokeback Mountain was originally going to be his directing debut—which ended up being his film Shadowboxer that was released in 2005 starring Helen Mirren and Cuba Gooding Jr.—and talked about how he […]
Dame Dash was in the news last year after he publicly confronted filmmaker Lee Daniels over money he was allegedly owed. Ultimately, the two came to a settlement in September following their legal battle over the Richard Pryor biopic, with Daniels reportedly paying Dash somewhere around $1.7 million. However, it would appear the money Dash […]
In 2018, Empire creator and director Lee Daniels and Damon Dash reached an agreement over a lawsuit pertaining to a proposed Richard Pryor biopic. The long-gestating project has been in development hell since around 2013, and Daniels was first attached as director in 2014. Dash accused the director of breaching their contract over the biopic, which Dash […]
Jussie Smollett‘s possible return to Empire doesn’t seem likely. Series co-creator Lee Daniels denied a report from Variety that suggested the embattled entertainer would return to the show. “Jussie [Smollett] will NOT be returning to ‘Empire,’” Daniels said, per the publication. Variety previously reported the show’s staff expects Smollett to be featured in the second half of the sixth and final […]
Empire co-creator Lee Daniels took to Instagram on Wednesday to briefly discuss how the ongoing Jussie Smollett case has impacted himself, the cast, and the hit Fox TV series as a whole. “These past couple of weeks have been a freakin’ rollercoaster,” Daniels said. “We have, me and my cast have experienced pain and anger and sadness […]
Deadline reports Tyrese Gibson has been tapped to portray Teddy Pendergrass in an upcoming biopic after Warner Bros. acquired the life rights of the late singer. “I am honored to take this journey… this is the role that I feel I was born to play,” Gibson said in a statement. “Teddy Pendergrass embraced me and before he […]
