Onyx Collective
Kassandra Lee Diaz Stars in ‘Swoon’ Thriller
Kassandra Lee Diaz has nabbed the lead role in Byron Manuel’s thriller and feature directorial debut Swoon. Diaz plays a woman tied to a bed while her captor manipulates her into believing they are engaged. The mysterious men in her life are played by Rich Morrow and DeRon Cash, while Efrangeliz Medina, Dean Wil, Herbert Morales […]
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Kerry Washington Re-Ups ABC Signature Overall Deal as ‘UnPrisoned’ Lands Season 2 Pickup
Kerry Washington has renewed her overall deal with ABC Signature — and will also continue with the studio’s Hulu dramedy UnPrisoned. The streamer has picked up a second season of UnPrisoned, which stars Washington as a single mother whose world is upended when her father (Delroy Lindo) is released from prison and moves in with […]
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Sinclair Daniel Gets Paranoid in Sinister ‘The Other Black Girl’ Trailer
Sinclair Daniel gets rightly paranoid about her workplace as she faces a series of sinister events in the debut trailer for Hulu’s psychological thriller The Other Black Girl, set for a streaming release on Sept. 13. The original series, from Onyx Collective and based on Zakiya Dalila Harris’ 2021 best-selling novel, revolves around Nella Rogers […]
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Guest Column: TV Can Avoid Stereotypes by Centering Families in Shows About Incarceration
I grew up going to federal prisons. From the ages of 4 to 14, I visited my dad twice a year at correctional institutions all over the Midwest — Leavenworth, Terre Haute, Oxford and Sandstone. People sometimes ask me what it was like visiting prison. I usually start off by saying what it wasn’t like: […]
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Queen of Sheba Drama in the Works at Hulu’s Onyx Collective
Onyx Collective came armed with news during its presentation Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival. Disney’s Tara Duncan-led quasi studio has put a Queen of Sheba scripted drama series in development. Onyx, which produces content exclusively for Hulu, has also nabbed two documentaries out of the snowy fest: Questlove’s untitled Sly Stone feature and Ryan […]
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‘The 1619 Project’ Review: Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Groundbreaking Initiative Gets a Frustrating Hulu Adaptation
The New York Times series has been turned into a six-part Hulu doc featuring Oprah Winfrey among its producers.
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Gabourey Sidibe’s Phone Sex Comedy Scores Pilot Pickup From Onyx Collective
Onyx Collective is bulking up. The Disney-owned brand, which is expressly focused on programming from creators of color and other underrepresented voices, announced Saturday a pilot pickup for a Gabourey Sidibe comedy, tentatively titled 1266, and a straight-to-series order for a multi-party documentary series about Black Twitter. The latter is based on Jason Parham’s widely read […]
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Natasha Rothwell to Write and Star in Hulu Comedy ‘How to Die Alone’
Natasha Rothwell is striking out on her own. The Insecure and White Lotus alum will star in, write and co-showrun How to Die Alone, a comedy that has been ordered straight to series at Hulu. The project hails from Onyx Collective, the Tara Duncan-led studio focused on underrepresented voices, and ABC Signature and stems from […]
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Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh to Star in ‘Deli Boys’ Comedy for Onyx Collective
Onyx Collective, the Disney studio focused on underrepresented communities including creators of color, continues to ramp up its originals. The studio has handed out a pilot order for comedy Deli Boys, starring Asif Ali and Saagar Shaikh, from writer and creator Abdullah Saeed (High Maintenance). The comedy revolves around a pair of pampered Pakistani-American brothers who, […]
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‘The Hair Tales’ Review: A Warm and Earnest Hulu/OWN Docuseries About Black Women and Beauty
Tracee Ellis Ross interviews Oprah Winfrey, Issa Rae, Ayanna Pressley and more about their personal "hair journeys" and the politics and meaning of Black women's hair in a new show from Onyx Collective.
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‘Reasonable Doubt’ Review: Hulu’s Legal Drama Is a Soapy Good Time
Emayatzy Corinealdi plays an elite Los Angeles defense attorney juggling family struggles, romantic possibilities and the highest-profile murder case of her career.
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Yara Shahidi Extends Overall Deal With ABC, Onyx Collective
Yara Shahidi, arguably the face of Freeform, is extending her overall deal with the studio behind Grown-ish and adding Onyx Collective to the pact. “It is every creative’s dream to be seen and heard and to do so with colleagues who align with your vision and your soul. We are so grateful to have the […]
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