Octavia Spencer is taking on the role of a lifetime as she has been tapped to play God in the film adaptation of “The Shack.” The Oscar-winning actress is linking up with Forrest Whitaker to bring the Christian novel to life. As of this weekend, Variety.com reported that she was in final negotiations for the […]
Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer doesn’t get the uproar many are feeling surrounding Selma director Ana DuVernay being overlooked for a Best Director Academy-Award nomination and David…
A little over a week ago, the Oscar nominations created quite the buzz. Many people were up in arms regarding the fact that there wasn’t…
Elliot Anderson (Kevin Costner) is suddenly left to care for his Black granddaughter Eloise after his wife was killed in a tragic car accident. However, Eloise’s paternal grandmother Rowena (Octavia Spencer) seeks to care for her, inciting a bitter custody battle that is proves family is everything but simply black or white. Spencer is […]
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Actress Octavia Spencer attends the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards at Santa Monica Beach on March 1, 2014 in Santa Monica, California *With the “Murder, She Wrote” reboot no longer happening, Octavia Spencer has found herself another primetime paycheck. The “Fruitvale Station” star will topline FOX’s “Red Band Society,” described as a dark dramedy that […]
*Deadline.com is reporting that NBC has opted not to move forward with its re-imagining of “Murder, She Wrote” — which had Oscar winner Octavia Spencer attached to star. The project, from writer Alexandra Cunningham and producer David Janollari, got a lot of attention when it came together in October, receiving a put pilot commitment […]
*“Murder, She Wrote” star Angela Lansbury is not happy with NBC’s planned reboot of her CBS series “Murder, She Wrote,” and says “it’s a mistake” for NBC to keep the original title. News broke last month that Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer would topline a remake of the popular series, which aired on CBS from 1984 […]
Murder She Wrote, featuring the mystery writer turned murder detective made famous by Angela Lansbury, is being rebooted by NBC. Deadline was first to report the story. According to NBC, Oscar winner Octavia Spencer will star as a “hospital administrator and amateur sleuth who self-publishes her first mystery novel. Set in a day where sensational headlines inundate the news, this […]
Whoa, this is BIG. NBC, according to Deadline, has plans to bring back “Murder She Wrote,” one of the most watched shows in television history. And they’re going to do it with Oscar winner Octavia Spencer (“The Help”) succeeding Angela Lansbury in the lead role of an astute amateur detective. The new hour-long project, […]
*The Help” director Tate Taylor will reunite with the film’s stars Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer for his upcoming biopic on James Brown for producers Brian Grazer and Mick Jagger. As previously reported, “42” star Chadwick Boseman will play the Godfather of Soul in “Get On Up.” Davis will play his mother Susie Brown, who […]