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AllBlk‘s horror anthology series “Terror Lake Drive” is already casting up for its second season, with Deadline noting that Cynthia Bailey (“The Real Housewives of Atlanta”) and Reginae Carter (“Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta”) have joined the series in recurring roles. The 7 episode new season premieres in June. From creators Jerry Lamothe and Kajuana […]

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Exclusive: Cynthia Bailey (The Real Housewives of Atlanta) and Reginae Carter (Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta) have joined the Season 2 cast of AllBlk‘s horror anthology series Terror Lake Drive in recurring roles. The 7 episode new season premieres in June.

Bailey will portray the character Rose, a down on her luck single mom who resides in the ominous Freeman Lake Apartments. A product of the foster care system, Rose, a strong and resilient woman, fights to keep her son on the straight and narrow.

Carter booked the role of Keisha, a fiery activist and key member of the Bfm (Black Face Movement) and best friend to Bfm’s Queen and subsequent leader Nefertiti (Jennifer Sears), who along with the group’s other members, reside in Freeman Lakes. When the organization is hit with an unexpected tragedy, Keisha displays the ultimate loyalty as the movement faces an uphill battle amidst strong opposition.

Fox announced that lawyer, journalist and former “The View” co-host Star Jones has been appointed judge of the first-run syndicated series “Divorce Court,” starting in September.

As television’s longest running court show, “Divorce Court” dates back to the late 1950’s, when actors used to reenact actual divorce proceedings. Today, the program features real people and real cases — ranging from divorce court proceedings to other domestic disputes.

Judge Faith Jenkins will continue through the end of Season 23 and Jones will join for Season 24. Jones, a former assistant district attorney in New York and former legal correspondent on NBC’s “Today Show,” “Nightly News” and more, said that she will “offer the parties before ‘Divorce Court,’ as well as viewers, a no-nonsense approach to the law and a decision driven by my proven legal expertise, compassion and empathy, personal experiences and hard-earned common sense.”

“Divorce Court” is produced by Lincolnwood Productions...

Exclusive: Tony-nominee Pascale Armand (Eclipsed), Yolonda Ross (The Chi), Charles Malik Whitfield (Chicago Med), Denise Boutte (Meet The Browns) and Kendrick Cross (Ambitions) will lead Season 2 of AllBlk’s horror anthology series Terror Lake Drive.

From creators Jerry Lamothe and Kajuana S. Marie, Terror Lake Drive follows the terrorized tenants of the fictional Freeman Lake Apartments in Atlanta. Season 2, titled Terror Lake Drive: Single Black Female, takes place two years after the chain of events that haunted the Freeman Lake Apartments in the first season. The inaugural installment followed a single mother from Baltimore who relocates to Atlanta in an attempt to escape her troubled past and starred Shannon Kane, Malik Yoba, Donielle T. Hansley Jr., and Lamman Rucker.

Armand will play Deja, a traveling nurse who has recently completed an assignment in Austin, Texas announces her new assignment at the recently constructed Atlanta University Hospital – much to the dismay of her friends and colleagues.

AMC Networks streamer Allblk has renewed Terror Lake Drive for season 2, which will pick up two years after the events from the season 1 finale.

The upcoming season of the anthology will focus on traveling nurse Deja, the newest tenant at the troubled Freeman Lake Apartments who relocated to Atlanta, Georgia from Austin, Texas for a job assignment. There she will room with an awkwardly shy and eclectic Doula named Shana, who works at Atlanta University Hospital, where Deja will also be employed.

Deja is unaware of the apartment building’s checkered past and unknowingly becoming a target of the latest eerie coincidence to inhabit the troubled complex.

“This is an exciting climate for filmmakers of color, and so I want to thank the network for bringing us back for another highly anticipated season,” Jerry Lamothe, series writer and creator, said in a statement.

“The opportunity to expand Terror Lake Drive...

"The answer's not always laid out..." Rlje Films has debuted a new trailer for a mystery pandemic horror-thriller titled Terror Lake Drive, from filmmaker Jerry Lamothe. The film, originally created as a mini-series for the Urban Movie Channel (Umc) last year, is also being released in the US as one long (3 hour) feature film. In the midst of a recent pandemic and calls for social distancing, a single mother sets her sights on starting a new life and relocates to Atlanta, but quickly discovers she can't outrun her past. Of course. Starring Shannon Kane, Donielle T. Hansley Jr., Malik Yoba, and Lamaan Rucker. It's a bit odd to see this rebranded as a feature film in this new trailer, but it might play a bit better as one long film. Maybe? Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Jerry Lamothe's Terror Lake Drive, direct from YouTube: On the heels of a recent pandemic,...

In today’s TV news roundup, Courtney Hope will reprise her “The Bold and the Beautiful” role on “The Young and the Restless,” and HBO Max announced a premiere date for “Chelsea Handler: Evolution.”

Casting

Courtney Hope will reprise her role from “The Bold and the Beautiful” on “The Young and the Restless.” Hope’s character Sally Spectra, a dynamic fashion designer based in Los Angeles, will move to Genoa City to join the CBS soap opera. The actor originated the role in 2017 and last appeared on “The Bold and the Beautiful” in August, when Sally left town after her scheme to win back her ex-boyfriend didn’t pan out. “The Young and the Restless” also stars Marla Adams, Lauralee Bell, Peter Bergman, Donny Boaz and Eric Braeden, among others.

Dates

HBO Max will debut “Chelsea Handler: Evolution” on Oct. 22. The hour-long special will mark Handler’s return to stand-up after a six-year hiatus.

Exclusive: Umc is preparing its thriller Terror Lake Drive starring Empire and Designated Survivor’s Malik Yoba for a Thanksgiving premiere.

The AMC Networks-backed streamer will launch the limited series, which was created by Blackout director Jerry Lamothe and Kajuana S. Marie (Data.Love.Repeat), on Thursday November 26.

Umc said that six-part series Terror Lake Drive was the first official series greenlit by SAG-AFTRA and the state of Georgia to commence principal photography following the start of the pandemic. It kicked off production in Atlanta on June 29.

Terror Lake Drive is a suspenseful drama that follows a single mother from Baltimore who – on the heels of a recent pandemic and growing social unrest – relocates to Atlanta in an attempt to dodge her troubled past. As she settles into her new surroundings, she soon discovers that there are some things she can never run away from.

Starring alongside Shannon Kane...

Exclusive: Saturday Night Live co-head writer and “Weekend Update” co-anchor Michael Che and Damon Wayans Jr. (Fox’s New Girl) have signed on as executive producers on indie boxing film I Am Maurice, based on an original script by comedian Wil Sylvince and Bryan Kennedy. Jerry Lamothe is directing the pic, which follows Maurice (played by Sylvince), a downtrodden immigrant with aspirations of becoming a boxer and seeking a better life in America after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

The project launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign that garnered support and pledges from fellow comedians including Dave Chappelle, Leslie Jones, Chris Rock as well as Che and Wayans, among others. As part of their pledges, Rock and Jones will make cameo appearances in the film.

Sylvince and Kennedy will produce under their Brilliant Minds Productions banner along with Marshall exec producer Chris Bongirne.

Sylvince has been featured on Comedy Central, HBO, Showtime,...

Filmmaker Jerry Lamothe (Blackout, Amour Infinity) has released his award winning short film The Tombs, online, for all to watch. This, in celebration of his birthday (which was actually yesterday). The writer/director also publicly expressed his interest in directing the long-in-development Tupac biopic, which Antoine Fuqua was previously attached to helm, but later stepped away from. "It's certainly something I would like to campaign and be considered for. I seldom (if ever) pursue work-for hire gigs, and frankly, rarely ever care to. But this project in particular, I've been following it for a long time. I definitely wouldn't mind being on their short list, and sharing...

Jerry Lamothe's feature film Amour Infinity - A Brooklyn Love Story, a moving & tragic love story, celebrated its 13th anniversary screening of its debut last evening at Mist (My Image Studios) in Harlem. Curtis Ceasar John, who was present to host the event on behalf of ActNow Foundation, interviewed Lamothe for S&A in this insightful piece Here, which you should read if you haven't. Unbeknownst to me - last night was the first time of me seeing the film - Amour is something of an underground cult classic. And well deservedly so. I didn't know what to expect, especially for a first film. I've seen plenty of those and it's seldom that one comes across one as well crafted, directed...

Jerry Lamothe has crafted a distinguished career as a filmmaker that can speak for the unspoken, most notably for the people 'around the way' like in his home neighborhood of Flatbush, Brooklyn, while still maintaining an entertaining and clear vision of how he sees the world.  We caught up with him in advance of this Thursday's anniversary screening of his debut film Amour Infinity that takes place at New York's own Mist Harlem at 4pm and 8pm, to chat about what it took to make his first film and what keeps him going.  For those perhaps more familiar with Lamothe's latest award-winning work The Tombs but not his earlier films, Amour Infinity (A Brooklyn Love Story)...

Long before the success of the short film, The Tombs... Many years before the hit independent film Blackout which would boast an ensemble that included, Jeffrey Wright, Zoe Saldana, Melvin Van Peebles, Latanya Richardson-Jackson, Michael B. Jordan and a host of other NYC notables. And before Nora's Hair Salon... There was Amour Infinity. Jerry Lamothe's debut film, Amour Infinity (A Brooklyn Love Story) was shot in 2000. In the movie, the odds are stacked up against Derek, a young East Flatbush, Brooklyn man (Jerry Lamothe). He's lost his job and his girlfriend of five years and the mother of his child just left him as well.  Seeing no end to his streak of bad...

Haiti the Myth and the Majesty event is taking place this month at My Image Studios (Mist Harlem - 46 W 116th St.) on Wednesday and Thursday, May 15 and 16, respectively. For tickets, click Here. See press details below. Creatively Speaking presents: Haiti the Myth and the Majesty Film series looks to uplift and enrich Haitian Culture through film. Harlem, New York, May 1, 2013- Uplifting and re-thinking the Myth and Majesty of Haiti is the theme for Creatively Speaking Film Series’ May and June programs. On May 15th and 16th the film series pays homage to this vibrant and resolute nation by showing When the Drum is Beating by Whitney Dow, and Amour Infinity by Jerry Lamothe...

Jerry Lamothe's latest work is shaping up quite nicely thus far, in terms of talent both in front of and behind the camera. We're big fans of Eric Ebouaney and Nonso Anozie, who might be joining an impressive cast that already includes S. Epatha Merkerson, Jamie Hector, Garcelle Beauvais, Edwidge Danticat, Jimmy-jean-Louis, and others. And also Mona Scott Young is now attached as executive producer, which she'll be doing via her Monami Entertainment banner. The full details via press release below: Casting News/Mona Scott-young To Executive Produce Jerry Lamothe’S The Promise Keeper Major talent, in front and behind the camera, continue to sign on to the...

Congrats to both Mr. Jerry Lamothe and Mr Alrick Brown on their recognition. The nearly 50,000 professional artists who call New Jersey home form the very heart of the cultural community of this state. And this is just the tip of the iceberg when one considers the thousands more for whom artistic creation, performance and interpretation are a vocational, cultural, religious or recreational interest of the highest personal and community priority. Artists are the creative capital of our communities and this is why it is the Arts Council's goal to promote them, encourage them, assist them to achieve their highest ambitions and help a wider public understand and appreciate all that...

Update 4:30Pm: First, in response to my question below about who the actress is, Alison Willmore over at the mothership (indieWIRE) got the answer. The actress' name is Susan Kelechi Watson (photo with C.K. above). Not familiar? Neither was I, so I looked up her IMDb profile and saw that she's done a lot of TV, with parts in shows like The Good Wife, NCIS, Private Practice, and others. She's also done some work in film (she was in Jerry Lamothe's Blackout in 2007). Secondly, in Alison's piece, C.K. talked specifically about Watson's casting and the fact that she's black, stating: To me, the racial thing is like -- when people probably first see...

His short film, The Tombs, has been traveling the film festival circuit all year, and now award-winning director Jerry Lamothe is prepping to begin production on his next feature film, titled The Promise Keeper. Lamothe's last feature-length project was 2007's Brooklyn blackout-set drama titled Blackout, which starred Jeffrey Wright (also one of the film's producers), Zoe Saldana, Melvin Van Peebles, Michael B. Jordan, and others. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was very well received. He calls his next feature, The Promise Keeper, also set in Brooklyn (and Haiti, as well, post-earthquake), his "most...

Lori WymanLori Wyman Casting, North Miami Beach, Fla.; Florida casting for 'Burn Notice,' 'The Glades,' 'Dolphin Tale,' 'Recount'i actually started out as an assistant in a talent agency. I remember trying to get a local casting director to see an actor. She fought me on it, and finally she saw him and he booked the job. That's when I knew I wanted more of a hand in the actual casting process. I left the agency business and started working in a busy casting director's office before I broke out on my own.I love actors. They're spontaneous and fun and playful. I'm more business, so they help me balance out. I have an excellent memory for names and faces. When I'm casting a project, I have to search the hard drive of my brain to reach for certain actors, and I love having to do that.