https://theurbanfilmreview.com Film, Television, Events, And More! Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:03:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://theurbanfilmreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/UFR-Logo-150x150.png https://theurbanfilmreview.com 32 32 https://theurbanfilmreview.com/2022/03/25/producer-stephanie-allain-inks-first-look-deal-with-warner-bros-tv-hbo/ Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:03:15 +0000 https://theurbanfilmreview.com/2022/03/25/producer-stephanie-allain-inks-first-look-deal-with-warner-bros-tv-hbo/ Warner Bros. Television Group and HBO have signed a new first-look deal with Emmy®-nominated producer Stephanie Allain and her Homegrown Pictures production company. The new agreement continues the Studio’s relationship with Allain, who was previously under a first-look pact with WBTVG since February 2020, and includes a partnership with HBO.  Per company practice, financial terms […]]]> https://theurbanfilmreview.com/2022/03/10/devon-franklin-renews-overall-deal-with-cbs-studios/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 18:18:17 +0000 https://theurbanfilmreview.com/2022/03/10/devon-franklin-renews-overall-deal-with-cbs-studios/ EXCLUSIVE: DeVon Franklin is staying put at CBS Studios. The producer, motivational speaker and bestselling author, who is executive producing CBS’ Early Edition drama pilot, has re-upped with the studio with a multi-year overall deal. Franklin has multiple projects in development in addition to executive producing the recently ordered CBS drama pilot Early Edition, a […]]]> https://theurbanfilmreview.com/2021/04/24/straight-outta-compton/ Sat, 24 Apr 2021 13:38:47 +0000 https://theurbanfilmreview.com/?p=163 Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by F. Gary Gray, depicting the rise and fall of the gangsta rap group N.W.A and its members Eazy-E, Ice Cube, and Dr. Dre. The members of N.W.A were involved in the production of the film, including Ice Cube and Dr. Dre as producers, as was Eazy-E’s widow, Tomica Woods-Wright, while MC Ren and DJ Yella served as creative consultants. Ice Cube is […]]]> https://theurbanfilmreview.com/2021/04/24/malcolm-x/ Sat, 24 Apr 2021 13:34:02 +0000 https://theurbanfilmreview.com/?p=164 Malcolm X (sometimes stylized as X) is a 1992 American epic biographical drama film about the African-American activist Malcolm X. Directed and co-written by Spike Lee, the film stars Denzel Washington in the title role, as well as Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., and Delroy Lindo. Lee has a supporting role, while Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale, the Rev. Al Sharpton, and future South African president Nelson Mandela make cameo appearances. It is […]]]> https://theurbanfilmreview.com/2021/04/20/city-of-god/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 19:41:50 +0000 https://theurbanfilmreview.com/?p=64 ]]> https://theurbanfilmreview.com/2021/04/20/the-long-walk-home/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 19:41:32 +0000 https://theurbanfilmreview.com/?p=65 ]]> https://theurbanfilmreview.com/2021/04/20/do-the-right-thing/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 19:40:23 +0000 https://theurbanfilmreview.com/?p=52 ]]> https://theurbanfilmreview.com/2021/04/20/claudine/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 19:39:02 +0000 https://theurbanfilmreview.com/?p=48 ]]>