Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Movie Mindspace 2/28/07

Black Movie Star Power



It’s early in the year and I was wondering what some of the folks we love to see on the big screen have in the works movie wise for us in 2007/08. So I started looking it up and then of course wanted to share. All information comes from IMDB. Click on their names to go to thier page and read up on everything they have and are doing. You can thank me later for making this oh so easy for you :)

Morris Chestnut

Perfect Christmas (11/30)- A young girl turns to a department store Santa (Chestnut) in the hopes that he will help find a new husband for her divorced mother (Union).

The Game Plan (10/5) - An NFL quarterback living the bachelor lifestyle discovers that he has a 7-year-old daughter from a previous relationship

Samuel L. Jackson


2004: A Light Knight's Odyssey (2007)(voice) .... Fear
Lakeview Terrace (2008)(this looks good)
Black Water Transit
Cleaner (2007)
Jumper (2008)
1408 (2007
Farce of the Penguins (2007)(voice)
Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
"Afro Samurai" (2007) (mini) TV Series (voice) .... Afro Samurai/Ninja Ninja
... aka Afuro zamurai (Japan)




Blair Underwood

Nothing Currently Listed!

Larenz Tate

Nothing Currently Listed!

Monica Calhoun

Nothing Currently Listed

LL Cool J

The Man(TV/preproduction) - An undercover LAPD cop struggles to find a balance between his professional life running sting operations and his family life raising three adopted kids.

Nia Long

Premonition (3/16)- A housewife is shocked when her husband dies in a car crash and reappears the next day. She realizes it was a premonition and tries to avoid the tragedy.

Are We Done Yet (4/4) - Newlyweds Nick (Ice Cube) and Suzanne (Long) decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids. But their idea of a dream home is disturbed by a contractor (McGinley) with a bizarre approach to business.

This Christmas (11/30) - A Christmastime drama centered around the Whitfield family's first holiday together in four years. (this has a GREAT CAST)

Forrest Whittaker

Winged Creatures (2008) - A group of strangers form a unique relationship with each other after surviving a random shooting at a Los Angeles diner.

Where the Wild Things Are(voice)(10/3) - An adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story, where Max, a mischievous little boy, creates his own world - a forest in habited by fabulous wild creatures who crown Max as their ruler

Vantage Point (10/07)- With a Rashomon narrative style, the attempted assassination of the president is told from five different perspectives.

The Air I Breathe (5/07)- A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love

Jennifer Hudson

Nothing Currently Listed!

Idris Elba

This Christmas(11/30) - A Christmastime drama centered around the Whitfield family's first holiday together in four years.

28 Weeks Later (5/11) - The film starts six months after the Rage virus has spread throughout the city of London. The United States Army has restored order and is repopulating the quarantined city, when a carrier of the Rage virus enters London and unknowingly re-ignites the spread of the deadly infection, wreaking havoc on the entire population.

The Reaping (4/6) - Hilary Swank plays a former Christian missionary who lost her faith after her family was tragically killed, and has since become a world-renowned expert in disproving religious phenomena. But when she investigates a small Louisiana town that is suffering from what appear to be the Biblical plagues, she realizes that science cannot explain what is happening and she must regain her faith to combat dark forces threatening the community

Clubbed (2007)(rumored) .... Louis

Richard T. Jones

Vantage Point (10/5) - With a Rashomon narrative style, the attempted assassination of the president is told from five different perspectives.

Oranges (2007) - No Info

(Ok, I've gotten tired, lol so I will just be posting the name and not the summaries - I will link if it sounds interesting)

Eddie Murphy

Shrek 4 (2010)
Untitled Eddie Murphy/Romeo and Juliet Project (2008)
NowhereLand (2008)
Starship Dave (2008)
Untitled Brett Ratner Project (2008)
Shrek the Halls (2007) (TV)
Shrek the Third (2007) (completed)

Queen Latifah

Mad Money(2008)(in negotiations)
Perfect Christmas (2007) Narrator
Hairspray (2007)
Life Support (2007)- True story HBO March 10th

Evan Ross

(This brother is working!)

Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2008)
Burning Sands (2007)
Brooklyn to Manhattan (2008) (filming)
Gardens of the Night (2007) (post-production)
Pride (March 23rd)

Gabrielle Union
Football Wives (2007)(TV)
Perfect Christmas (2007)
The Box (2007)


Denzel Washington

American Gangster (11/2) This looks good!

Wesley Snipes(Do I see straight to video?)


Gallowwalker (2007)
The Shooter (2007)

Ving Rhames(Damn Ving - on overload)


3/5 of a Man (2007) The story of Nat Turner! Awww Hell!
Glad All Over (2008) (pre-production)
Football Wives (2007) (TV) (pre-production)
The Perfect Game (2007) (filming) .... Satchel Paige
A Broken Life (2007) (post-production) .... Vet
Evil Angel (2007) (post-production) .... Carruthers
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (7/20)
Marble City (2007) (post-production) .... Rune
Ascension Day (2007) (post-production) .... Hark
Day of the Dead (2007) (post-production) .... Captain Rhodes

Will Smith

Time Share (2008)
Tonight, He Comes (doing the swirl)
I Am Legend (12/14)

Halle Berry

Class Act (2008)
Things We Lost in the Fire (10/19)
Perfect Stranger (4/13)

Regina King

This Christmas (2007) (filming)

"24" .... Sandra Palmer (21 episodes, 2007)
- Day 6: 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. (2007) TV Episode .... Sandra Palmer
- Day 6: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (2007) TV Episode .... Sandra Palmer
- Day 6: 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. (2007) TV Episode .... Sandra Palmer
- Day 6: 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. (2007) TV Episode .... Sandra Palmer
- Day 6: 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. (2007) TV Episode .... Sandra Palmer
(16 more)

Year of the Dog (2007)

Ice Cube

First Sunday (2008) (announced)
The Extractors (2008) (announced)
Are We Done Yet? (2007) (completed) .... Nick Persons

Terrance Howard(Slickback Willie is Working!)


Luke Cage (2008)(announced)(in negotiations)
Iron Man (2008)
Factor X (2008)
The Crusaders (2007) (pre-production) (in negotiations) .... Thurgood Marshall
The Brave One (2007)
Spring Break in Bosnia (2007)
Perfect Christmas (2007)
Awake (2007)
August Rush (2007)
Pride (2007)

Jamie Foxx
The Kingdom (10/28)


Kerry Washington

Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2008)
Lakeview Terrace (2008)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (6/15)
I Think I Love My Wife (3/16)

Angela Bassett

Toussaint (2007)
Meet the Robinsons (2007)(voice)

Don Cheadle

Toussaint (2007)
Tishomingo Blues (2007)
Talk to Me (7/20)
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Reign Over Me (3/23)

Mos Def

Little Scarlet (2008)
The Brazilian Job (2008)
Stringbean and Marcus (2007)
Keep Coming Back (2007)
Toussaint (2007)
Be Kind Rewind (2007)

Martin Lawrence


The Better Man (2008)
Wild Hogs (2007)

Tyrese Gibson

Luke Cage (2008)(in talks). Luke Cage/Swoon,Tyrese as a super hero!
Transformers (7/4)
The Take (2007)

Megan Goode

Sundays in Fort Greene (2008)

Taraji P. Henson

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Talk to Me (2007)
Smokin' Aces (2007)



Spike Lee

Untitled Inside Man Sequel (2008) (announced)
Selling Time (2007) (pre-production) (in talks)
M.O.N.Y. (2007) (TV) (pre-production)


John Singleton

Luke Cage (2008) (announced)


Let's support our peeps!!!!
 
posted by Pamalicious at 1:38 PM | Permalink |


2 Comments:


  • At 3:16 PM, February 28, 2007, Blogger Paula D.

    Cool! I'm looking forward to a few of these movies! Thanks for the heads up!

     
  • At 7:06 PM, February 28, 2007, Blogger DanielleUSA

    Great list - thanks!
    Both Terrence Howard and Evan Ross are totally hot.
    Check out a photo of them wearing Singelringen (meaning unattached and available) on us.singelringen.com
    Good reminder to actors I love - like Karen Malina White (Proud Family) - to keep their IMDB listings (with photo) complete and updated.