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EXCLUSIVE: The story of The Acolyte will not continue, with Lucasfilm opting not to proceed with a second season of the Star Wars offshoot starring Amandla Stenberg, sources tell Deadline. Word of the decision comes more than a month after the eight-episode first season of the series from creator…

Amandla Stenberg, star of The Acolyte, is calling out “intolerable racism” and released a song to express their sentiments. The star of the Star Wars universe series, who uses she/they pronouns, dropped a track titled “Discourse” and addresses the intolerance they have experienced. “Happy…

EXCLUSIVE: Ketchup Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Ozi, Voice of the Forest, an animated feature produced by Appian Way Productions, Mike Medavoy and GCI Film, which features a voice cast led by Amandla Stenberg. World premiering at last year’s Annecy Animation Film Festival, the…

Today, Outfest announced the centerpiece events and special awardees that will headline the 41st Outfest Los Angeles Summer Festival presented by Warner Bros. Discovery and Genesis Motor America, taking place July 13 – 23 in venues around Los Angeles. Outfest will honor actor, producer and musician A…

UPDATED: This is now official. Star Wars’ social media accounts just confirmed the news that Amandla Stenberg has joined The Acolyte (see post below). Stenberg said she was “so excited to finally announce I'm joining Star Wars: The Acolyte! Honored is an understatement. May the Force be with you.” PREVIOUSLY, December…

A24 today unveiled the first trailer for its dark comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies, which is scheduled for theatrical release on August 5th. The film from director Halina Reijn is billed as a fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrong. It watches as a game goes awry, when a…

Amandla Stenberg, Laura Dern, Donald Sutherland, Djimon Hounsou, RuPaul and Dean-Charles Chapman are set join the ensemble cast of the upcoming animated pic Ozi. Stenberg will voice the film’s title character, Dern will voice her mother, Sutherland will voice and albino crocodile, Hounsou voices Ozi's father, Chapman…

EXCLUSIVE: A24 is lining up a killer cast for its new thriller as sources tell Deadline The Hate U Give star Amandla Stenberg and Borat 2 breakout Maria Bakalova are set to star in Bodies, Bodies, Bodies. Insiders also add that Pete Davidson and Myha’la Herrold are in talks to star. Halina Reijn is set to direct. A24…

Amandla Stenberg has joined the cast of Universal Pictures' Dear Evan Hansen, based on the original stage musical play with music and lyrics by Academy Award-winning duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Stenberg will play Alana, a high school senior whose cheery façade and social-media savvy mask a deeper loneliness and…

EXCLUSIVE: Amandla Stenberg is attached to star in Universal’s reimagined take of the 1996 thriller Fear.  The original movie, released in 1996, starred Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon early on in their careers as young lovers David and Nicole. David is charming and affectionate, but Nicole soon sees a darker side…

The Hate U Give star and celebrated advocate Amandla Stenberg is ready to show us even more range and talent in the forthcoming Netflix original series The Eddy. She will star in the new musical drama which co-stars Andre Holland. Stenberg will play Julie, the teenage daughter of Elliott (Holland) who shows up…

The road to this year’s Academy Awards has been quite a rough one. First, there was a host, then there wasn’t. There were talks of getting another host, then they decided against it. From there, the Academy said they were pulling musical performances and then the big one: they were going to cut the awards for Best…