Showing posts with label The Best Man. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Best Man. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

‘The Best Man Wedding’ gets April 15, 2016 date.

[ SOURCE] Universal Pictures has dated “The Best Man Wedding,” the next installment in the “The Best Man” franchise, for April 15, 2016.

The original cast that includes Taye Diggs, Morris Chestnut, and Terrence Howard is expected to return with Malcolm D. Lee directing.

Plot details are vague other than the film revolving around the wedding of the Howard character.

Lee will produce along with Sean Daniels.

The last installment, “The Best Man’s Holiday,” over-performed at the B.O., bringing in $70 million worldwide.

Monday, June 09, 2014

Taye Diggs: Studios set double standard for black films

Actor Taye Diggs says Hollywood studios hold African-American films to a frustratingly separate and unfair standard.

Whether a studio decides to proceed with a black-oriented film can depend on the success of other movies with primarily African-American casts, even if the projects are unconnected, said Diggs, who starred in "The Best Man" romantic comedy and its sequel.

In a recent interview, the actor said he and others who worked on the "Best Man" movies are eager to start on a third. But its fate is tied to how other black-oriented films, including the upcoming "Think Like a Man Too," perform at the box office, he said.

"Unfortunately, the business is such that as far as studios are concerned, they judge one quote-unquote black movie on how other 'black' movies have done, even if they have nothing to do with each other," he said.

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