DANNY GLOVER COMMENDS MLK JR.

PROUD MARY ROLLING ON THE RIVER,FOR THE KIDS!

 Principal photography started this week on Screen Gems' action thriller, Proud Mary, starring Taraji P. Henson with Billy Brown, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Neal McDonough, Margaret Avery, Xander Berkeley and Danny Glover.  Babak Najafi directs from a script by John Stuart Newman and Christian Swegal.  Paul Schiff and Tai Duncan are producing.  Taraji P. Henson and Glenn S. Gainor are executive producers and Andrea Ajemian is co-producer.  Casting is by Nancy Nayor.

Taraji P. Henson is Mary, a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.    

Henson, acclaimed for such diverse roles as Katherine Johnson in the Oscar®-nominated Hidden Figures, Cookie Lyon on Fox TV's "Empire" (Golden Globe-winning and Emmy®-nominated performance) and Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Oscar®-nominated performance), adds an indelible portrayal as the fierce and beautiful Mary.

Jahi Di'Allo Winston (Feed The Beast) is Danny, a streetwise kid unaware of what prompts Mary to come to his aid; Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon) plays Benny, Mary's fatherly but brutally unforgiving boss; Billy Brown (How To Get Away With Murder) is Tom, Benny's son, a fellow professional who was once romantically involved with Mary; Neal McDonough (Captain America:  The First Avenger) is a well-manicured killer primed to be sacrificed to maintain peace; Margaret Avery (The Color Purple) is Benny's wise, refined wife; and Xander Berkeley (The Mentalist) is the drug-dealing sadist Mary eradicates, provoking an all-out turf war.

Director Babak Najafi most recently helmed the internationally successful action thriller London Has Fallen.   

The writers are John Stuart Newman (Dirty Work) and Christian Swegal (Stasis), the director of photography is Dan Laustsen (John Wick:  Chapter 2), the production designer is Carl Sprague (Infinitely Polar Bear), the editor is Evan Schiff (Southside With You) and the costume designer is Deborah Newhall (Cadaver).  

Proud Mary films in Boston and surrounding Massachusetts cities through May, and will be released in theaters nationwide by Screen Gems in January 2018.

SPREAD THE LUV ON BET, WITH MEAGAN GOOD AND DENNIS HAYSBERT!

BET Networks Announces World Television Debut Of LUV Starring Common And Introducing Michael Rainey Jr. Wednesday, August 7, 2013 At 9 PM ET/PT

Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Dennis Haysbert, Lonette McKee and Meagan Good Also Star In The BET Premiere Cinema Film

Exclusively Sponsored By The 2013 Toyota Avalon, BET Presents LUV Will Air With Limited Commercial Interruption

NEW YORK, July 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of the wildly successful debut of BET PREMIERE CINEMA'S original movie, BEING MARY JANE , the Network is announcing the world television broadcast premiere of LUV starring Common and introducing Michael Rainey Jr.  In addition to original BET-created films, BET PREMIERE CINEMA introduces audiences to critically-acclaimed independent films and documentaries – both never-before-seen and those that have completed their theatrical run.  Exclusively sponsored by the 2013 Toyota Avalon, LUV debuts on August 7 ^th at 9PM ET/PT with limited commercial interruption.

Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, LUV stars hip-hop icon Common ( New Year's Eve, Hell On Wheels) and is a dramatic crime thriller that plunges audiences into a world of hope, violence and self-determination. Common plays Vincent, a recent parolee and uncle to Woody Watson, a timid, orphaned eleven-year old boy from Baltimore who dreams of a better life. But Vincent's former life and criminal past soon comes back to haunt them both. Written and directed by Sheldon Candis, the film is produced by Jason Michael Berman, Joel Newton, Common, Derek Dudley, Datari Turner and Gordon Bijelonic; and co-written by Justin Wilson. Michael Rainey Jr., Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Dennis Haysbert, Lonette McKee and Meagan Good also star in the film.

For more information on LUV, go to the newly designed BET.com home page that now features a fully responsive design across all electronic devices, increased social media integration, a unique & user-friendly video experience and striking visual designs. Viewers can also find show updates on Facebook by liking the fan page at Facebook.com/BET. Also, join the conversation on Twitter by using hashtag: #LUV.

DEATH AT A FUNERAL-THE BLACK EDITION.