Actress and One Night In Miami director Regina King is speaking out following her son's death at 26.

Regina King is keeping her directorial career chugging along.

After HBO's Watchmen and the historical drama One Night in Miami, Regina King is setting a return to comic book adaptations. King has been tapped to direct Bitter Root, an adaptation of the Images Comics series of the same name.

The critically-acclaimed actress has been working regularly since the mid-90s, but over the last decade, especially half decade, the size of her roles and the recognition she’s gotten for them have grown exponentially

The film is set in 1964 and is possibly more relevant than ever today.

You've seen the movie, now catch up on where else you've seen the cast.

Regina King’s acclaimed directorial debut One Night in Miami... will premiere in theaters on Christmas Day before making its way to Amazon Prime Video on Jan. 15, 2021, the streaming service announced on Friday. That means it will be available to watch over the MLK holiday weekend, which is fitting, given the premise. Set on the night of Feb. 25, 1964, the story follows new heavyweight champ Cassius Clay (before he became Muhammad Ali), who against all odds defeated Sonny Liston and shocked the boxing world. As crowds of people swarm Miami Beach to celebrate the match, Clay (Eli …

Director Jeymes Samuel and producer Jay-Z are lining up an all-star cast of top Black talent for their upcoming Netflix movie The Harder They Fall, as Oscar-winning actress Regina King has joined the stylish Western along with Emmy nominee Zazie Beetz and her fellow Atlanta stars Lakeith Stanfield and Danielle Deadwyler, as well as this year's Oscar hopeful Delroy Lindo, Edi Gathegi (X-Men: First Class) and RJ Cyler (White Boy Rick). Jonathan Majors (Lovecraft Country) and Idris Elba star in the all-Black Western, which follows outlaw Nat Love (Majors) as he rounds up his …

Regina King is one of the best actors working today, and now she has stepped behind the camera for her directorial debut One Night in Miami…, and shown she can also knock directing out of the park as well. What makes One Night such an auspicious debut is that it wrestles with questions you can tell have been on King’s mind. King, who won an Oscar in 2019 for her work in If Beale Street Could Talk, has been acting since the mid-80s and been in a collection of classic films including Boyz in the Hood, Friday, Jerry …

Get the fuck up off the pool and pay attention to the incredible week Regina King is having. Two days after King landed a Lead Actress Emmy nomination for HBO's Watchmen, her feature directorial debut, One Night in Miami, has been acquired by Amazon Studios. Written by Kemp Powers—who adapted the script from his own 2013 stage play—the film follows a young Cassius Clay (Eli Goree), fresh off his first heavyweight title win, spending a night of celebration with activist Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), singer Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), and football player Jim Brown (Aldis …

The Toronto International Film Festival has announced the lineup for the 2020 iteration of the festival, and it looks extremely different from past years. Of course, that was to be expected. The festival will be pushing a major virtual component to this year’s proceedings, ditching much of the glitz and glam that normally accompanies the debuts of splashy films aiming to make their mark on awards season. There are also no physical press and industry screenings. And TIFF isn't alone — the Telluride Film Festival was cancelled altogether. “We began this year planning for a 45th Festival much like …

Regina King is red-hot following HBO's Watchmen and an Oscar-winning turn in If Beale Street Could Talk, and now the actress has unveiled the first image from her upcoming directorial debut One Night in Miami. The film is based on the 2013 stage play of the same name by Kemp Powers, who also wrote the screenplay. Set on the night of February 25th, 1964, the story follows a young Cassius Clay — before he was known as Muhammad Ali — fresh off his victory over Sonny Liston for the heavyweight title, which shocked the entire boxing world. While thousands …

From show creator Damon Lindelof (The Leftovers, Lost) and based on the iconic graphic novel co-created and illustrated by Dave Gibbons, the HBO drama series Watchmen is set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws and the police conceal their identities behind masks to protect themselves from a terrorist organization, known as the Seventh Kavalry. It’s a story that is equal parts challenging and thought-provoking, as it looks at so many of the modern issues that plague us today, and questions who the true heroes and villains really are. During this 1-on-…

HBO releases a brand-new poster for Watchmen, teasing "it's time" and offering a fresh glimpse at Regina King's alter ego: Sister Night.

HBO has released the first batch of images from Watchmen, creator Damon Lindelof's reimagining/sequel/question mark to the groundbreaking late-80s comic book series by writer Alan Moore and artists Dave Gibbons and John Higgins. Along with these new photos, the network also announced at the 2019 Television Critics Association press tour that the series would debut in October. The new images are all focused on Oscar-winner Regina King's character, Angela Abar, seen here in full costumed vigilante attire. We don't know a whole ton about Angela Abar quite yet—we don't know a …

Oscar-winning actress Regina King will make her feature-directing debut with an adaptation of Kemp Powers' debut play, One Night in Miami, which finds Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke and football star Jim Brown hanging out together at a Miami motel. Set on the night of February 25th, 1964, the story follows a young Cassius Clay — before he was known as Muhammad Ali, for our younger readers — fresh off his victory over Sonny Liston for the heavyweight title, which shocked the entire boxing world. While thousands of people hit the night clubs of Miami Beach to party …

If you've seen If Beale Street Could Talk then you know that it's one of the most original love stories ever put on the big screen. Now, though, we know that Oscar-winning star Regina King is reminded of a classic sitcom when she thinks of one particular aspect of the story.