The Blackening centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain’t no motherf****** game.
Yvonne Orji as Morgan and Jay Pharaoh as Shawn in The Blackening. Photo Credit: Glen Wilson
Melvin Gregg as King, Grace Byers as Allison, Antoinette Robertson as Lisa, Sinqua Walls as Nnamdi, Jermaine Fowler as Clifton, Dewayne Perkins as Dewayne, and Xochitl Mayo as Shanika in The Blackening. Photo Credit: Glen Wilson
Grace Byers as Allison in The Blackening. Photo Credit: Glen Wilson
Antoinette Robertson as Lisa, Sinqua Walls as Nnamdi and Dewayne Perkins as Dewayne in The Blackening. Photo Credit: Glen Wilson
Antoinette Robertson as Lisa, Grace Byers as Allison, Jermaine Fowler as Clifton and Dewayne Perkins as Dewayne in The Blackening. Photo Credit: Glen Wilson
Antoinette Robertson as Lisa in The Blackening. Photo Credit: Glen Wilson
Antoinette Robertson as Lisa and Sinqua Walls as Nnamdi in The Blackening. Photo Credit: Glen Wilson
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WHO
Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like A Man, Barbershop) and co-written by Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip, Harlem) and Dewayne Perkins (“The Amber Ruffin Show,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), The Blackening skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?
Cast: Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, X Mayo, Dewayne Perkins,
Antoinette Robertson, Sinqua Walls, with Jay Pharoah, and Yvonne Orji
Directed by: Tim Story
Screenplay by: Tracy Oliver & Dewayne Perkins
Screen Story by: Tracy Oliver & Dewayne Perkins
Produced by: Jason Clark, Marcei A. Brown, Tim Story, Tracy Oliver, E. Brian Dobbins, Sharla Sumpter Bridgett
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Starting On:
June 16, 2023
June 16, 2023
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