TVLine Items: Single Black Female Sequel, Amazon Lands Celine Dion Doc and More
Amber Riley is looking for payback.
Single Black Female 2: Simone’s Revenge, a sequel to the popular 2022 Lifetime movie, will premiere Saturday, March 2 at 8/7c on the cabler, our sister site Deadline reports. Riley, Raven Goodwin and K. Michelle will reprise their roles from the first film.
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The synopsis, as described by Deadline, follows: “Three years after narrowly escaping the murderous clutches of her half-sister Simone (Riley), Monica (Goodwin) is ready for a fresh start in Seattle as the host of the city’s #1 primetime investigative television program. With her best friend Bebe (Michelle) by her side and a new love interest, things are looking up for Monica. Secretly nursed back to health and suffering from amnesia, Simone is building a new life when she comes across Monica on TV and her memories come rushing back, leading to a fateful reunion between the sisters. Can the two put the past behind them? Or will Simone’s need to get revenge win the day?”
Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets? Well…
* Amazon MGM has acquired the documentary I Am: Celine Dion. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film — which will stream on Prime Video at an as-yet-unspecified date — follows the five-time Grammy winner as she “navigates her journey toward living an open and authentic life” amid her battle with Stiff Person Syndrome.
* Terrence Howard (Empire) has joined the Peacock limited series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, starring Kevin Hart and Samuel L. Jackson, per Deadline.
* Park Hae-Soo (Squid Game) will recur in Prime Video’s spy thriller Butterfly, starring Daniel Dae Kim and based on the BOOM! Studios graphic novel of the same, our sister site Variety reports.
* Prime Video has released a trailer for the adult animated series The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, premiering Friday, Feb. 23:
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