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[09/27/24 - 11:26 PM]
Development Update: Week of September 23-27
Updates include: Kyle Chandler on track to lead HBO's "Lanterns"; Harriet Dyer tapped for "DMV" at CBS; and "Black Cake," "Chucky," and "UnPrisoned" all get the axe.

[12/04/23 - 04:01 AM]
Disney+ Is Just Getting Started: Non-Stop New Exclusives Coming in 2024
"Shogun," "Renegade Nell," "Rivals," "Star Wars: The Acolyte" and "Agatha: Darkhold Diaries" are among the featured titles coming to UK & Ireland next year.

[11/02/23 - 09:01 AM]
Hulu Originals & Exclusives Winter 2023 Programming Slate
New date announcements include "Superhot: The Spicy World of Pepper People," "Love & WWE: Bianca and Montez," "Life & Beth" Season Two, "Dragons of Wonderhatch," "We Live Here: The Midwest," and "Self Reliance."

[10/02/23 - 09:01 AM]
Video: Trailer Debut - Hulu Original "Black Cake"
Based on The New York Times-bestselling book by Charmaine Wilkerson, "Black Cake" is a family drama wrapped in a murder mystery with a diverse cast of characters and a global setting.

[09/12/23 - 10:25 AM]
Key Art Debut: Hulu's "Black Cake"
The series premieres with three episodes on November 1, with new episodes launching weekly, only on Hulu.

[08/23/23 - 11:06 AM]
Hulu Originals & Exclusives - Fall 2023 Programming Slate
New date announcements include "The D'Amelio Show" Season Three, "Living for the Dead," "Self Reliance," "Black Cake," and "Monster Inside: America's Most Extreme Haunted House."

[08/18/22 - 11:37 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, August 18
Updates include: Neve Campbell to topline ABC's "Avalon"; Amy Ryan cast in Apple's "Sugar"; and Rory Culkin tapped for Netflix's "Black Mirror."

[08/10/22 - 11:39 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, August 10
Updates include: Lauren Ash joins ABC's "Not Dead Yet"; FX's "American Horror Story" teases new season cast; and Sonay Hoffman named co-showrunner of NBC's "Found."

[07/20/22 - 11:44 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, July 20
Updates include: NBC passes on drama pilots "Blank Slate," "Unbroken"; CBS gives pilot order to Justin Hartley's "The Never Game"; and Freema Agyeman exits NBC's "New Amsterdam."

[07/05/22 - 11:35 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, July 5
Updates include: Amazon cancels "Night Sky" after one season; Bravo presses pause of "Million Dollar Listing New York"; and Showtime's "Your Honor" to end with upcoming season.

[06/02/22 - 11:31 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, June 2
Updates include: "Magnum P.I." eyes resurrection at NBC, USA Network; John Malkovich among latest cast in Apple's "The New Look"; and "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" at Disney+ casts quintet.

[05/31/22 - 11:14 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, May 31
Updates include: Adrienne Warren to star in Hulu's "Black Cake"; Peter Elkoff set as showrunner of ABC's "Alaska"; and Crystal Yu cast in Hulu's "History of a Pleasure Seeker."

[09/22/21 - 11:31 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, September 22
Updates include: Leslie Bibb, Rachel Bloom among latest cast in Hulu's "Reboot"; Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo join Apple's "Wool"; and Black Cake" adaptation ordered to series at Hulu.







BLACK CAKE (HULU)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
11/1/23 - 12/6/23
STATUS:
canceled/ended (2023-2024 season)
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season
SEASON(S):
1 (8 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air)
VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
confirmed as canceled on 9/27/24
DESCRIPTION:
(from Hulu's web site, November 2023) Eleanor Bennett loses her battle with cancer, leaving her children a flash drive that holds untold stories of her journey from the Caribbean to America; the stories shock her children and challenge everything they know about their family's origin.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Adrienne Warren as Benny Bennett
· Ahmed Elhaj as Gibbs Grant
· Ashley Thomas as Byron Bennett
· Chipo Chung as Eleanor Bennett
· Faith Alabi as Pearl Thomas
· Glynn Turman as Charles Mitch
· Lashay Anderson as Bunny Pringle
· Mia Isaac as Covey
· Simon Wan
· Sonita Henry as Mabel Martin
CREW INFORMATION:
· Aaron Kaplan as EP
· Brian Morewitz as EP
· Carla Gardini as EP
· Charmaine Wilkerson as BOOK/EP
· Marissa Jo Cerar as CRTR/EP
· Michael Lohmann as EP
· Oprah Winfrey as EP
· Zetna Fuentes as DIR (Pilot)
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Harpo Films
· Kapital Entertainment
· Two Drifters