TRAFFIK NOMINATED FOR BEST INDEPENDENT MOTION PICTURE – 2019 NAACP IMAGE AWARDS
Two-Hour Live TV Special to Air on TV ONE Saturday, March 30, 2019 from the Dolby Theatre
The nominees for the 50th NAACP Image Awards...
Time Magazine Features Be Woke.Vote’s Messy Truth with Van Jones & Jamie Foxx
Comedian Jamie Foxx recently sat down with CNN commentator Van Jones for his “Be Woke.Vote” series to discuss the importance of voting and leading...
Deon Taylor and the Be Woke. Vote campaign
Election Day is just days away, and even though every commercial you see might be political, there are still so many people with voter...
The Chicago Sun Times Covers Be Woke.Vote’s Messy Truth with Van Jones & Kim...
Kim Kardashian West explains why she’s standing by her man, Kanye
In a revealing interview with CNN’s Van Jones, Kim Kardashian West offered a much-needed window...
Tiny Harris Had The Best Time Interviewing Tami Roman
Tiny Harris interviewed Tami Roman who discussed subjects such as the new generation and why it’s important to vote. You can see a part...
USA Today Features Be Woke.Vote’s Messy Truth with Van Jones & Kim Kardashian
In a revealing interview with CNN's Van Jones, Kim Kardashian West offered a much-needed window into husband Kanye West's thinking.
Kardashian West explained in the latest episode...
Revolt TV Picks Up Be Woke.Vote: Voter Outreach Initiated By Robert F. Smith Goes...
Revolt TV has announced they will broadcast to their 30+ million audience, the Hidden Empire Film Group produced 12 episode series of Be Woke.Vote...
Listen to Interview with Producer Roxanne Avent – CEO of Hidden Empire Film Group
On this exclusive interview, Aaron sits down with Roxanne Avent, CEO of Hidden Empire Film Group. So far this year, she’s produced Traffik with...
HEFG and Founder Deon Taylor Inducted Into Hall of Fame at Successful Black Entrepreneurs...
City National Bank, America’s Premier Private and Business Bank, today announced the winners of the second annual “Black Business Leaders Hall of Fame” event...
Kim Kardashian, Will.i.am, Jamie Foxx, Hilary Swank and Van Jones Among Celebs Participating in...
Deon Taylor, Roxanne Avent and Robert F. Smith Unite Entertainment Figures to Fuel Activism Around Upcoming Election Through “Be Woke”
Some of the most influential...
Interview with Producer Roxanne Avent – CEO of Hidden Empire Film Group
In this exclusive interview, The Hollywood Outsider sits down with Roxanne Avent, CEO of Hidden Empire Film Group (HEFG). So far this year, Roxanne has shepherded a wide...
Geoffrey Owens Joins Hilary Swank In ‘Fatale’ Thriller
Geoffrey Owens is on a roll. After Hollywood came to his defense when media outlets attempted to shame the former Cosby Show actor for...
Geoffrey Owens to Join Michael Ealy in Noir Thriller ‘Fatale’ – Hollywood Reporter
'BlacKkKlansman' actress Damaris Lewis also joins the movie from Deon Taylor.
Former Cosby Show actor Geoffrey Owens has booked yet another role.
Owens will join Hilary...
Michael Ealy, Mike Colter Join Hilary Swank’s ‘Fatale’
Michael Ealy (“The Perfect Guy”) and Mike Colter (“Luke Cage”) will star opposite Hilary Swank in Deon Taylor’s noir thriller “Fatale".
Ealy will portray a...
Traffik Director Deon Taylor Talks Film, Inspiring People, And More
Deon Taylor has been directing film for over 10 years now, but he's just getting started.
Deon Taylor has been directing film for over 10...
Exposure: Deon Taylor To Direct Screen Gems’ Cop Body Cam Thriller
Deadline reports that Traffik director Deon Taylor will helm the body cam cop thriller Exposure, based on Peter A. Dowling’s spec script Screen Gems acquired last year.
The film follows a...
Exposure: Deon Taylor Tapped to Direct Screen Gems’ Police Body Cam Thriller
Filmmaker Deon Taylor is set to direct Sony Screen Gems’ Exposure, off Peter A. Dowling’s spec which the label acquired a year ago, as Deadline...
Hilary Swank to Star as Detective in Thriller ‘Fatale’ – Variety
CASTING
Hilary Swank has come on board Deon Taylor’s thriller “Fatale,” which begins shooting in September in Los Angeles.
“Fatale” centers on a married man being...
Hilary Swank To Star In Deon Taylor-Directed Noir Thriller ‘Fatale’
Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank has been set to star in Deon Taylor’s noir thriller Fatale. The film will be produced under the Hidden...
‘Inside The NBA’ Analyst Kenny Smith, Director Deon Taylor Team On College Basketball Series...
Inside The NBA analyst and former NBA star Kenny Smith has inked a multi-series pact with director-producer Deon Taylor (Meet The Blacks), which includes a zinger out the gate...
Filmmaker Deon Taylor Signs With WME; Endeavor Content Strategic Partner In Hidden Empire Film...
EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Deon Taylor, the writer, director and producer whose recently completed thriller Intruder was acquired for wide release in a world rights deal with Sony Screen...
Deon Taylor wants to end cinema blaxploitation
The director of 'Traffik' uses genre cinema to shatter stereotypes and create a new brand of inclusive entertainment.
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SCREEN GEMS LANDS DEON TAYLOR THRILLER ‘THE INTRUDER’
Sony’s Screen Gems has closed a mid-seven-figure worldwide rights deal at Cannes for The Intruder, a Deon Taylor-directed thriller that stars Dennis Quaid, Meaghan Good, Michael Ealy and Joseph Sikora (Power). It...
Hidden Empire Film Group Strikes Deal With Screen Gems
Hidden Empire Film Group keeps winning with a deal that was struck at the Cannes Film Festival this week on its latest project The Intruder. Directed...
Dennis Quaid, Meagan Good, Michael Ealy and Joseph Sikora Cast In Deon Taylor’s The...
Deadline is reporting that Dennis Quaid, Meagan Good, Michael Ealy and Joseph Sikora have been cast in Deon Taylor‘s The Intruder for Screen Gems.
Written by David Loughery, the film is a...
HHV Exclusive: Roselyn Sanchez Talks Human Trafficking And Developing An Interest In Her #Traffik...
By Alyssa Debonair
Hip-HopVibe.com Staff Writer
A major issue, in the United States, is human trafficking. Several people have gone missing, over the years, and there is...
Screen Gems Lands Deon Taylor Thriller ‘The Intruder’ – Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Sony’s Screen Gems has closed a mid-seven-figure worldwide rights deal at Cannes for The Intruder, a Deon Taylor-directed thriller that stars Dennis Quaid, Meaghan Good, Michael Ealy and Joseph Sikora (Power)....
The Vincent Tucker Radio Show- Episode #457 feat. Paula Patton
Join Vincent "Heartbreak" Tucker, Myskenna, Yellostar, Remon & Charity E. as they cover the latest and greatest in news, sports, politics, music and entertainment...
Kicking the Seat Ep308: TRAFFIK Jam
Today, the Kicking the Seat Podcast welcomes writer/director Deon Taylor and actor Laz Alonso (Avatar, Detroit) for a discussion of their new thriller, Traffik. Centering on...
Behind The Lens Radio Show – Traffik
We’re putting the pedal to the metal on this episode of BEHIND THE LENS with writer/director/producer DEON TAYLOR talking everything TRAFFIK. Already an established, and admittedly self-taught, director, TRAFFIK is completelyrepresentative...
‘Traffik’ star Laz Alonso joins superhero series and says attending an HBCU is like...
‘You’re supported, encouraged by each other and allowed to explore who you are as a black person in society’
Actor and Howard University alum Laz...
The Watch – Deon Taylor talks about his new film Traffik
As seen on The Ringer
Roselyn Sanchez plays a role in fighting human trafficking
Roselyn Sanchez talks about real world human trafficking, the dark theme in the new film 'Traffik'.
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Director/filmmaker Deon Taylor: the hardest working brother in Hollywood! – The Philidelphia Sun
Interview with Kam Williams
Deon Taylor is a boundary-crashing, envelope-pushing, unabashedly creative force in the world of film and television. In Hollywood, roles vary and...
Chicago Now – Every Woman Should See TRAFFIK. Here’s Why.
TRAFFIK lures you into the warm, authentic love bubble of Paula Patton’s Brea and Omar Epps’ John. The two actors have chemistry that’s off...
Laz Alonso Shows a Whole Different Side in New Film
By Nadine Matthews, Special to the AFRO
It was a reunion of old friends for Laz Alonso and his co-stars in his new film “Traffik,” which...
Paula Patton on how her new film opened her eyes to the realities of...
MAUREEN LEE LENKER
April 19, 2018 at 03:35 PM EDT
In her new film Traffik, Paula Patton plays a woman who becomes the target of human trafficking.
She portrays...
Deon Taylor Discusses Finding Inspiration in Authenticity with ‘Traffik’
Deon Taylor is a director who doesn’t sugarcoat. He hopes to find a way to please audiences while simultaneously telling them a story that...
Filmmaker Deon Taylor shapes suspense & social issues into one in ‘TRAFFIK’
Writer-director-producer Deon Taylor is no stranger to taking audiences on a thought-provoking journey with his films. From SUPREMACY, to MEET THE BLACKS, each film...
Interview With Laz Alonso & Director Deon Taylor About New Film Traffik
The trailer for Traffik has been circulating for quite some time. On April 20 movie goers will have the chance to see the high...
INTERVIEW: COMPOSER GEOFF ZANELLI DISCUSSES HIS WORK ON ‘TRAFFIK’
THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE YOU’VE HEARD GEOFF ZANELLI’S SCORES BEFORE AS HIS RESUME INCLUDES TITLES SUCH AS PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL...
Traffik writer/director Deon Taylor exposes the truth about human trafficking
f you saw the trailer to Traffik, you don’t know the whole story. It looks like a fairly straightforward thriller about a couple menaced...
Roselyn Sanchez Talks About Her Performance in Latest Film TRAFFIK
MUSE Michael Sandoval sat down with Roselyn Sanchez on her role as Malia in the film, TRAFFIK. The film is set to open tomorrow...
Paula Patton stars in the surprisingly effective thriller ‘Traffik’
Once again, a distributor chose to hold back a film from reviewers that turns out to be better than its peek-a-boo marketing strategy implied....
LAZ ALONSO stops traffic with his performance in TRAFFIK – Exclusive Interview
LAZ ALONSO is no stranger to the world of film and television. From hard-hitting films like “Straw Dogs” under the direction of Rod Lurie, to...
Movie Review: Traffik – Reel Talker
The best kind of movies are the ones that stay with you long after they are over. Movies that make you reflect on your...
DEON TAYLOR & LAZ ALONSO ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING, NEW MOVIE & MORE!!!
Film director/writer Deon Taylor and actor Laz Alonso from the new movie "TRAFFIK" sat down with me to discuss, the importance of bringing awareness to human...
DEON TAYLOR AND LAZ ALONSO SHARE ON ‘TRAFFIK’ AND THE REALITY OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Human Trafficking is a large operation in the United States and across the globe, that to the general public may be invisible. In fact,...
Omar Epps Talks “Refreshing” ‘Traffik’ Collaboration With Deon Taylor
Paula Patton and Omar Epps topline Traffik, a film about a couple (Patton, Epps) who are hanging on to dear life thanks to a violent biker gang that houses...
“Traffik” deals with a vey tough subject in a very entertaining way
In the thriller “Traffik” Paula Patton is a newspaper journalist who stumbles upon a sex trafficking ring. Patton talks with FOX4’s Shawn Edwards about...