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‘Traffik’ director Deon Taylor breaks down scene with laz alonso & omar epps *Deon Taylor is a boundary-crashing, envelope-pushing, unabashedly-creative force in the world of film and television. In Hollywood, roles vary and job functions are often blurred and blended – for talent, creatives, filmmakers, storytellers, show runners, producers and high-level executives alike. Few people, […]

Twitter * Deon Taylor is set to direct “Freedom Ride,” a period drama based on first-person accounts by several original Freedom Riders, including late civil rights icon and U.S. Congressman John Lewis. Taylor and his Hidden Empire Film Group partner Robert F. Smith will exec produce the project, along with noted civil rights attorney Benjamin […]

Latest Film from Deon Taylor Will Open Nationwide on April 29th 2016 Los Angeles, CA – It was revealed today that Deon Taylor’s comedy “Meet the Blacks” has landed a wide theatrical release this spring through Freestyle Releasing. The film will open nationwide this April 29. A comedy/horror hybrid spoofing the hit film “The Purge,” […]

*Director Deon Taylor was rollin’. The brother had it going on and then the coronavirus struck and along with the rest of Hollywood, he got shut down. In 2019, his films “The Intruder” and “Black and Blue,” made out big at the box office and he was looking forward to the release of his upcoming […]

[…] getaway spirals out of control in “Traffik,” a jarring thriller that explores the gritty world of human trafficking and follows a couple’s fight for survival. Writer and director Deon Taylor (“Meet the Blacks,” “Supremacy,” “Dead Tone”) tells EUR/Electronic Urban Report that he never expected to “do a film like this.” And the inspiration for the project came when […]

[…] Epps moves his family to Beverly Hills, Calif., on the same day when all crime becomes legal for a 12-hour period in “Meet The Blacks.” Directed by Deon Taylor (“Supremacy”), the film is a black-horror spoof on 2013’s “The Purge,” directed by James DeMonaco. Unlike “The Purge,” which has spawned two sequels – and uses […]

Deon Taylor *Director Deon Taylor has been tapped to reboot “Blacula,” as MGM, Bron and Hidden Empire Film Group will produce a reimagining of the 1972 blaxploitation horror film. Perr Variety, “the reboot will take place in a metropolitan city post-coronavirus pandemic, following the vampire as he thirsts for vengeance,” the outlet writes. Taylor […]

*A prolific writer, self-taught filmmaker, director, and idea generator, Deon Taylor is the founder of the independent film production company, Hidden Empire Film Group. Most recently Taylor released two films in the troubled Covid-19 landscape to great success. The first being in 2020 through Lionsgate – the taut thriller “Fatale,” starring two-time Academy Award winner […]

Director Deon Taylor (center) with Michael Ealy and Meagan Good on the set of Screen Gems’ THE INTRUDER. *It grossed $36 million worldwide! And today its now available on digital and blu-ray! “The Intruder” DVD bonus features includes a hilarious gag reel, a shocking alternate ending, six deleted scenes, and a “making of” featurette. Film […]

[…] and MUCH More! (EUR Exclusive Podcast) EURweb correspondent Jill Munroe spoke with Swank – who is also one of the producers of the film, director and producer Deon Taylor, and Fatale co-star Colter about putting the project together, and the family environment Taylor creates on set. Taylor produced the film for his company, Hidden Empire […]

*Director Deon Taylor and his Hidden Empire Film Group are kicking off the new year with a new horror title that’ll leave you thinking about your own worst fears.  Taylor’s latest psychological movie offering is “Fear,” which centers on a group of friends who gather for a weekend getaway at a remote and historic hotel. […]

Blacula poster (via AAFCA) *(Los Angeles) – Indie filmmaking power couple Roxanne and Deon Taylor‘s Hidden Empire Films, in association with the African American Film Critics Association, is delighted to announce a special Halloween screening commemorating the 50th anniversary of the horror movie classic, “Blacula.” The spine-tingling evening will feature the film shown in its […]

Twitter *Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is set to star in and executive produce “Free Agents,” a sports heist thriller that Deon Taylor will direct for Lionsgate. Per THR, Taylor wrote the script with Joe Bockol and will produce with partner Roxanne Avent Taylor via the duo’s Hidden Empire Film Group. According to the report, “Free […]

[…] Award, named for the pioneering film executive and administered by his family, including sister Cheryl Boone Isaacs, for her stellar track record and promise in the industry. Deon Taylor Filmmakers Matthew Cherry and Deon Taylor are respectively Breakout Filmmaker and Horizon Award honorees. Through his Hidden Empire Film Group, Taylor over the last decade has […]

[…] strange activity after dark. And nothing could be more freaky than his new neighbor Dr. Mamuwalde (Williams), who may or may not be a vampire. From co-writer/director Deon Taylor (Fatale, The Intruder), as the Meet the Blacks universe expands, it will be up to Carl to figure out what his neighbor is up to in […]