ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Both Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds and Talk Soup veteran and Santa Clarita Diet actor Joel McHale are teaming up with ABC for two new game shows. Reynolds is executive-producing a show called Don’t, “a comedic physical game [that] follows one family of four who must work together throughout five mental and physical …
‘Smallville’ actress Allison Mack pleads guilty in sex cult case, faces 40 years in prison
Getty Images/Spencer Platt(NEW YORK) — Former Smallville star Allison Mack has pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges in connection to the NXIVM sex cult. The pleas, made in a Brooklyn federal courtroom Monday morning, including the acts of “extortion and forced labor.” Mack faces a maximum of 40 years in prison: 20 years …
Avengers stars say they’re “just as in the dark” as fans when it comes to the end of Endgame
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — On Monday, the Avengers: Endgame cast joined the Good Morning America team to talk about the upcoming blockbuster film, and revealed that despite the fact that they’re in the movie, they haven’t seen it yet. “If anyone of us asked [to see it], then we probably could,” Captain America’s alter-ego Chris Evans …
‘Good Wife’ veteran Julianna Margulies’ on why she didn’t return to spin-off ‘The Good Fight’: “CBS wouldn’t pay me”
Getty Images/CBS Photo Archive/Contributor(LOS ANGELES) — Julianna Marguilies told Deadline back in February that she “really wanted to” reprise her Good Wife role of Alicia Florek on the CBS All-Access spin-off The Good Fight, but at the time, she said, “The deal didn’t happen.” Now Marguilies, who won two Emmys for her role in the …
“I’m happy to have my captain back”: Zoe Saldana “excited” that Disney re-hired ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ director James Gunn
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — Currently promoting her voice-over role in the animated film Missing Link, Guardians of the Galaxy star Zoe Saldana tells Variety she’s thrilled that Disney has re-hired director James Gunn for that movie’s third installment. As you’ll recall, Gunn was fired from his writing and directing gig on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. …
AMC announces third ‘Walking Dead’ series
Gene Page/AMC(NEW YORK) — Ahead of the start of its publicity summit in New York City, AMC has announced it has begun work on a thrid series set in the Walking Dead universe. The network, home to the mother ship apocalyptic horror series The Walking Dead and its first spin-off Fear The Walking Dead, says …
Idris Elba still in for ‘Suicide Squad’, but no longer as Deadshot
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(LOS ANGELES) — A month after announcing that Idris Elba would replace Will Smith as the sharpshooting assassin Deadshot in the upcoming Suicide Squad sequel, sources tell Variety producers have changed course and decided to eliminate Deadshot from the sequel and cast Elba in a different role. The details of Elba’s new character, or a …
Kit Harington hosts ‘Saturday Night Live’ but can’t leave ‘Game of Thrones’ behind
Rosalind O’Connor/NBC(NEW YORK) — If you’re a Game of Thrones fan, it was definitely odd seeing star Kit Harington — who plays the somber, scruffy warrior king Jon Snow — clean-shaven and smiling as he hosted Saturday Night Live over the weekend. But the show wasted no time poking fun at him, and the HBO …
‘Shazam!’ soars at the box office with $53.4 million debut
Warner Bros.(NEW YORK) — Shazam! lived up to its hype, and then some, delivering an estimated $53.4 million in its opening weekend. Adding in the money earned from a Fandango special event last month, the film adaption of the DC comics character starring Zachary Levi as the titular character has earned a total of $56.7 million …
“This Is Us” star Chrissy Metz to sing at Sunday night’s Academy of Country Music Awards
Maarten de Boer/NBC(LAS VEGAS) — This Is Us star Chrissy Metz will take the stage with country stars Carrie Underwood, Maddie & Tae, Lauren Alaina and Mickey Guyton at Sunday night’s Academy of Country Music Awards. Although the actress has shown off her pipes as Kate Pearson on the top-rated NBC drama, she’ll be making …