Lucasfilm(CHICAGO) — Today at Star Wars Celebration, a fan event in Chicago, the name of the ninth Star Wars movie was finally revealed: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Following a Stephen Colbert-hosted Q&A panel with director J.J. Abrams, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, and the film’s cast — including Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaacs, John Boyega, …
Star David Harbour wasn’t thinking franchise with ‘Hellboy’: “We just wanted to make a great movie”
Mark Rogers/Lionsgate(NEW YORK) — Hellboy is in theaters today. It’s a reboot of Guillermo del Toro’s two-film series, which originally starred Ron Perlman as the red-skinned demon hero. This new version stars Stranger Things’ David Harbour as Hellboy, and he tells ABC Radio he was quite familiar with the DC Comics source material even before …
Show creator welcomes the freedom of the ‘Hanna’ series-sized canvas, as show gets renewed for second season
L-R: Esme Creed-Miles, Joel Kinnaman/Amazon (NEW YORK) — On the heels of its March 29 series premiere, Amazon has renewed Hanna for a second season, according to Deadline. Based on the 2011 film of the same name, Hanna follows the titular character, played by Esmé Creed-Miles, a young girl raised in seclusion and trained in the …
Disney announces lineup, price, November 12 launch date for Disney+ streaming service
Disney(LOS ANGELES) — On Thursday, Disney revealed details of its new Disney+ streaming service, which will offer users unique access to Disney, Pixar, Marvel and National Geographic content. The service, set to launch on November 12, 2019, will be priced at $6.99 a month. Some of the content that will be available on Disney Plus …
‘Hellboy,’ ‘Little’ and ‘Missing Link’ among this week’s new movies
David Harbour in “Hellboy”; Mark Rogers/Lionsgate(NEW YORK) — Opening nationwide in theaters Friday: * Hellboy — This reboot of writer/director Guillermo del Toro’s 2004 big-screen adaptation of the comic book features Stranger Things star David Harbour playing the titular character, originated by Ron Perlman: a demon raised by a human father to become a wisecracking, butt-kicking …
City of Chicago sues Jussie Smollett for $130K investigation cost of alleged hate crime attack
Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — The City of Chicago has made good on its promise to sue Empire actor Jussie Smollett to recover the cost of their investigation into his claim that he was the victim of a hate crime attack earlier this year. ABC News obtained a copy of the lawsuit Thursday, released by the Chicago …
Regina Hall wants to go from ‘Little’ to serial killer onscreen
ABC/Paula Lobo(NEW YORK) — Regina Hall is ready to show off her evil side. In an interview with Essence, Hall, who’ll be seen Friday opposite Marsai Martin and Issa Rae in the new comedy Little, says she’s ready to take on a completely different type of role in her next movie. The Girls Trip star …
They can’t talk about ‘Endgame’, so Paul Rudd and Jeremy Renner “created” ’50 Year-Old Virgins’
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Marvel movie stars Paul Rudd and Jeremy Renner have teamed up again. The big-screen’s Ant-Man and Hawkeye have co-created a comedy called 50 Year-Old Virgins. Sort of. For celebrities on a big film, part of the bargain is traveling the world to do countless interviews to promote it. In the case …
Personal tragedy led ‘Walking Dead’ & ‘Prison Break’ star Sarah Wayne Callies to ‘Unspeakable’
Jeff Weddell/SundanceTV (NEW YORK) — Sarah Wayne Callies is a veteran of beloved escapist series like Walking Dead, Prison Break, and USA Network’s alien invasion show Colony — but her new show Unspeakable hits much closer to home. The SundanceTV series chronicles one of the largest medical disasters in history: the accidental HIV and Hepatitis C …
ABC’s summer schedule features fun and games, captivating drama and ‘The Bachelor’ franchise all season long
ABC/John Fleenor(LOS ANGELES) — ABC has announced its summer lineup, and it’s full of fun & games, drama and roses. Highlights include three nights of game shows, starting with the return of ABC’s popular 1970s-80s game shows Card Sharks and Press Your Luck, airing Wednesdays at 8:00 and 9:00 p.m ET, respectively, ahead of Match Game, …