George R. R. Martin teams up with Marvel for new comic book series

Emily Longeretta After 20 years on reality TV, the Kardashians know their worth. For their upcoming Hulu reality show, they will be earning nine figures, insiders reveal in this week’s Variety cover story.“We are all equals,” Khloé Kardashian says of the family, who will all receive the same salary for “The Kardashians,” which debuts on April 14.The family — also including Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner — had many options about which network to sign with, momager Kris Jenner confirms, refusing to share more: “I’m not one to kiss and tell.”When “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” premiered on E! in 2007, production had a minimal budget. Two decades and nine spinoffs later, everything has changed.

Starz has handed a second season order to Power Book IV: Force. The renewal announcement Wednesday follows strong ratings for the February 6 debut of the third spinoff in the Power franchise, which notched the most-watched series premiere in Starz history, with 3.3 million multiplatform views in the U.S. alone.

Travis Barker is reportedly developing a new TV series based on tattoos and diamond dental implants.According to Deadline, the unscripted reality series – titled Inked And Iced – will follow the Blink-182 drummer on his new business venture with the so-called “diamond dentist” Dr. Tom Connelly.It’ll see musicians and celebrities undergoing high-end diamond dental implant procedures as they simultaneously receive full-body tattoos – all while under anaesthesia.Barker has teamed up with Bullish Content and This Is Just A Test Media to develop the upcoming series.

K.J. Yossman “Line of Duty” star Martin Compston is set to lead a new factual series set in his native Scotland.

Dua Lipa and Megan Thee Stallion have announced their first-ever collaboration. 

Joe Jonas and another music star have signed on as judges for a new MTV competition series – Just Jared Jr Find out why McDonald’s is getting sued – DListed Camila Cabello just debuted her new song on TV – Egotastic One of the stars of The CW’s Legends of Tomorrow is leaving the series – Just Jared Jr

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“Entourage” creator Doug Ellin is returning to Hollywood for his next series. Ellin has recruited Charlie Sheen and several of his “Entourage” stars — including Kevin Connolly and Kevin Dillon — to play themselves in “Ramble On,” a scripted dramatic comedy about established stars looking for career reinvention, alongside aspiring performers looking to make their own name.The show, which is currently being shopped to potential distributors, comes from Angry Lunch, a new shingle recently formed by Ellin and Ted Foxman, in association with Action Park Media.

Need a little vintage 1970s throwback eroticism and feminism in your life? HBO Max has got you and just released the official trailer for the ten-episode Max Original comedy series, “Minx.” The series debuts Thursday, March 17, with two new episodes debuting each week through April 14. What is “Minx”? It’s the place where the 1970s women’s lib movement and ’70s erotic girl magazines meet.

Pamela Anderson is bringing her own story to Netflix.

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett is set to publish his first comic book, Nights of Lono.The comic, which will launch this year but has yet to receive a firm release date, was announced on Monday (March 1), along with the news that AMC Networks is launching a new book publishing arm, AMC Networks Publishing.For Nights of Lono, Hammett – a longtime horror enthusiast – will be teaming up with writing partner Marcel Feldmar. The comic book will be set in 1989 Hawaii, and will explore themes within the supernatural, mystery and adventure genres.Per AMC Networks Publishing’s official description, Nights of Lono will tell the tale of “a troubled female detective who is hired to find King Kamehameha’s tomb before it is discovered by an unscrupulous occultist fro the mainland”.The comic is also described as a “self-aware journey through standard detective tropes and cliches that are sharpened and given new life with fresh takes on the myths and folklore of the Hawaiian Islands”.Following the news of AMC Networks Publishing’s launch and Nights of Lono, Hammett took to social media to say: “Excited to partner with award-winning creatives & companies to further engage [AMC’s] passionate fanbases with the stories & characters they love”.A post shared by Kirk Hammett (@kirkhammett)Besides Nights of Lono, Hammett is set to provide a foreword for AMC Networks Publishing’s first title, Shudder’s Creepshow: From Script to Scream, alongside Stephen King.Nights of Lono will mark the second book that the Metallica guitarist has written, following his 2012 coffee-table book, Too Much Horror Business, which detailed his horror collection and memorabilia.

Julia Child is up there with “Sesame Street” and Fred Rogers as icons of public access TV. So, it was only a matter of time before Child got herself a biopic series for a streaming service and that’s exactly what happened, as “Julia” is preparing to drop later this month.

Netflix is back with another true crime series. And this time it focuses on four harrowing tales of nightmare housemates.

Zack Sharf The review embargo for Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” has lifted, bringing with it a handful of raves and several mixed takes on the director’s very long and very dark interpretation of the Caped Crusader. The Warner Bros.

Actor David Hayman has revealed he is set to appear in a new Star Wars series – after he was rumbled by suspicious locals in Argyll.

Kate Middleton and Prince William just made a rare public appearance with their eight-year-old son Prince George!

As we enter late afternoon of the second day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian TV networks are now showing back-to-back news to keep citizens informed, with one channel group turning off all commercial advertising.

HBO‘s new LA Lakers drama.The actor is set to portray former Lakers owner Jerry Buss in the forthcoming basketball drama Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty, which is due out next month.Reilly was the third choice for the role in the Adam McKay drama after Will Ferrell and Michael Shannon dropped out.“I’d been sitting at my kitchen table, thinking, ‘Man, I’m dead in the water, all this work, 80 movies, and I got nothing going on,’ when I got the text from Adam,” Reilly told The Hollywood Reporter.He landed the part after Ferrell fell out with his longstanding collaborator McKay over the role.“It ended not well,” McKay said in a recent interview with Vanity Fair after Ferrell, a die hard fan of the team, had his heart set on playing Buss.McKay thought that Ferrell’s Step Brothers co-star Reilly would be better suited for the role.“Ferrell just doesn’t look like Jerry Buss, and he’s not that vibe of a Jerry Buss,” added McKay. “And there were some people involved who were like, ‘We love Ferrell, he’s a genius, but we can’t see him doing it.’ It was a bit of a hard discussion.” To make things worse, McKay didn’t personally notify Ferrell of the choice.

Manori Ravindran International EditorScrapbook-style book series “The Popularity Papers” is getting the TV treatment.Amy Ignatow’s award-winning middle-grade novels will be adapted for the screen by Corus Media-backed Aircraft Pictures, the Oscar-nominated producers behind “The Breadwinner,” and Emmy-nominated production company WexWorks Media.The original book series, for which the first installment was selected as a top-10 title of 2011 by the American Library Association’s Rainbow Project and won the 2010 Gold Award from the National Parenting Publications Association, tells the story of two best friends, Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang, who are on a mission to crack the popularity code and dismantle the social construct for middle-schoolers everywhere. Using the scientific method, the girls conduct social experiments on their peers with hilarious results.

EXCLUSIVE: Krypton alum Aaron Pierre is set to co-star opposite Mahershala in Marvel’s new Blade pic starring Ali as the iconic vampire hunter. Delroy Lindo is also on board with Bassam Tariq set to direct. It is unknown who Pierre will be playing in the film. Stacy Osei-Kuffour is on board to pen the script with Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige producing.