Here’s Why ‘Black Adam’ Was Delayed Until October

A follow-up to the $130M-plus grossing movie Law Abiding Citizen is happening with producer Lucas Foster and screenwriter Kurt Wimmer returning, as well as Gerard Butler and his G-Base partner Alan Siegel reprising their roles as producers.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe planned “Wonder Twins” live-action movie at HBO Max is no longer going forward, Variety has learned.The news comes just over a month after it was announced that KJ Apa and Isabel May had been cast in the lead roles in the DC film as the titular twins. It also arrives in the wake of the Warner Bros.-Discovery merger and Discovery boss David Zaslav’s pledge to cut approximately $3 billion in costs at the newly merged company.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorChris Wallace left a Sunday show on Fox News Channel to jump into the world of streaming at CNN. But now he’s going back to a weekend format for which he is best known:Wallace will take the reins of a new Sunday program on CNN, the network announced Wednesday during an upfront presentation for its parent company, Warner Bros.

Megan Fox had a star-studded, sparkle-filled birthday this week. The newly 36-year-old actress joined her fiancé, Machine Gun Kelly, at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday before heading to her own celebration immediately afterward. «It's my fiancée's birthday at midnight so we are celebrating her wonderful night,» the  reported from Kelly on the BBMAs red carpet. The couple hosted the event at Tao nightclub in Las Vegas, where they were joined by Mary J.

Comedy is back on NBC’s fall schedule with an hourlong Friday block — comprised by Dwayne Johnson’s Young Rock and new George Lopez series Lopez vs. Lopez — but The Blacklist is not, put on the bench until midseason only for the second time in its 10-season run. As expected, the Quantum Leap reboot, starring Raymond Lee, landed the post-Voice Monday slot while La Brea is back in the Tuesday 9 PM slot where it launched with a bang last fall.

Mary J. Blige collected the Icon Award at tonight’s (May 15) Billboard Music Awards 2022 in Las Vegas.The star was presented the trophy by last year’s winner of the same category, Janet Jackson, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.Jackson introduced Blige by saying she “represents truth – her work has always given us comfort because she sings me, she sings you”.

ICON Award on Sunday at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. She is one of only 11 other artists to receive the honor.While accepting her award, presented by Janet Jackson, Mary reflected on the status of an «icon» in culture, and the public perception of artists deemed icons.«The way the world is now, I think people think icons are born that way, that they become a legend overnight, but that is definitely not the case,» she shared. «It takes a lot of time, hard work, and a lot of surviving, trial and error, to achieve greatness.»«What an icon means to me is overcoming obstacles to accomplish the unthinkable and be wildly admired for having influence over a multitude of people, and that is what I've always represented,» she continued.

, the HBO series ended on a high note with the surprise return of original cast member and star Quinta Brunson. The season 3 finale opened with an action-packed sketch that saw her reuniting with her former co-stars -- and series creator Robin Thede breaks down how it all came together. “It was a really fun sketch for her to be a part of for a number of reasons,” Thede tells ET about getting Brunson to return for the finale, which saw her walking down a back alley in “Rain Fighter” as she’s forced to face off with Ashley Nicole Black, Gabrielle Dennis and Skye Townsend, who play various villainous hair styles. Of course, getting their former co-star back on the sketch series was no easy feat. “Quinta [had to] move mountains to be a part of the finale because she loves us and we love her,” Thede says, explaining that the actress was busy working on the ABC breakout sitcom, which first premiered in December 2021.

That woman! The Proposal gave new meaning to unorthodox romance with the love story of Margaret Tate and Andrew Paxton.

Blac Chyna celebrated her 34th birthday by getting baptized. The former reality TV star took to Instagram and posted a brief video of the occasion.In the video, Chyna is in a swimming pool wearing an all-white outfit while a man performs the ceremony.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum’s adventure comedy “The Lost City” arrives on Paramount+ today, following a surprise box office success last month.

More than eight months after wrapping “Black Adam”, Dwayne Johnson is back at work on the upcoming superhero flick.

Blac Chyna's lawsuit against Rob Kardashian and the rest of his family has come to an end after each side made a slew of allegations. ET is taking a closer look at why Blac Chyna mounted a $100 million lawsuit against the Kardashian family and what transpired in court.Her attorney, Lynne Ciani, told reporters she plans to file an appeal. Ciani said that, despite losing the defamation and contract interference claims against the Kardashian-Jenner family, there's still reason to celebrate, and for two reasons.

Studios attempting to shoot massive blockbuster movies during the pandemic are facing risks of production pausing for days, weeks, or even months at a time due to safety protocols in the age of COVID. Many might assume that once a film wraps, delays and studio headaches are over, but when it comes to Dwayne Johnson‘s “Black Adam,” featuring the mega-star as the DC Comics anti-hero, the post-production process has another string of hiccups to navigate.

In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our revitalized TV and streaming podcast, co-hosts Mike DeAngelo and Rodrigo Perez dive into Hulu’s new mystery series, “Under the Banner of Heaven.” The show follows a devout Mormon detective Jeb Pyre (played by Andrew Garfield) whose faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder seemingly connected to an esteemed Utah family’s spiral into LDS Mormon fundamentalism and their distrust in the government (read our review here).