Jon Hamm Says He Turned Down ‘Green Lantern,’ But Has Pitched Himself To Marvel For Other Roles

Deadpool & Wolverine, and it's both fun and a little sentimental.In , Reynolds, co-star Hugh Jackman, and director Shawn Levy discuss the fun atmosphere on set, and the accompanying pictures show that spirit with the threesome playing a little table tennis. And it's not a prop for the photo shoot; that was a gift from Lively.“[] and I have a bunch of these prints of actors playing [ping pong] on their sets,” Reynolds told the outlet, providing a rare peek into their interior decorating strategy. “We’ve got Newman and Redford in Durango, Mexico, during the shooting of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

EXCLUSIVE: Following a sleepy San Diego Comic-Con last summer due to the actors’ strike, this year’s is about to explode with the return of Marvel Studios to Hall H per sources. San Diego Comic-Con runs from July 25-28.

HBO has picked up a new Green Lantern series, Lanterns – find out more below.Last night, HBO Max took to social media to confirm the series. While little is known of the DC Comics show, it has been confirmed that the show will be “coming soon”.Per a report from Variety, Lanterns will be led by showrunner Chris Mundy, who has in the past worked on True Detective: Night Country and Ozark.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer The Green Lanterns’ light is officially ready to shine again. HBO has officially picked up “Lanterns,” the first live-action series created expressly for DC Studios under co-chairmen/co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran.

It’s taken six long years for a third “Deadpool” movie to arrive and then morph into “Deadpool & Wolverine,” and the reasons seemed clear from the jump: integrating a foul-mouthed R-rated character into the PG-13 world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe proved to be tricky and complicated for Marvel, Ryan Reynolds and everyone involved. And according to a new Vanity Fair story, a third “Deadpool” movie was almost scrapped—it took Hugh Jackman to change his mind about reprising his famous Wolverine character before the movie finally came to life.

Jon Hamm has revealed that he become a mentor to James Gandolfini’s son following the Sopranos star’s sudden death.Gandolfini died of a heart attack in 2013 at the age of 51. His son Michael was 14 years old at the time.Now, in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Hamm has revealed that Michael “reached out” to him when the actor died, due to encouragement from his father.“He said, ‘My dad told me that you were a good guy,'” explained Hamm, noting that he was emotional about the interaction.

Jon Hamm is opening up about the possibility of starting a family.

Netflix‘s EMEA chief has described his Los Gatos overlords as “very hands off” when it comes to content strategy outside the U.S.

The next season of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show will likely premiere long after the 2024 presidential election has ended, and that democratic process only scratches the surface of what real-life events the drama series could respond to with the time it has in production before release.

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China’s Film Bureau has approved a July 26 release for Disney/Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine, arguably one of the most anticipated movies of the year globally. Marvel’s Weibo account announced the dating this morning Beijing time which Disney has confirmed. The release is day-and-date with the U.S. and marks the first time the Merc with a Mouth is going to China in step with the rest of the world. (Scroll below for a look at the new poster.)

Former Manchester United star David Beckham has heaped praise on Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney for their transformative work at Wrexham.

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Taylor Swift is not set to star in the upcoming superhero movie, Deadpool & Wolverine, despite speculation from fans.According to an exclusive report by Entertainment Weekly, the singer of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ will not be making an appearance in the next instalment of the Marvel franchise.Despite IMAX posting an Instagram picture yesterday showing its two heroes holding hands and wearing friendship bracelets, a symbol of Swift fandom and more specifically ‘The Eras Tour’, it has been revealed that the singer won’t be involved in the film.The rumours began after fans noticed the film’s stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in attendance with Swift at a Kansas City Chiefs game last October, along with the film’s director Shawn Levy.Some fans of MCU speculated that she might portray the comic book character Dazzler in the upcoming movie.It’s well known that Swift is friends with both Reynolds and Levy, with the former attending her recent show along with his wife Blake Lively, and Swift including their children’s names in her song ‘betty’, and with Levy starring in Swift’s short film All Too Well.However, it seems Swift’s friendships with Levy and Reynolds don’t necessarily suggest her involvement in the film, which will be next month.While neither Levy nor Reynolds addressed the rumour for some time, Levy told EW in April: “I regret that I was not quicker to shut it down the first time, so I’m going to default to my very true situation, which is as much as we love each other, the fear of death is so intense in me regarding Ryan and how he desperately wants to avoid talking about all of these proliferating rumours.”Back in May, Jackman, Levy and Reynolds spoke with Fandango about the rumour.

Appearing for a panel at Deadline’s Sound & Screen Television live-music event, Jeff Russo described how he adapts to Fargo showrunner Noah Hawley’s requests.

A new teaser released Saturday for Deadpool & Wolverine has accomplished its mission. People are talking about the film, particularly about a pair of legs that are seen for a second in one of the shots.

“I hope everyone gets to work with their best friend at least once in their lifetime. I know I can’t wait to finally do it,” Ryan Reynolds says sarcastically in the text for the new “Deadpool & Wolverine” teaser released today on National Best Friends Day.

Nicholas Galitzine opened up about his career while participating in a roundtable discussion with his fellow actors.

“The Morning Show” co-star months after their raunchy sex scene aired.“Jon Hamm, yes! That big, tall drink of water,” Aniston, 55, said during her Variety Actors on Actors interview with Quinta Brunson that came out Thursday. Hamm, 53, joined the cast of Season 3 of the Apple TV+ drama series. His character, tech billionaire Paul Marks, gets into a steamy romance with Aniston’s Alex Levy.

When it came to delivering one of the most twisted and politically thrilling Fargo seasons ever, creator Noah Hawley says it didn’t entail him ripping up a ton of scripts to get there.