‘Outlander’ Set to Return to Starz in Early 2022

EastEnders legend Sid Owen was reportedly in talks to return to Albert Square until a money dispute cut the plans short.The actor regularly played Ricky Butcher in the soap from 1988 until 2012, and previously teased in 2016 that he had a ‘contract with the BBC’ that could see him return. While that has never materialised, it seems that the former market stall trader was in line to reappear in Walford, alongside the return of Charlie Brooks, who plays his onscreen sister, Janine.

Larian Studios has confirmed that Baldur’s Gate III will not be leaving Early Access this year “for sure”.In an interview with GameSpot, the company confirmed that Baldur’s Gate III will be staying in Early Access. Studio founder Swen Vincke said the team is “really trying to get the game done by next year”.Baldur’s Gate III has been in development for a while now, receiving many patches and hotfixes whilst in Early Access.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentOscar-nominated Danish director Lone Scherfig (“An Education”) will be making her return to television with “The Shift,” an emotional series set in a contemporary maternity ward headlined by Danish star Sofie Gråbøl (“The Killing,” “The Undoing”). The prestige eight-part series starts shooting this week, it has been commissioned by Danish commercial channel TV2 and TV2 Play, and is being represented in international markets by Beta Film.

Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone’s Netflix comedy series God’s Favorite Idiot has wrapped up production earlier than expected in Australia—and now, we know why.

Bruce Springsteen delighted fans with the recent announcement that he was resurrecting his “Springsteen on Broadway” show throughout the summer, and The Boss had more to say about it when he called into his SiriusXM radion channel on Thursday, June 10.

Pink Floyd is to be demolished after a decade spent fighting redevelopment plans.The Flying Pig in Cambridge was regularly visited by the band’s original frontman Syd Barrett. It is said to be the place where he first met future Pink Floyd guitarist and co-lead vocalist David Gilmour, when it was named The Crown in the late 1950s.The pub’s managers Matt and Justine Hatfield said they have been given six months to vacate the property.

live-action film dropped on May 28, Disney is looking forward «to a long run» with the franchise. To date, the Emma Stone-starring movie has earned over $32.4 million domestically and over $48.5 million worldwide.«We are very pleased with Cruella’s box office success, in conjunction with its strong Disney+ Premier Access performance to date,» a Disney spokesperson tells ET.

“The good thing about evil people is you can always trust them to do something, well, evil.” Of course, there’s a metaphor in there about movie studios, but we’ll let you figure that one out. Regardless, following the success of “Cruella” in theaters and Disney+, Disney is already developing a “Cruella 2” sequel.

No surprise here: Disney is capitalizing on last weekend’s success of Cruella in theaters and on Disney+ Premier, with a sequel already in the works with the pic’s director Craig Gillespie and writer Tony McNamara looking to team again.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe world may have been a more wholesome place before Cruella De Vil, but Disney cannot get enough of her.Before “Cruella” — the live-action prequel to the animated feature “One Hundred and One Dalmatians” — has even entered its second weekend, Disney is already in early development on a sequel, with director Craig Gillespie and screenwriter Tony McNamara both expected to return.

AMC Entertainment, which has been surfing a wave of retail enthusiasm over its meme-worthy stock, has decided to cash in and sell 11.6 million shares.

Coachella is coming back. California's largest music festival is all set to return next year after it was postponed and canceled multiple times throughout the pandemic.

Coachella will officially return in April 2022.Next year’s edition of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will be its first since 2019. The festival announced June 1 that it will run on the weekends of April 15-17 and 22-24 in 2022 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.This confirms previous reports that the festival would sit out 2021 entirely.

After canceling for the past two years, Southern California’s marquee music festivals Coachella and Stagecoach are a go for 2022. The events will occur back-to-back in April, promoter Goldenvoice announced on Tuesday.

Paramount TV Studios president Nicole Clemens is set to assume a bigger role at Paramount+. Clemens is in discussions to take over some of the duties left by outgoing head of programming Julie McNamara, an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap.Clemens, whose new role is not yet official, would not have the exact same role and title as McNamara.

If you were hoping the Oscars might be returning to an earlier date next year you can probably blame the Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl for making you wait, but we’ll get to that.

Blizzard Entertainment has officially cancelled BlizzCon 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The studio today (May 27) shared the news via a blog post.