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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterDiego Luna’s Cassian Andor is going from a galaxy far, far away to a television screen near you very soon.“Andor,” a prequel to “Rogue One,” will premiere on Disney+ on August 31 with 12 episodes.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterWhen Maisie Williams was first offered “Pistol” — the FX limited series created by Craig Pearce and directed by Danny Boyle, about punk rock band the Sex Pistols for FX — she knew little about the band or the world of 1970s counterculture London that surrounded them. But the “Game of Thrones” star was instantly drawn to the role of Jordan (aka Pamela Rooke), whose provocative makeup and fashion made her a model and muse for Vivienne Westwood — and helped to catalyze the punk movement.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER ALERT: This story discusses the endings of several titles released by Marvel Studios in 2021 and 2022, from “WandaVision” through “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.”At the very end of 2021’s “WandaVision” — the inauguration of Marvel Studios’ post-“Avengers: Endgame” slate of titles, collectively known as Phase Four — we see Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) quietly sipping tea by a lakeside cabin, recovering from the traumatic events of the series finale.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe House Corrino has its ruler.Christopher Walken will join Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya in director Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune Part Two,” as Shaddam IV, the Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe.Walken’s casting fills out the major characters for the second half of Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal science fiction novel.

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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot points in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” currently playing in theaters.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot points of Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” currently in theaters.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER ALERT: This story discusses the main post-credit scene in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” currently in theaters.For as long as he’s been in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) — former genius neurosurgeon turned master of the mystical arts — has only had eyes for one person: Dr. Christine Palmer (Rachel McAdams).

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterEver since Patrick Stewart’s singular voice rang out in the Super Bowl trailer for Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” fans have eagerly awaited the return — really, the resurrection — of Professor Charles Xavier, the role Stewart played seven times over 17 years as part of 20th Century Fox’s “X-Men” movie franchise.In 2017’s “Logan,” Stewart seemingly said goodbye to Prof.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterIt’s not every day that one can write a sentence that reasonably connects the Fox animated series “Bob’s Burgers,” the House of Terror museum of fascist and communist regimes in Hungary, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe — but in 2022, anything is possible.Let’s back up.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot developments in Season 2, Episode 10 of “Star Trek: Picard,” currently streaming on Paramount+.Throughout the seven seasons of “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” audiences were only allowed brief glimpses into the past of Capt.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER WARNING: This story discusses major plot points in Season 1, Episode 6 of “Moon Knight,” currently streaming on Disney+.Throughout Marvel Studios’ “Moon Knight,” it’s been clear that the titular superhero at its center, played by Oscar Isaac, was contending with a profound issue with his mental health.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterMarvel Studios will need to find another Mr.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterMarvel Studios productions “The Marvels” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” are swapping release dates, Disney announced Friday.“The Marvels,” the sequel to 2019’s “Captain Marvel,” was originally due to open on Feb.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterWhen Kelley Wolf was first approached about reuniting with the cast of MTV’s “The Real World: New Orleans,” she was, she says, “extraordinarily skeptical.” While Wolf has remained somewhat of a public person as the wife of actor Scott Wolf — they met in 2002, two years after “New Orleans” first aired, and married in 2004 — she was deeply unsure she wanted to step back fully into the spotlight.“You know, we are middle aged people,” she says.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterJ.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot has signed on to produce the live-action adaptation of the iconic toy “Hot Wheels,” Mattel and Warner Bros.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThere are few alumni of MTV’s “The Real World” who have had as lasting a legacy as Danny Roberts.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterMary Margaret has exited her role as editor-in-chief of Entertainment Weekly, and she’ll be replaced by EW executive editor Patrick Gomez, who has been named to the position of General Manager, said a spokesperson for Dotdash Meredith.The news comes after EW published its final print issue last month, part of Dotdash Meredith’s decision to cease print editions for six of its titles, including EW and InStyle.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThey’re all winners, baby.In a watershed moment in “Drag Race” herstory, all eight returning queens on Season 7 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” have won previous seasons of “Drag Race” or “All Stars.” The cast includes winners that stretch from 2011 through 2020, one international queen and three queens who’ve won seasons of All Stars.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterMarvel Studios’ “Ironheart” has found its directors.Sam Bailey (“Dear White People”) and Angela Barnes (“Blindspotting”) will divide directing duties for the Disney Plus series — which will be produced by Proximity, the production company co-founded by “Black Panther” filmmaker Ryan Coogler.The series follows Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), who invents a suit of armor similar to Tony Stark’s Iron Man suit.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterPixar Animation Studios is promoting “Turning Red” producer Lindsey Collins and director Domee Shi into leadership roles at the company.Collins has been named into a new position, as senior vice president of development.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterJean-Luc is getting the old gang back together.“Star Trek: The Next Generation” stars LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis and Brent Spiner will join Patrick Stewart for the third and final season of the Paramount Plus series “Star Trek: Picard.”Spiner has played several characters on “Picard” in Season 1 and 2 (which is currently streaming), including his original role of the android Data; Frakes and Sirtis appeared in one memorable episode of “Picard” in Season 1 as William T.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe Targaryens are returning to HBO.“House of the Dragon,” HBO’s first spin-off series of its record-breaking juggernaut “Game of Thrones,” will premiere on Aug.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterAsk 100 people in the entertainment industry what the Academy Awards telecast should entail, and you’re bound to get 100 different opinions.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer“The Batman” director Matt Reeves released a deleted scene from his superhero epic on Thursday featuring Robert Pattinson’s Caped Crusader facing off against his classic nemesis, the Joker, played by Barry Keoghan.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterFor decades, Hollywood has strived — and failed — to assemble the massive robot mecha “Voltron” for a live-action adaptation of the beloved 1980s animated TV series.Now “Red Notice” director Rawson Marshall Thurber hopes he’ll be the one to bring the robot lion arms, legs, and head together.The filmmaker, who also directed Dwayne Johnson films “Skyscraper” and “Central Intelligence,” is attached to direct and co-write a “Voltron” movie in a package that is currently fielding offers from multiple studios.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterOn March 9, LGBTQ employees and allies at Pixar Animation Studios sent a joint statement to Walt Disney Company leadership claiming that Disney executives had actively censored “overtly gay affection” in its feature films.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterIn 2013, Marvel Comics introduced Kamala Khan, a Pakistani American teenager from New Jersey who idolizes Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel. By 2014, Kamala had superhuman abilities, her own solo series and her own superhero moniker — Ms.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterAfter weeks of internal strife and external controversy surrounding the Walt Disney Company’s lack of public response to the “Don’t Say Gay” legislation in Florida, CEO Bob Chapek announced in a company email on Friday that Disney will pause all political donations in the state during a restructuring of its political giving framework.Chapek also apologized directly to the company’s LGBTQ employees for his widely criticized messaging on the issue.“It is clear that this is not just an issue about a bill in Florida, but instead yet another challenge to basic human rights,” Chapek wrote.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer“Star Trek” is returning home to the U.S.S. Enterprise.In the first trailer for “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” the fifth “Trek” series set at Paramount Plus, Capt.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterWhen the world first learned that Robert Pattinson was in the running to headline “The Batman,” it was in May 2019, and Pattinson hadn’t even auditioned yet.“When that thing leaked, I was fucking furious,” Pattinson told Variety for a September 2019 cover story about the release of his film “The Lighthouse.” “Everyone was so upset.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER WARNING: Do not read if you have not seen “The Batman,” currently playing in theaters.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterOn its face, celebrating the year’s most popular films during the Academy Awards makes perfect sense — movies are a popular art, after all. But when the Academy announced that it would celebrate the Fan Favorite movies of 2021 with a Twitter poll, anyone who has spent roughly 15 minutes on Twitter could have predicted things would get weird.Narrator: “They got weird.”On Monday, the Academy announced 10 movies that made the cut for the #OscarsFanFavorite Leaderboard, selected via hashtags and submissions on an Academy website.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSteven Spielberg is developing an original feature film based on the character of Frank Bullitt, the San Francisco cop first played by Steve McQueen in the 1968 thriller, “Bullitt.”Josh Singer (“The Post,” “Spotlight”) is set to write the screenplay, with regular Spielberg collaborator Kristie Macosko Krieger on board to produce with the director.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER WARNING: This story discusses major spoilers for the Season 1 finale of “Peacemaker,” currently streaming on HBO Max.Throughout the first season of “Peacemaker,” the titular costume vigilante, a.k.a.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe DC Comics adaptation “Peacemaker” has been renewed for Season 2 on HBO Max, executive producer James Gunn and star John Cena announced on Wednesday.The announcement comes the day before the Season 1 finale of the show, which continues the story of Cena’s titular costume vigilante from Gunn’s 2021 feature film “The Suicide Squad.” Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Chukwudi Iwuji, Jennifer Holland, and Steve Agee played the members of the motley crew of operatives tasked to help Peacemaker repel an alien invasion.Gunn wrote all eight episodes of the first season, and directed five, along with Jody HIll, Rosemary Rodriguez, and Brad Anderson.